Even though I haven’t done much actual travelling myself since our big Amtrak trip last autumn, I seem to have got back on the train travel writing bandwagon this year at least.
I’ve been writing a series of blog posts for Rail Guru, an Australia-based start up who sell railpasses all over the world. Read my articles about the generally new and improved Eurostar service, Eurostar’s Premier options (how they now badge their first class and business class services) along with a few posts I did about the joys of train travel in Japan.
I’ve also been working a little for my good buddy Chris King on his wizzy new site the Train Hacker, writing about First Class InterRail for Grown Ups and how to use the great panoply of (mostly criminally under-promoted) railcards to get the best deals on train fares in Blighty.
Even more exciting is my new gig for Train Tours For You, the UK’s first company to offer specialist inclusive train tours across Europe and beyond. I’ve launched their shiny new rail travel blog, as well as introducing them to the bounteous delights of twitter and facebook.
They’re the same people behind E-Rail who have been going for over 20 years, so they know their onions when it comes to European rail travel. Please do follow along, keep an eye out for competitions, inspirational rail travel content and feel free to chip in with some fun train banter some time.
So if you’re looking for train travel content, you know who to call. No, not ghostbusters…
Some other, completely unrelated clients lately include Interactive Investor, a financial trading platform, Clydesdale Bank (some pieces for their staff magazine Here!), some brand headlines for Fulham Football Club, materials for Velon, a new commercial force in pro cycling, and to continue the sporting theme I’ve also re-written web copy for the National Trust for Scotland-owned Kingarrock Golf Course in Fife, where you can play hickory golf. That’s basically golf as it was played during the lazy, hazy days of the 1920s, using authentic hickory golf clubs. Top hole eh?
Meanwhile I’m still blogging away for Brighton Museums, which is promising to be just as diverse and fascinating as I hoped it would be, encompassing everything from Hove’s early cinema pioneers to ‘outsider art’, Victorian mermen hoaxes and anti-fracking protest pottery.
In other news, I was rather chuffed to learn recently that I finally seem to be ranking for the search terms Brighton copywriter and Brighton travel writer, which is nice.
So there you have it. That’s what I’ve been up to, and now how about you, what’s been keeping you out of mischief lately and what the blazes are you dong in my kitchen anyway? Careful with that egg whisk now, you could have somebody’s eye out with that!