Alf ALDERSON
Freelance travel and adventure sports writer and photographer
Award winning travel writer specialising in skiing, surfing, mountain walking, mountain biking and general travel. Former press officer for Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.......
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Judy ARMSTRONG
Freelance writer and photographer
Judy is a New Zealander, now living on the North Yorkshire moors. She is a writer and photographer specialising in adventure travel and outdoor pursuits.......
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Chris BAGSHAW
Editor/writer
Freelance travel guide editor and occasional writer specialising in walking books.........
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Adrian BAKER
Freelance travel writer and photographer
I have been working in the field of travel photography for over 25 years, selling my stock pictures exclusively through International Photobank, and have more recently started to write as well...........
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Christopher P BAKER
Freelance Travel Writer/Photographer
Christopher P. Baker was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. He received a B.A. (Honours) in Geography at the University of London's University College, during which time he participated in two Sahara research expeditions and an exchange program at Krakow University, Poland. He later earned Master's degrees in Latin American Studies from Liverpool University, and in Education from the University of London's Institute of Education. He began his writing career in 1978 as a contributing editor on Latin America for Land & Liberty, a London-based political journal..........
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Peter BAKER
Writer and photographer
Trained as a professional photographer, and after many years in general photography began to specialise in travel and scenic photography, and set up International Photobank..........
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Marie BARBIERI
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Marie is a full-time travel writer and photographer who has been travelling the world since 1987. She has explored most of Australia, New Zealand's North Island, the east, central and west coast of the United States and Hawaii, Fiji, the Caribbean, the Greek islands and Athens, various regions in Italy, France's Verdon Gorge and The Azores; mainly Sao Miguel. Marie emigrated from the UK to Australia in June 2007 and her insatiable passion for the country stretches back over 20 years.

Marie has an extensive back-catalogue of photographs from her several round-the-world trips, covering Australia (mainly the east coast and South Australia), New Zealand (North Island), North and South America, Hawaii, the Caribbean, The Greek islands, Italy, France (The Verdon Gorge), Sweden (Stockholm) and the UK (Devon). ............
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Annie BENNETT
Travel writer
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Bill BIRKETT
Freelance writer and photographer
Professional writer and photographer specialising in the great outdoors, wild and steep places, mountains, climbing, walking, trekking, National Parks, flora and fauna, archaeology, geology and travel worldwide............
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Claire BOWEN
Freelance travel writer
Newspaper journalist. Worked as reporter, sub-editor and eventually edited a local weekly newspaper. Went freelance in 1995 specialising mainly in motoring and motorsport. Visiting a wide range of countries for automotive events awakened my interest in travel..........
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Philip BRIGGS
Travel writer
Full-time travel writer and tour leader specialised in most aspects and regions of Africa, including many off-the-beaten-track areas........
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Minnie BURLTON
Travel writer/photographer
Freelance writer and photographer specialising in adventure sport and travel Minnie prefers to take part in events and challenges rather than report from the side lines........
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Kathy CARTER
Freelance travel writer
Kathy is an experienced equestrian travel writer, and has travelled to Kefalonia, France, Spain, Iceland, Hungary and Canada for travel features. She has been riding for over 25 years and is a qualified riding instructor and former Deputy Editor of the UK's Horse magazine..........
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David CAWLEY
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Prior to adventures in Freelancing, I spent two years working for the Lancashire Evening Post amongst the Reader Holiday department where I developed a taste for scribing destination features and copywriting.........
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Joe CAWLEY
Freelance travel writer/editor
Freelance travel writer based in the Canary Islands and editor of Living Tenerife magazine........
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Nick CHANNER
Freelance journalist, author and photographer
Lecturer on the changing face of the British countryside and a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, focusing on many topics, including unusual travel assignments, country walking, military and social history, motoring and the fate of English pubs. A full-time writer since 1993 and published author of over 40 books, mainly travel and walking guides........
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Jo COOKE
Travel editor and freelance travel writer
Started career in journalism on the picture desk at Take a Break magazine, thereafter working as production assistant, production manager and sub editor, while writing travel features on a freelance basis........
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Vivienne CROW
Freelance journalist
Having abandoned my desk to go travelling in Asia and New Zealand in 2001, on my return I decided to focus my energies on the activities I love most – hill-walking, writing, travelling and photography. I have been a freelance journalist since 2002, specialising in travel and the outdoors........
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Chiz DAKIN
Freelance outdoors, adventure sports and travel photographer
Having always had a passion for photography and for the outdoors, in 2006 Chiz completed her HND in Photography (at Sheffield College). This helped to prepare her for a career change to outdoors, adventure sports and travel photography – earning money from combining photography and travel was an option far too good to miss!.....
