"The Tree Book"

Added on 12 May 2022

I spent quite a bit of time during the last stages of lockdown working on texts for "THE TREE BOOK: THE STORIES, SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF TREES" – a new book from Dorling Kindersley in their characteristic style. It was great fun to research and write, and, in the end, I contributed al...

More 2023 cruises added

Added on 11 October 2021

I am pleased to have confirmation from Viking Ocean Cruises for three more cruises around favourite places in Australia and New Zealand in 2023. Later, I'm also booked on three brand new Viking itineraries, including brilliant cruises to Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard about which I am hugely ex...

Cruising returns...

Added on 28 July 2021

In June and July, I was delighted to be appointed by Viking Ocean Cruises as a guest speaker on four cruises, beginning and ending in Reykjavik, entitled ICELAND'S NATURAL BEAUTY. These circumnavigated Iceland with time ashore in Reykjavik, Isafjordur, Akureyri, Seydisfjordur, Djupivogur, and He...

Sowthistle feature

Added on 13 October 2020

I am pleased and proud to have my latest article published in the October 2020 issue of British Wildlife magazine on a rare Scottish montane plant called Alpine Blue-sowthistle (Cicerbita alpina), which I also see regularly and talk about on cruises to Norway. I take the opportunity in the article t...