Author, travel writer, photographer, routefinder & enemy of all things magnolia ... except trees.
In a wee village in Somerset.
Joined August 2009
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Seven Up was British TV at its best, and a compelling insight into Britain’s class system.
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The town where bifanas originated in #Portugal has one of the most unwelcoming roundabouts I've seen anywhere. #travelwriting
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A visit to a Sunday market on a Scottish island turned into a time-travelling sesh. #Scotland talesfromascottishisland.sub…
Before the sequel to Camel Spit & Cork Trees is published, I’m publishing posts to give a flavour of the chapters in the first book. The first is about arriving in Portugal. #travelmemoir jackmont.substack.com/p/a-fi…
A Conde Nast article had me thinking about why #Lanzarote is my least favourite of the #Canaryislands jackmont.substack.com/p/why-…
If your perception of each of the Canary Islands doesn’t resemble that of the places mentioned here, then you’ve still to experience the more authentic side of the islands. #CanaryIslands #travelwriting jackmont.substack.com/p/a-di…
One of the changes to our Real Tenerife Town & City guides is the addition of a sculpture trail in Santa Cruz #Tenerife
One of the changes we’ve made to our Real Tenerife Town & City Guides this year is to add a new route to Santa Cruz. It’s called the Sculpture Trail. But there’s far more to it than just sculptures.
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#Tenerife #guides
It would be easy to think there’s no need to ask this question, yet I’ve known people who seemed stumped when it was asked.
#writing #travelwriting jackmont.substack.com/p/who-…
Some pros and cons of having a specialism in travel writing #travelwriting jackmont.substack.com/p/spec…
Birmingham New Street train station seems to think it’s an airport jackmontgomery.co.uk/2026/10…
#travel #trains #birmingham
How eagle-eyed are you at spotting #Tenerife & the #CanaryIslands pretending to be other destinations?
How good are you at spotting Tenerife and the other Canary Islands pretending to be somewhere else in TV and films? #Tenerife #CanaryIslands therealtenerife.com/posts/po…
Happy hundredth birthday to the wee bear and his friends. This book is still a treasured possession.
#winniethepooh
AI doesn’t know everything. It doesn’t know about two murders on the Scottish island I come from. One involved a boy I knew at school, who was also a neighbour. In the other, two of my friends were accused of the crime #writing #research talesfromascottishisland.sub…
I don’t know if it’s the same for others, but I don’t find it easy to cross the border between travel writing and fiction.
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#writing #fiction #travelwriting
This approach to getting to know destinations well enough to write about them might seem obvious. But there are plenty of writers who either don’t do this or only pay lip service to doing it. #writing #travelwriting
Was #JimRatcliffe confused when he spoke about the country being in decline and on the slide? Surely, he meant his club. Here’s some advice from a seriously concerned #ManUnited fan, Jim. Go look up irony in the dictionary.
Toward the end of last year, and after reading one too many travel articles that didn’t do #Tenerife justice, we had a rethink about our Real Tenerife website and guides. therealtenerife.com/posts/re…
The best way to develop and improve critical thinking skills - read books. talesfromascottishisland.sub…
I might write about travel, but I skip over most travel articles in newspapers and magazines. This is why. #travel #travelwriting jackmont.substack.com/p/the-…
This short story is really a comment on short story competitions #writing #shortstories jackmont.substack.com/p/requ…