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Sarah DAWSON
Freelance writer
Freelance journalist passionate about travel. Specialist subjects include yoga retreats, holistic health/holidays and spas. Countries with particular knowledge/expertise are Spain, France and Australia........
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Michael DeFREITAS
Freelance travel writer, author and photographer
For more than 20 years, Canadian travel writer/photographer Michael DeFreitas has captured in words and images most aspects of adventure travel........
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Vivien DEVLIN
Freelance art and travel writer
After graduating with an English degree, I joined the BBC and had a long and successful career researching and producing arts and literary programmes for BBC Scotland, Radio 3 and 4. I also produced and presented regular travel features which gave me an incurable travel bug........
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Angela DEWAR
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Former newspaper journalist, travel editor and magazine editor with 20 years' experience in the business. Has worked in the UK and Hong Kong, now a full-time freelance travel writer........
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Tina EDISS
Freelance travel writer
I have been working as a freelance for more than twelve years now. My speciality is travel and over the years I have built up a good number of contacts in the travel industry............
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June ELFORD
Freelance travel writer
I live on the Isle of Wight, and have a particular interest in history and interviewing people............
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Peter ELLEGARD
Freelance travel writer and photographer
After 17 years with leading UK travel industry publication Travel Trade Gazette, the last 13 of them as features editor, I left early in 2002 to go freelance as a travel writer and photographer. Miraculously, I'm still surviving and enjoying it. I specialise in both travel and golf, writing for a range of UK and overseas travel trade and consumer publications and having had photographs published extensively........
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Roberta ETTER
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Roberta Etter was born in Little Rock, Arkansas (USA), the daughter of a Photographer and a Museum Interpreter. She holds a BSBA degree from the University of Arkansas with postgraduate studies in art and photography. However, she has been a student of photography most of her life following in the footsteps of her father. It was the enthusiastic support plus a blending of the influence of both parents that led to a career in photo- journalism and allowed her to pursue her interest in antiques and culture around the world........
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Rob FLEMMING
Freelance travel writer, photographer and photojournalist
Full time freelance writer, photographer and photojournalist. Also runs small photographic library specialising in travel and social documentary images from around the world which include contributions from some 100 external photographers. Clients include book and magazine publishers, advertising and design agencies and the corporate market.........
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Rebecca FORD
Freelance travel writer and photographer
I am an experienced travel writer, freelancing for UK national newspapers - such as the Daily Express and Evening Standard. I also contribute to magazines, such as BBC History, and write audio guides and podcasts..........
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Rachel F FREEMAN
Freelance Travel Writer/Editor
Determined not to join the ranks of the jaded, native New Yorker Rachel F Freeman continues to find wonder and new niches in New York City and Edinburgh. She has written for guidebooks for Warsaw, Poland and for New York City. She has a passion for food and street life in New York City, entertaining elements in Edinburgh, what's on in Poland and the wonder of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. .......
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Carole FRENCH
Freelance travel editor, writer and photographer
Professional travel editor, writer and photographer specialising in places, people, architecture and interiors, spas and lifestyle in Cyprus, Greece, UK and the Channel Isles........
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Heidi FULLER-LOVE
Freelance travel, food and lifestyle writer/photographer
Before turning to writing, Heidi Fuller-love ran a successful London comedy cabaret venue where the likes of Mike Myers (Austin Powers) and Jo Brand 'cut their teeth'. Living between France and Spain, since 1988 she has contributed regularly to a host of magazines in the United Kingdom and world-wide.........
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Robin GAULDIE
Freelance journalist, photographer & guidebook writer
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Claire GERVAT
Freelance writer
Freelance writer for 12 years, specialising in travel, for national newspapers and magazines; co-author of new guidebook to upmarket London for US publisher Greenline (Jan 2007).........
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Mike GERRARD
Freelance travel writer/photographer
A freelance writer since 1983, began travel writing in 1985; contributes regularly to the travel pages of many British newspapers and magazines; author of several guidebooks, particularly about Greece and Paris......
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John GILLHAM
Writer, photographer, illustrator and publisher
A professional writer, photographer and illustrator, John Gillham is best known for his lavishly illustrated coffee table books. His first, Snowdonia to the Gower (Diadem, 1989) has been described as one of the classic books on Wales.........
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Leni GILLMAN
Writer, trainer, lecturer and consultant
I have travelled widely, including to the Himalayas, Australia and the USA, and have co-authored several books. I work mostly in partnership with my husband, Peter (qv), and we cover many subjects, not only mountaineering.........
