Terry Marsh has been visiting France since 1974, when
(for a few weeks) he exchanged his job in local government for a tent and an
unbelievable view of Mont Blanc from Chamonix, and he has returned every year
since, often many times...but then he did have a long relationship with a
delightful française from Lyon, and plunged whole-heartedly into domestic and
social life as a result, even winning at boules at someone's wedding
celebrations – which went down like a lead brick!
In the 1980s, he began his career as a guidebook writer and
photography, and soon turned his attention to the Pyrenees and then the Alps,
spending many years following mountain trails and exploring the natural beauty,
as he produced ‘100 Walks in the French Pyrenees’ and ‘100 Walks in the French
Alps’, all while holding down a ‘proper’ job. For the last 10 years he has
contributed articles to magazines and newspapers, and for a time worked as a
tour guide, showing American visitors around the delights of Provence.
Terry has revised and added information to a number of
Michelin Green Guides, notably the Paris region, the Auvergne and Rhone valley,
the Chateaux of the Loire, Languedoc-Roussillon, the French Alps,
Alsace-Lorraine-Champagne, Dordogne and the 2012 and 2014 editions of the guide
to the whole of France.
Academically, he is an historical geographer and holds a
Master of Arts (Distinction) in Lake District Studies, and a Doctor of
Philosophy, both from Lancaster University.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
(Scotland).
