Biography :
Full time travel writer covering 100+ countries and making 20-30 trips a year. Regular in Telegraph, Times and all the Scottish papers. Fortnightly travel DPS in The Courier. Also write for other newspapers, magazines, websites and blogs across five continents. Author of over 30 guidebooks and both a TV and radio broadcaster, for BBC World Service, BBC 5 Live and Radio Scotland. Very active on social media with 40,000+ Twitter followers. Runs the travel website www.insiderscotland.com.