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Peter GILLMAN
Freelance writer
Writer and journalist for 35 years. Lives in south London, educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford; married with two children and four grandchildren. Spent 15 years on Sunday Times, now freelance..........
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Geoffrey GROESBECK
Latin America travel author and photojournalist
One could say adventure travel runs in Geoff's family. A descendant of the hardy souls who founded much of New England and further afield (French Guiana, anyone?), Geoff spent his formative years alternating between Portugal's ridiculously sunny Algarve coast and Massachusetts' somewhat sunny North Shore........
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Solange HANDO
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Born in France, Solange is a bilingual travel writer and photographer with an in-depth knowledge of French and Nepalese cultures.....
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Elizabeth HANSEN
Freelance writer/photographer
Australia and New Zealand have been my beat for over twenty years. Actually, I first fell in love with New Zealand when I visited during the summer break from my teaching job. The moment I stepped off the plane I knew I'd arrived in a very special place. I don't know if it was the smell of the freshly-washed air, the sight of the smiling Customs agent, or the sound of the Kiwi accent, but I had the sense of having come home......
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Alan HART
Freelance travel writer and photographer
In October, 2000, on his 55th birthday, Alan took early retirement from the News of the World and reinvented himself as a travel writer. In that capacity he has visited every continent in the world after gaining commissions from various national and regional newspapers and magazines. He is a regular contributor to The Sunday Mirror and People newspapers......
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Nick HASLAM
Journalist
Journalist and producer Nick has a degree in French and Arabic, and worked as a lecturer in various universities of the Middle East and West Africa before becoming a freelance stringer in Côte d’Ivoire. He then worked in-house at the BBC World Service and the FT, before spending ten years working as a freelance correspondent, TV producer and travel writer based in Sydney, Calcutta, Budapest and Santa Domingo.......
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Dinah HATCH
Freelance writer
I have worked as a staff journalist for 15 years on various titles from regional evening papers (writing lifestyle features, news backgrounders etc) to the national press (news) but began specialising in travel eight years ago......
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Brett HENRY
Freelance and Assignment Travel Photographer
Brett Henry Photography is an assignment and stock image-based studio specialising in corporate, editorial, and travel photography. Additionally, we are specialists in the fields of public relations and marketing and bring that added professional background to every photograph that we shoot...........
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Tom HUTTON
Freelance writer and photographer
A writer and photographer with a wide range of outdoor based interests including walking, climbing, skiing, mountain biking, nature and the landscape........
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Brian JACKMAN
Freelance writer
After 20 years with The Sunday Times, left to freelance and pursue love affair with Africa and the natural world.....
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Jack JACKSON
Author/Photographer/Photojournalist
Travelling the remoter areas of the world since 1967, driving various four-wheel drive vehicles, I have made 23 expeditions in the Sahara Desert.....
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Linda JACKSON
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Linda enjoyed a colourful, intriguing and sometimes 'exciting' life overseas as an International Civil Servant at NATO Headquarters then wife of a British diplomat before returning to the UK and stepping on the travel writers' ladder. Before her change of career on return to the UK, Linda lived in Belgium, Dubai, France, Morocco and the Caribbean.........
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Nick JENKINS
Freelance outdoor photographer and author
Primarily I am a photographer but love the great outdoors and cover it through images and writing.........
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Dennis KELSALL
Freelance writer and photographer
Professional writer and photographer specialising in hill and countryside walking, and with interests in travel, tourism, natural and local history......
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Robert LESLIE
Freelance photographer
Based in Paris 1990 –2000, over 150 articles published worldwide in over 40 international titles. Current stock of 250,000 original slides (currently transferring to digital)......
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Gordon LETHBRIDGE
Freelance writer and photographer
As an independent travel writer and photographer my articles and features, the majority of which are illustrated with my own photographs, have appeared in a wide variety of publications. These include consumer, inflight and special interest magazines; regular contributions to major regional newspapers; national newspapers; and online publications.........
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John LLOYD
Freelance travel writer, editor and photographer
Editor of outdoor and travel magazines as well as contributor of outdoor and travel articles and photographs to numerous magazines, national and regional newspapers, travel guides and websites since 1978.......
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Ffion LLWYD-JONES
Freelance writer
Freelance writer, but including articles and features for trade and consumer magazines in Canada and the USA........
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Paul MANSFIELD
Freelance travel writer
Former backpacker, layabout, teacher, farm labourer, encyclopaedia salesman, musician, arts writer and celebrity interviewer......
