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I was born in France but spent most of my adult life in England, working as a language teacher, travelling during the holidays to satisfy an ever growing wanderlust.
One day, after a trip to China, I offered to do a feature for the school magazine and my childhood passion for writing suddenly returned. I enrolled on a correspondence course to hone my skills and when 2000 arrived, I decided it was time to change my life. I became a full time travel writer and photographer and never looked back.
For me, travel means discovering places and meeting people. I cover a broad range of subjects, family holidays, soft adventure, creative holidays such as painting or cookery, city breaks, mountains, beaches, history, craft and true life stories. I have explored many, though not all, corners of the world, met lepers in Vietnam and Tibetans in Kathmandu and recently attended the coronation in Bhutan. My favourite destination is the Himalaya but South Asia, Southern Europe, Africa, France and the UK are close second.
I have published around 400 features. Recent credits include National Geographic Traveler, Real Travel, Holiday Villas and Holiday Cottages magazines, BBC History magazine, Living France, French Property News, South China Morning Post and Druk Air in-flight magazine (Bhutan Airlines). I take my own photographs and I am always thrilled when one appears on a front cover.
I recently updated online guides to Bhutan and Nepal and contributed to Paris, Memories of Time Past (Worth Press) and National Geographic Journeys of a Lifetime and Sacred Places.
I gained a number of awards over the years, most recently St Lucia's Travel Writer of the Year, tutor writing workshops and judge competitions.
I belong to the British Guild of Travel Writers, Travel Writers UK and Writers Photographers (WPu).