Vivienne is an award-winning outdoor writer and photographer with an all-consuming love of walking and the great outdoors. A journalist since 1990, she went freelance in 2002, focussing her energies on the activities she loves most - hiking, writing, travel and photography. Based in north Cumbria since 1996, she has put her intimate knowledge of northern England to good use over the years, writing more than 20 popular walking guidebooks. Her words and images also regularly appear on the pages of national and regional magazines as well as on countless websites, visitor leaflets and guides to nature reserves. Vivienne is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. www.viviennecrow.co.uk