Inspiring Travel Writing from Fraser Harrison
Fraser Harrison took up full-time writing in 1975. He has written reviews and articles for a wide variety of papers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Independent, Country Living and BBC Wildlife, has been a regular contributor to Radio 4's Kaleidoscope, and has published many books.
In 1993 he travelled to the Midwest to make a programme for Radio 3 about the Black Hills, South Dakota and write a travel article for The Sunday Times. Since then he has written frequently for the travel section of The Sunday Times.
In June 1995 he made a second radio feature in the US, this time tracing General Custer's last trail to the Little Bighorn in Montana. His third feature covered Davy Crockett's death at the Alamo. The American explorers Lewis and Clark have been a long-standing interest of his, and in 1998 he followed their trail across the Rockies. He is writing a play for Radio 4 based on their famous journey of 1804-6.
Fraser lives in Suffolk with his wife and two children.
In 1993 he travelled to the Midwest to make a programme for Radio 3 about the Black Hills, South Dakota and write a travel article for The Sunday Times. Since then he has written frequently for the travel section of The Sunday Times.
In June 1995 he made a second radio feature in the US, this time tracing General Custer's last trail to the Little Bighorn in Montana. His third feature covered Davy Crockett's death at the Alamo. The American explorers Lewis and Clark have been a long-standing interest of his, and in 1998 he followed their trail across the Rockies. He is writing a play for Radio 4 based on their famous journey of 1804-6.
Fraser lives in Suffolk with his wife and two children.
Articles by Fraser Harrison
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A Valley in the Pays Basque
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Fraser Harrison
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France
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Pays Basque
At first sight French rural addresses are puzzling to the British eye. They appear to be at least a line short and the post code seems to have strayed into the wrong line. Our temporary address, for example, consists of the name of the house and...
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Before You Die: Read Dylan Thomas
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Fraser Harrison
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United Kingdom
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Wales
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Laugharne
Wales: Read Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood while sitting on a bench facing the bay in Laugharne, (in Carmarthen Bay, Wales) supposedly the original of Llareggub, with the castle behind you and Fern Hill in front of you. Thomas used to say the...
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Before You Die: Walk the Coast of Martinique
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Fraser Harrison
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Martinique
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Northern Martinique
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Grand Riviere
Martinique: Walk or cycle along the north coast of Martinique between Grand’Riviere and Anse Couleuvre. This stretch of coast has a paved trail that takes you through the island’s most spectacular scenery: tropical forest and waterfalls...
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Before You Die: A Walk Through the Badlands
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Fraser Harrison
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United States
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South Dakota
United States: Take a walk through the Badlands in South Dakota - a kind of moonscape made out of a Knickerbocker Glory of pink, grey, cream and tan rocks, all piled in crazy architectural shapes. You’ll never be alone in these rocks: a turkey...
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Before You Die: Ksar Ghilane
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Fraser Harrison
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Tunisia
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Tunis and the North Coast
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Ksar Ghilane
Tunisia: Stay in the Pansea Hotel in the Saharan oasis of Ksar Ghilane in southern Tunisia. This is desert camping for the decadent: your room is in the shape of a Berber tent, but within is air conditioning or central heating, as well as your own...
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Before You Die: A Winter Walk on Salt Marshes
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Fraser Harrison
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United Kingdom
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East Anglia
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Norfolk
A winter walk across the salt marshes at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. A summer walk if you prefer the company of (many) others. Sea birds, waders, herons, geese and a silver landscape that continually changes as the tide comes and goes, filling...
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Haarlem
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Fraser Harrison
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The Netherlands
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North Holland
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Haarlem
It was raining. As we stood outside Haarlem’s grand railway station, my son Jack and I could just make out the shape of our hotel through the drifting water. We ran across the street and while we checked in the receptionist took pleasure in telling...
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The Medina of Tunis
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Fraser Harrison
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Tunisia
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Tunis and the North Coast
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Tunis
Not so long ago, before the French colonial period, the Medina of Tunis was Tunis. Now it is a city within a city, an oval labyrinth of winding, narrow streets, which forms a self-contained unit of 667 acres in the very centre of the modern capital...