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Jacques MARAIS
Photographer/Photojournalist
Jacques Marais is a professional photographer / writer who regularly contributes to a range of local and international travel, airline and outdoor publications. These include Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, AA Traveller, Expressions (The American Express Magazine), Discovery Magazine, Up Front, The Cape Times, The South African and Runner's World........
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Terry MARSH
Freelance outdoor and travel writer/photographer
Writer and photographer since 1980, specialising in the outdoors, the countryside, walking (especially walking festivals) and all aspects of travel. Specialises in the UK, France and Australia, but with more than a passing interest in Madeira and the Azores; author of 70+ books....
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Felicity MARTIN
Freelance writer and photographer
Most of my work features Scotland, but I also cover active travel to wild places elsewhere in Europe. I focus on outdoor issues, such as conservation and access, and outdoor activities, especially walking and mountain biking. I’m interested in all landscapes – including mountains, rivers, woods and coasts – and the wildlife associated with them........
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Roger McCANN
Freelance Travel and Features Writer and Photographer
Former teacher of Physical Education and Outdoor Pursuits. Graduate of the Open University in Science and Environmental Studies.........
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Jenny McKELVIE
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Jenny has been working as a travel writer since 1998. When she moved to Scotland in 2003 she traded in her teaching career for full time writing and has spent a large part of recent years writing guidebooks to destinations in central and eastern Europe. Jenny has travelled to more than 40 countries and writes for consumer and trade publications........
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Robin McKELVIE
Professional travel writer and photographer
Writes for over 40 magazines and newspapers worldwide, but mainly in the UK....
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Norman MILLER
Freelance travel writer and photographer
After a childhood spent growing up in various far-flung bits of the globe, it's not too surprising that travel writing beckoned as one way to avoid the 9-5...........
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Sarah MONAGHAN
Freelance travel writer, editor and photographer
Professional and well-travelled NCTJ-trained journalist experienced in project management and all aspects of production and design process. Fluent Spanish and French, some Italian, Arabic and Japanese........
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Paul MURPHY
Freelance writer/photographer/editor
Paul Murphy has been a freelance travel writer since 1989 when he picked up his first award for his Guinness Guide to Superlative London. He has since written over 40 titles worldwide as sole author or main contributor and has contributed to and/or edited at least as many titles again. His photography is of a high quality and is often featured in his books and also the magazines to which he contributes regularly.....
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Mari NICHOLSON
Travelwriter and photographer
I write for a variety of magazines and newspapers, and supply photographs where necessary. A lot of my work appears in the Inflight magazines of the major airlines, and I write a regular online feature piece for an upmarket travel agent.......
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Laura Byrne PAQUET
Freelance travel writer and editor
My first encounter with the written word was not an auspicious one: my birth announcement appeared in the Classifieds section of my hometown newspaper under the heading 'Livestock for Sale'. Despite that poor start, I decided to become a writer, earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada........
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John RADFORD
Writer and broadcaster
Specialist writer and broadcaster for BBC Local Radio (Sussex, daily); local newspapers (Sussex, weekly); lecturer (WSET Diploma, Plumpton College, CCIV Beaune University, Wine Board Dublin, East Down Institute Belfast); Chairman, Spanish committee, Decanter World Wine Awards. .......
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Katerina ROBERTS
Freelance travel writer
I moved to Mauritius in 2004 from UK after spending 20 years as a freelance travel writer covering various destinations in Mediterranean Europe and more specifically the Indian Ocean. My work includes travel articles, copywriting, researching, writing and updating full length travel guides,researching destinations including hotels, preparing newsletters and promotional material, consultancies and guidebook updates........
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Lesley Anne ROSE
Freelance writer
Lesley Anne has travelled widely in the British West Indies, including Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada and St Vincent & the Grenadines as well as Canada, Florida and the British Isles. She grew up in the south west and made various trips to Malta and the Greek Islands before moving to the north west to study theatre and religion at Lancaster University..........
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Zoe ROSS
Editor/journalist
A travel editor and project manager of travel guides and other illustrated titles for 10 years, as well as professional travel journalist and guide book writer........
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Andrew SANGER
Freelance travel writer and editor
A full-time freelance writer of guidebooks and travel features for some 25 years. I have lived in several countries (including France, Greece, India and the USA) and written many hundreds of articles for the travel pages of UK national newspapers, consumer and customer magazines, and in recent years websites.......
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Dave SAUNDERS
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Dave Saunders has been travelling all his life. By the time he gained a BSc Hons Geography and PGCE post-graduate degree, he had been to India, USA, Canada, most countries in Europe, including Poland........
