Christopher Somerville

Writers bio:
Christopher Somerville is one of the UK's most respected freelance travel writers. His 'Walk of the Month' feature has been running in the Daily Telegraph for ten years, and his travel pieces appear regularly in Britain's top-quality newspapers - the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Times and the Sunday Times. One particular area of expertise is travel on foot in the less well-known corners of the world, especially islands and the Celtic fringe.

Christopher has written around 20 books - some accounts of his travels, several walking guides, and guidebooks to the UK, Ireland and Crete. He has also written an account of the British Commonwealth's role during the Second World War, and has had a collection of his poems published.

Broadcasting activity includes researching, writing and presenting his own long-running 'Somerville's Walks' series on TV, and a varied experience of radio which now includes presenting a monthly walk on BBC Radio 4's travel programme 'Excess Baggage'.