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Character focus: Josette Barbier
Painting: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, “Reverie sur le seuil” This is the first in a series of articles highlighting characters from my second Alpine Dawn novel, The Invisible Path. Don’t forget to sign up to my mailing list for advance notice of publication! Two kinds of characters inhabit my novels: those
Inov-8 Roclite 295 trail shoes — first impressions
I don’t often review outdoor gear on this blog, but in light of the new ‘words – mountains – imagination’ tagline I am going to be broadening my horizons a little. I hope my readers who are into the great outdoors find these articles interesting. Since childhood, I’ve mainly worn
Ditching the infinity machine — five months later
Chris Townsend has written a very interesting response to this article. I urge you to check it out. In October 2014, I wrote about how I felt taking my smartphone with me into the hills was spoiling my enjoyment of being in the wild. The resulting article struck a chord;
Alpine Dawn II — a teaser
As many of you know, I am currently writing the much-delayed second volume to my Alpine Dawn series. The first volume, The Atholl Expedition, is currently available on Kindle and in paperback. I hope to release the second, The Invisible Path, this year. Here’s a portion of a scene
The 2015 site refresh — words, mountains, imagination
This website has been through a number of incarnations since it was first established on the 21st of March 2007. It completely changed direction exactly three years ago, when I reforged my old walking and climbing blog into a website suitable for an author. The last major redesign occurred in
The Grand Route Forbes — a long-distance hike in the Alps
Regular followers of this blog will be aware that I admire the writings of James Forbes, a Scottish geologist best known for his pioneering studies on the glaciers of the Alps. I have written before about the long foot journey he conducted in 1842, and I’ve even followed the
First look: Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram
A beautiful hardback book landed on my desk this afternoon. Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram (from £13.59) was published today and offers a detailed look at sixteen of the UK’s mountains and hills through prose, history, story, and photography. The mountains are: * Beinn Dearg
No Way Home is out — the best new voices in science fiction
NO WAY HOMEStories From WhichThere Is No EscapeAn anthology of the best new voices in science fiction. I’m happy to announce that No Way Home is now available to purchase on Kindle and in paperback.Amazon.com linkAmazon.co.uk linkInternational linkEight talented writers have come together to contribute
More about Cold Witness, the first story by A. S. Sinclair
For the last few months, I’ve been involved in a fantastic project. A group of talented writers, drawn together by author Lucas Bale, have produced an anthology of speculative fiction based around the theme of stranded. My role in this project was twofold. First, I contributed a short story,
The Caplich Wind Farm proposal threatens the wild land of Scotland
Update: UKHillwalking asked me to adapt this article as an opinion piece for their website. You can read the extended version here. Although I lived in Scotland for a number of years, I can’t claim an intimate acquaintance with the far North West of the country — that wild and