Inspiring Travel Writing from Greg Cook
A freelance travel writer for the past decade, Greg Cook is a regular contributor to UK magazines and broadsheet supplements. His journeys, domestic and foreign, have recently seen him lost below Dover Castle in unexplored 12th-century siege tunnels and laying down a harmonica track for African artists Amadou and Miriam in a Malian recording studio.
Greg has always regarded himself as the Blanche DuBois of travel journalism – permanently depending on the kindness of strangers.
Greg has always regarded himself as the Blanche DuBois of travel journalism – permanently depending on the kindness of strangers.
Articles by Greg Cook
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At the Vanguard of History: A Day at Dover Castle
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Greg Cook
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United Kingdom
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South East England
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Dover
A visit to Dover Castle and its wartime tunnels is more than just a day out, it’s a journey through two thousand years of English history. And with a two million pound facelift recently completed, there’s never been a better time to immerse yourself...
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O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Greg Cook
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St Vincent & Grenadines
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Bequia Region
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Bequia
Orton ‘Brother’ King has answered the call of the sea twice in his life, once as a fisherman and then again as the savoir of the endangered hawksbill turtle. A visit to his sanctuary on the island of Bequia is a unique and fascinating experience....
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All the Right Ingredients
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Greg Cook
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United States
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Connecticut
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Mystic
Mystic, Connecticut isn’t just home to the pizza parlour from the 80s film; it’s a small town that’s got the works.It’s a diamond-clear day in mid-October, the leaves on the sugar maples are bronzing in the afternoon sun and there’s a tang of salt...
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Arcadia in Andalusia
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Greg Cook
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Spain
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Andalucia (Seville)
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Seville
Dusty bullfights, sultry flamenco dancers, warm orange groves and crisp chilled sherry, grand Moorish palaces and brilliant white villages perched among the mountains… Over the centuries, these enduring images of Spain, have transcended cliché to...
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Leader of the Pack: Goan's Motorbike Tours
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Greg Cook
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India
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Goa
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Sinquerim
Eighteen years ago Suzie Lumsden had never been to India and had no idea how to ride a motorbike. Today she runs thriving business leading bike tours across the magical sub-continent that has now become her adopted home.The bone white peaks of the...
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A Guide to England's 1066 Country
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Greg Cook
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United Kingdom
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South East England
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Hastings
1066 country. A landscape of moated castles, steam railways and seaside towns with pleasure piers and steep-cobbled streets; scenes overlayed through the passing centuries, now surviving in composite to create the archetypal image of England. An...
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Green Keepers: Holiday in a Rhode Island Light House
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Greg Cook
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United States
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Rhode Island
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Newport
This enchanting, eco-friendly lighthouse on its own private island may have been restored back to its 19th-century heyday, but its ethos of sustainability is all about the future.When it comes to ecological responsibility there’s a shining light to...
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Little Britain: A Guide to Visiting Malta
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Greg Cook
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Malta
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The Three Cities
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Valletta
Welcome to Malta, an island of soaring bastions and Neolithic mysteries that somehow retains the dreamlike quality of visiting an England of half-a-century-ago during a summer heat wave. It’s the mythical home of Calypso, the nymph who seduced...
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Timbuktu: A Living Legend
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Greg Cook
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Mali
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Niger River
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Timbuktou
A visit to the semi-mythical African town of Timbuktu proves that real travel is all about the journey and the destination.Through the heart of Mali, a land-locked nation set inside the jutting rump of west-Africa, there is a delta. A flat and...