I am an award-winning UK-based writer and photographer For the past thirty years I have been contributing to many of the world’s top publications – among them National Geographic, the New York Times, Smithsonian, Conde Nast Traveller, Time, Newsweek, Nature, Australian Geographic, Islands, Lonely Planet Traveller, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, NPR, and Atlas Obscura.

In the course of my career I’ve travelled widely from Antarctica to Zanzibar, along the way covering anything from cheetahs on the Serenget to astrophysics at the South Pole to whaling in Norway to the mysteries of Stonehenge to the fine art of the Montecristi Panama hat.

I am also a keen touring cyclist and have ridden all over the world – most notably a 10,000-mile solo trek through the Australian outback, the story of which appeared first as a three-part series in National Geographic Magazine and later in book form as Cold Beer & Crocodiles, published by National Geographic Adventure Press.

I anm a highly accomplished cycling photographer. My pandemic-inspired cycling series titled Travels at Home received worlwide acclaim. I have photographed cycling events and am the author of an aspirational cycling guide, The 100 Bike Rides of a Lifetime, published by National Geographic Books (November 2023)

I live in Britain on a 58-foot traditional English narrowboat and when not travelling on assignment can be found exploring our 18th century canals.