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A BIKE RIDE TO NUNNEY CASTLE Now that Gordy has moved to Somerset, I’m popping out rather a lot on research trips to top up my knowledge of the area and get some inspiration. So, yesterday afternoon, I hopped aboard my trusty steed and pedalled off for exciting adventures in the sunshine. As usually happens,

A WEEK IN THE DALES: MY DIARY Friday Starting out on the long trip north, I was unsurprised to find that the roads were horrendous. To help motorists share their pain, it seemed that the National Highways agency deemed it necessary to divert everyone heading up the west side of the country up the east

WORLD POETRY DAY One of the unexpected side effects of being a writer is that friends and family often approach me to write poems for special occasions. Now, I think people generally assume that writing is just writing. Whether it’s a novel, a short story, or a poem. Allow me to take this opportunity to

WHY I LOVE LIBRARIES I know it’s nearly the end of the month, but I only discovered this week that February is National Library Lovers Month in the US. And with my books now available to order in libraries (almost) the world over, I thought it the perfect opportunity to write about these wonderful institutions.

A NEW YEAR’S TRIP TO SEE MR HOLMES Well, back in January, I decided that a good way to start the year would be with a little work trip to that there London. So off I headed on the train to visit a few places, including the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I immediately enjoyed the bustle

LONDON CALLING… It’s fair to say that I don’t really get out much what with writing all these books and juggling various other aspects of family life. So the chance to high tail it to London for the Kindle Storyteller Awards on 13th November was a welcome change from the norm. I hopped on the

A QUICK TOUR OF LEYBURN’S OLD POLICE STATION Back in October, when I was up in Hawes for the Meet the Author event, I had an amazing opportunity to visit the old police station in Leyburn (about 16-ish miles from Hawes). Closed in 2021, it has now been bought by a property developer who is

GRIMM IN HAWES – 7 OCTOBER 2023 Well, what an amazing couple of days! Great food, great company and great fun all wrapped in the stunning scenery of the Yorkshire Dales. The weather obviously hadn’t got the memo, though! Anyone travelling up to Wensleydale on the Friday had to battle torrential rain and high winds,

ALDWIN FOTHERGILL’S GRANDMA’S OAT BISCUITS A few readers have already commented about the biscuits Aldwin Fothergill offers to Jen and Liz in Dead Man’s Hands when they come to question him about the grisly goings-on in Hawes. The original inspiration actually came from an old recipe book that my mum made for me when I

SEMER WATER LOOP – 4 MILES This great little walk starts and finishes at Semer Water. It takes you through the hamlets of Marsett (where Brian Cowper’s son Tommy runs away from home in the middle of snowstorm in The Dark Hours) and Stalling Busk, through the ruins of the 18th Century Stalling Busk Old