Janice Booth’s working life included professional stage management, archaeology, compiling puzzle magazines and travelling widely. She initiated and co-wrote the early editions of Bradt’s Rwanda guide, edited other Bradt guides to various...
Hilary Bradt’s career as an occupational therapist ended when potential employers noticed that the time taken off for travel exceeded the periods of employment. With her then-husband George she self-published the first Bradt guide in 1974...
When we moved back to Britain with two young children in 2013, after spending over a decade Australia, my wife and I spent a long time discussing which part of the country we wanted to live in. A keen kayaker, hiker, mountain biker and...
A full-time resident of Seaton in East Devon for the last ten years, Patrick Kinsella has been writing about travelling and the outdoors for three decades. A former editor of several outdoor-adventure and travel magazines, he worked for...
The following experts generously wrote boxes on their specialist subjects. They all gave their time and knowledge, but we’d especially like to thank Mike who gave far more of his time, and far more quickly, than we could have hoped. Mike...
We are generalists, not experts. Many people lent their extensive knowledge to the first and second editions and some of their information remains in this book, so thanks once again to Steven Edmonds (Wetlands), Karin Frewin (Seaton), Karen...