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December 29, 2017
Journey through Frozen Scotland
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when cities all around the world hang up their uniform grey and slip on their sparkly Christmas frocks, ready to paint the town green, red and gold. My own fair city of Edinburgh has once again outdone itself with a dazzling spectacle of twinkly baubles that could rival Beyonce’s wardrobe.
Normally I love wandering around the Christmas market stalls, breathing in the glorious smells of crepes and German sausage, my cheeks aglow from the mug of Gluhwein I...
November 1, 2017
The Demon First Draft
This is a quick update to let you know my blog will be going into hibernation for the winter. Over the next few months I’ll be pouring my heart and soul and every spare moment I can find into finishing the new draft of The Caves of Tavannar.
The new draft will replace the 2013 edition, which I decided to rewrite completely from scratch after realising that my world and its misfit characters had vastly outgrown the original version. The new story follows the same plot, but is much deeper, dark...
September 20, 2017
August 31, 2017
Tales from Wales. Part 5: The Mysterious Dolmens of Pentre Ifan and Carreg Coetan Arthur.
Last time we were treading in the 2000-year-old footsteps of our Iron Age ancestors with a visit to Castell Henllys.
To round off our week in Wales, we’re travelling even further back in time to visit two of the country’s best preserved Megalithic monuments: Pentre Ifan and Carreg Coetan Arthur.
Pentre Ifan, the largest and probably best know of the two, is considered to be one of the finest surviving examples of an Neolithic burial tomb in the UK. Translated, the name means Village of Ivan....
August 17, 2017
Tales from Wales. Part 4: Castell Henllys
Tales from Wales. Part 4: Castell Henllys
If you missed Part 3 of our seafaring adventure to Ramsey Island, you can catch the next boat here.
Castell Henllys (Welsh: Castle of the Old Court) is a reconstructed Iron Age fort situated between the towns of Newport and Cardigan in North Pembrokeshire. The fort has been the subject of significant archaeological excavation for the last 26 years, and the only Iron Age village in Britain to be reconstructed on the exact position of the original roundhouses our Celtic ancestors lived 2300 yea...
August 5, 2017
Tales from Wales. Part 3: Islands & Cathedrals
Tales from Wales. Part 3: Islands & Cathedrals
Today we’re heading to the RNLI lifeboat station at St Justinians, a small harbour situated on the south west peninsula of St David’s Head, and the departure point for our offshore adventure around Ramsey Island. Yay!
St Justinians harbour Pre-booking our tickets over the phone turned out to be a canny move as the boat trips are incredibly popular during peak season. Alternatively, you can drop into the booking office in the nearby town of S David’s, where a shuttle bus runs every half an hou...
July 29, 2017
Tales from Wales. Part 2: Pembroke Castle
Tales from Wales. Part 2: Pembroke Castle
If you missed part 1 of our Tales from Wales, you can read it here:
You can’t write fantasy without developing a few unusual obsessions. A favourite of mine, aside from swords, magic and a strange fascination with underground places, is of course – castles!
When I discovered there are an astounding 600 castles to visit in Wales, around twenty of which can be found in the county of Pembrokeshire alone, I was, to say the least, a tad excited. 
