Dr Terry Marsh is a Lancashire-based award-winning writer and photographer who specialises in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel mainly in the UK, and especially in Scotland. He has been writing travel and walking guidebooks since the mid-1980s, and is the author of over 100 titles. Terry has a particular interest in Cumbria and the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire, the Peak District, the Scottish islands and the Isle of Man. He holds a PhD in Historical Geography and a Master of Arts degree (with Distinction) in Lake District Studies, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot), and an Honorary Life Member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.