My Travels
Researching locations is one of the first steps a writer takes when planning a novel.
When and, crucially, where your story takes place.
When you set off to discover new places – in which your characters will inhabit – the experience is exciting, because you are sharing their world. Sights, sounds, tastes, senses. And knowing the place is crucial.
Researching Locations
Researching locations is one of the first steps a writer takes when planning a novel: when and, crucially, where your story takes place.
My Journey to Zermatt – Episode 1
My adventure commenced at Eurostar check-in, London St Pancras Int’l. In the busy café I encountered a delightful woman who’d been a fashion photographer in the 1960s.
My Journey to Zermatt – Episode 2
I caught the bus to Gare de Lyon, a magnificent railway station a stone’s throw from the Seine.
I was booked on the 12.22 TGV (Lyria 9213) arriving in Basel SBB at 15:26..
My Journey to Zermatt – Episode 3
My first evening at The Hotel Arc-en-Ciel in Gstaad kicked off in style. Weary from travel I devoured a litre of Swiss beer and two Pear Schnapps for starters. Veal sausages, onion and Rosti for food. It is standard fare in the mountains, and I felt I deserved it!
Bristol Archive - February 2024
The Bristol Archive team were most helpful in providing access to the various documents they hold with regard to the Portbury Pier & Railway Company and associated projects.
Travels around the Charente
My new novel ‘The Reincarnation of Camille Boissier’ was a long time in the writing. It evolved from a screenplay written in French, to what has been published today. Here is a bit of the background.