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Jul 02 2024 
How accessible is the British countryside to people with mobility problems?
According to statistics, over ninety percent of Britain is countryside. So why is so much of this still so inaccessible to people with disabilities?
The weekend before last, I was very privileged to be part of a group of people walking one hundred miles along the Cotswold Way…
It was organised by the charity Rally Round Rupert. The…
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Writer for leading disability magazine
I’m delighted to say that I have recently been invited to become a regular writer for Ability Needs magazine. It is the UK’s essential journal on disability since 2001 and covers a multitude of topics relevant to the disability community.
I am going to be writing about accessible travel and am proud to be sharing…
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Mar 27 2024 
Copenhagen – An accessible guide to Denmark’s capital city
A return visit to Copenhagen, this time with Stan as well. As an aspiring architect and keen photographer, this has been on his places to visit list for a while, with Copenhagen having been appointed European City of Architecture in 2023. And it did not disappoint!
Within seconds of stepping outside of our hotel, the camera was…
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Nov 15 2023 
Ceausescu and the Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
“By the end of this tour you will have walked 800m, climbed 250 steps and seen around 5% of the building”.
Such are the closing words of our guide at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, illustrating clearly that we have only scratched the surface of this mammoth structure. Covering three hundred and sixty-five thousand…
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Aug 23 2023 
Adaptive surfing on the North Cornwall coast
The north coasts of Devon and Cornwall are surfing hotspots. Whatever the time of year, there will always be some brave, wet suited individual in the sea trying to catch a wave. So, new adaptive surfing charity Adsurf is perfectly placed to cater to both locals and holidaymakers who may want to try surfing…
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Jul 28 2023 
Scouts, adventure and accessibility
Yesterday, my son Stan boarded a plane to South Korea as one of the young people chosen to represent Devon at the 25th World Scout Jamboree. It is going to be an incredible adventure, with the opportunity to meet more than 40,000 other Scouts from all over the world and have some fantastic experiences on…
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Jul 19 2023 
Front page news!
I was very happy to see that my recent article for UCan2 magazine made the front cover! UCan2 is a successful disability magazine, distributed across the UK. It covers a range of topics relevant to the disability community. The feature highlights Sweden as a destination and outlines a number of reasons why…
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Jun 06 2023 
Accessible travel on the High Coast of Sweden
The High Coast of Sweden - why to visit and what to do for an accessible adventure -
May 06 2023 
When in Rome…
I was delighted recently to be asked to contribute an article to the May issue of Lifestyle magazine. This is published on behalf of Motability and is distributed to around 640,000 people around the UK. The magazine deals with all manner of disability issues and the piece I wrote was for a special…
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Mar 14 2023 
Mayhem in Paris
Molly has always had a thing about Paris. She even had a Paris themed birthday one year. So much so in fact, that it was a long-standing promise that I would take her for a girlie weekend away when she finished her GCSE’s. Just her and me for a long weekend. It was going to be utter heaven. Or would…
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