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Simon Gibbs

I write travel features shaped by walking, place, and time.

Finalist, Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year (2026)
The Affric Kintail Way, Scotland

Stories from the old ways on foot — pilgrim roads, desert tracks, mountain trails, and the silences that shape how we belong.

Cover of The Kindness of Strangers, published by Bradt Guides

Selected writing

Water from Empty Hands

“A fine piece of writing – poetic, resonant, understated – an exploration of what is so often seen but not said.”

Jonathan Lorie, Author of The Travel Writer’s Way

Featured in The Kindness of Strangers (Bradt, 2026) — Bradt Guides · Stanfords

Commissions & collaborations

The next journey is already taking shape — get in touch.

simon@simongibbs.com

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Recognition

Finalist, Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year 2026
Commended 2025

Membership

Member, Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild

Published

Featured in The Kindness of Strangers · Bradt, 2026