I am a walker, writer and artist.

My first book, The Lost Paths, is out in April 2024. It is the story of the hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into – and connect – communities across England and Wales. More than just a practical way for us to walk, ride and cycle, these paths are an inheritance from our past, revealing how our ancestors interacted with and shaped their surroundings. From Iron Age footsteps to Anglo-Saxon mercenary trails, through Railway Age tracks and Home Army defences, our paths and our land reveals a hidden history of us.

But thousands of miles are still missing from our maps, and they will be lost forever unless they are urgently reclaimed. I work to help these paths get back on the path through my day job as Head of Paths at the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity.