CHRIS ALLSOPAn award-winning British-American travel writer, photographer, and former B2B managing editor with a focus on active and sustainable travel (especially e-bikes), food-related trips (wine and cheese), and family holidays. His specialist regions are Italy, the UK, Switzerland, France, and the American West. Bylines in The Times and Sunday Times, The Guardian, i Paper, Daily Telegraph, Decanter, and Family Traveller. Born in California, Chris currently lives in Bath, UK. Website Email Instagram Threads LinkedIn
MIKE APPLETON
Author of nine books covering the Yorkshire Dales, Cheshire and Derbyshire, Mike is a writer, photographer and broadcaster of more than 20 years in the outdoor and travel sector. His commissioned work includes writing guidebooks and places to visit in these special places, alongside the social economic and environmental issues affecting them. He’s comfortable on radio, in front and behind the camera, and championing people to get outside as a hiker, caver and wild-camper himself. Website Email Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
JUDITH BAKER
London-based travel writer/editor with 30 years journalistic experience editing consumer/travel/business titles and writing extensively about travel for many UK newspapers and magazines including The Telegraph, The Mail, The Times, TTG Luxury, Selling Travel and numerous travel websites. Specialising in the Caribbean, I have edited Caribbean World magazine and The Caribbean Property Investor. Recent trips: Uzbekistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Belize, Mexico. Member of The British Society of Magazine Editors, on judging panel of The International Property Awards. See personal page Website Blog Email
ROSS CLARKE
Ross is a writer, editor and content marketing consultant who specialises in travel, food and wine content. He’s written for wide variety of titles, including the BBC, National Geographic Traveller, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Lonely Planet, Evening Standard, Metropolitan, iPaper, JRNY Magazine and High Life. Travel-wise, he specialises in Spain (especially the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera and La Graciosa) and Wales but has travelled the globe from Tasmania to Tokyo, California to Copenhagen and written about many more countries. Ross publishes a weekly newsletter all about Welsh food and drink called The Welsh Kitchen. He holds the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines. Ross is also a part-time lecturer on the MA Magazine Journalism course at Cardiff University. Website Email
SUE DOBSON
Award-winning travel writer/photographer and former editor of major UK magazines, specialising in European city breaks, Southern and Eastern Africa and cruising worldwide. Contributes to magazines, websites and books. Revises and updates guidebooks, including AA/Fodor guides to London, Norfolk and Suffolk, Dublin, Malta and Sydney. Author of guidebooks to Namibia and Cape Verde (Thomas Cook Publishing) and The 50 Greatest Churches and Cathedrals of the World (Icon Books). Large photo library. Email