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Paul SHAWCROSS
Freelance travel writer and photographer
Until 1990 I was employed in the education sector but gradually realised that there must be more to life! Like many photographers I turned a hobby into a business. For the past fifteen years I have carried out commissioned photography and supplied stock images to various clients in the travel and publishing industries worldwide. ......
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Jon SPARKS
Freelance Outdoor Photographer and Writer
Jon Sparks has been a full-time freelance photographer and writer for over 10 years. Jon founded his career on photographing Lancashire and the Lake District. Today his library encompasses images from five continents, with exceptional coverage of the original core areas and of the Scottish islands.....
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Sascha STOKES
Writer, Copywriter and Editor
Sascha was born, raised and educated somewhere between Germany and England. After a lot of toing and froing, she finally completed her business degree in Bristol and decided to make it big in the corporate world. Then, quickly and unexpectedly, ‘death by City of London’ was threatening and Sascha took the scary plunge into the world of freelance writing. She hasn’t regretted it since. Sascha now lives in the deepest Cotswolds, writes for a living and is surrounded by many of England’s beauty spots and plenty of books.......
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Andy STOTHERT
Freelance landscape/travel photographer and travel writer
I got my first camera, a 120 Coronet twin lens box camera, in 1959 (aged 7), and I’ve been pointing a camera of some ilk at the hills ever since. Since turning professional some 7 years ago, I’ve had to adjust to a life pointing it elsewhere than the Lake District (such as beaches, and even the odd flatter landscape), but the main passion remains high in the Lakeland Fells.........
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David TAYLOR
Freelance landscape and travel photographer
I am a landscape and travel photographer based in Hexham. I have worked all over the United Kingdom, but I am particularly passionate about photographing the landscape of my home county of Northumberland. .......
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Di TAYLOR
Freelance photographer
Previously a member of the design team at Troll Climbing Equipment, Di now partners Tony Howard in n.o.m.a.d.s. (‘New Opportunities for Mountaineering, Adventure and Desert Sports’) working on adventure travel development and promotion, her emphasis being on photography.......
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Hugh TAYLOR
Freelance travel journalist
Radio work includes packages for BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors and The Case for Packing; writer and producer of the three-part series The Roaring Game for Radio Scotland and several specialist music/travel-related series for BBC Radio 2......
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Steve THOMAS
Freelance adventure travel writer and photographer
Emerging from an odd ball life as a professional extreme cyclist Steve turned his attentions towards print over a decade ago......
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Anthony TOOLE
Freelance travel, outdoor and science writer and photographer
I was born and raised in the Lake District, where I have walked and climbed all my life. Educated as a scientist, I taught Chemistry for many years before leaving to concentrate on writing. I have written extensively about the wild places of Britain and Ireland, as well as the Norwegian Jotunheimen and the Italian Dolomites........
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Chris TOWNSEND
Mountain and Wilderness Writing and Photography
Writer and photographer since 1983, specialising in wilderness areas, especially in North America and Europe, and outdoor equipment. Author of 15 books........
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Victoria TROTT
Freelance writer and photographer
Following a degree in French and Spanish from Leeds University, I attended Cardiff University's School of Journalism before embarking upon a career in PR. I have been writing professionally for about ten years and have had many news and feature items published on behalf of PR clients in national newspapers and magazines.......
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Joanna VAUGHAN
Freelance travel/motoring journalist and photographer
I have been working as a full time journalist and photographer for over five years, with most of this spent writing news pages and travel articles for the caravan and motorhome press......
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Alex WADE
Freelance writer
AAfter far too long as a media lawyer I swapped careers and became a freelance journalist. I write for most of the nationals on diverse topics such as travel, law, poker, boxing, surfing, book reviews and general features. I have a degree in American and English Literature and the CPE/LSF in Law, and run The Times' blog on surfing at www.timesonline.co.uk/surfnation.......
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David WHITLEY
Freelance journalist
After spending five years writing and editing Down Under, if there's a place worth seeing in Australia, David has probably explored it. He's now returned to the UK in order to take on the rest of the world......
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Jeannine WILLIAMSON
Freelance travel writer and editor
Former daily newspaper journalist, became a freelance travel writer and editor in 1998.....
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Dave WILLIS
Adventure sports photographer and writer
Photographer and writer based in the Lake District since 1982. Former national press photographer now specialises in outdoor pursuits and adventure sports for a wide range of media.....
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Sarah WOODS
Freelance travel writer
Freelance travel writer since the early 1990s. Wide range of expertise, from jungle on a shoestring to exotic big-budget travel........
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