I am both a practitioner and an academic of outdoor learning who has been excited all my life about forests, mountains and seas; and about adventure and wildlife. I love accompanying people as they experience and learn about the outdoors, the activities that can take them there and the places they encounter. I have been a teacher, youth worker and advisor as well as a lecturer. I live in the Lake District and spend as much time as possible amongst the mountains and islands of the west coast of Scotland.