Pick me up....at the newsagent

Well, not me exactly. Unless you're in WH Smith's in Bath giving away free chocolate.

But you can see some of my work at the newsagent right now in...

Wanderlust (Feb issue): p10 Seven free things to do in Vancouver

Cruise International (Feb/March issue): p25 Tenerife: Island of contrasts (destination guide)
p28 Hidden Treasure of Madeira (destination guide)
p31 Jewels of the Adriatic (review of Saga cruise around Croatia)
p41 Prices to suit every pocket (eight page guide to cruises for various budgets)
p80 Bars on board (four page round-up of best bars at sea)

Gary Rhodes in Italy

I joined Gary Rhodes for a week in Italy last year - find out more here about his month long trip around the country meeting local producers and sampling local food.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Well, 2010 is already shaping up to be an exciting year for me ... at the end of the month I'm going on a trip down the Mekong; starting in Cambodia and ending in Vietnam.

This spring I'm heading to Holland to go on a tulip-spotting cruise and in the summer I'm going on a big adventure to Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland.

My New Year's resolution (ahem) is to expand this blog from a news reel and online portfolio to include observations and information about places I've visited. Hope you enjoy!

Celebrity cruise

Just back from a brilliant cruise around the Caribbean onboard Celebrity Equinox - reviews will be appearing in the Mail on Sunday and Cruise International magazine in 2010.

In the recent Cruise International magazine my features about river cruising and short cruising appeared and look out for more from me in their Feb/March issue.

Happy Christmas everyone! I'm looking forward to my trips to Vietnam/Cambodia and Holland coming up next year....

Venice

Last week I returned home from a wonderful trip to Venice where I was on the set of Gary Rhodes' new show Rhodes Across Italy, which will air on the Good Food channel at 9pm on January 20th 2010 - my feature will be in the Mail on Sunday soon.

My next trip will be to the Caribbean on a 10 day cruise on Celebrity Equinox in early December.

Tenerife

My feature about the San Blas resort in Tenerife was published in today's Mail on Sunday. Read it online here.

Croatia

I've just found out that I'm going to Croatia next Tuesday, which is really exciting as I've been reading a guidebook about it for the last two years in the hope I could go at some point!