2024 Travel Writer of the Year

Finding out the destination for a £99 Wowcher ‘mystery holiday.’

I’m shocked and honored to share that the British Guild of Travel Writers named me Travel Writer of the Year for 2024. The award was based on a portfolio of my favorite pieces of work from the previous year, judged by industry professionals. Each piece was about a different kind of misadventure: taking a dozen stages of public transport to get between London and Saint-Omer, France, with a pair of folding kayaks; a DIY ‘spin the globe’ trip achieved by a £99 mystery trip from Wowcher; an adventure itinerary planned by ChatGPT; and the story of a failed relationship that also happens to be a functional gear review of titanium camping cookware.

You can read my pieces for Adventure.com here:

I asked ChatGPT to plan a trek for me. Then I did it, for Adventure.com

Here’s what happens when you buy a £99 ‘mystery’ trip, for Adventure.com

My portfolio pieces from JRNY and Trails Magazine were both published only in print. If you’re an editor and you’d like to review a copy of these pieces, please feel free to reach out.

The secret man-made islands of Pas-de-Calais, for JRNY

A Review of My Ex-Boyfriend’s Titanium Pot, for Trails Magazine You can read an excerpt in the members magazine for the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, on p. 20.