Mark Probert

Born in Hampshire in 1954, Mark Probert has spent most of his life as a mapmaker. He left Ordnance Survey after 28 years to form his own company in 2003 and spent 17 years traveling extensively overseas.
Now retired and living in rural Dorset, he spends his time writing, walking, cycling and motorcycling.
His first book describes an 'end to end' motorcycle ride through Britain. Mark tries to follow in the footsteps of John Hillaby in the classic travel book 'Journey through Britain'
His second book is another travel memoir that describes a coast to coast backpacking adventure across India. Mark traversed the sub-continent in January 2020 with his friend of 40 years, Nick Lindsay. Entrusted out on their own for five weeks, the boys narrowly avoided arrest on day one in an incident that set the tone for the rest of their adventure. Expect railways, curries, near-death road incidents, religious shrines, camels… and lots of cows.
Book number three continues the light-hearted travel memoir theme closer to home with a summer long (2022) road trip around Wales. This one has fewer alarming road incidents than India, but also fewer curries.