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Julia Rose Clarke

Julia is a travel writer, as well as the author of two books on yoga and Ayurveda. She has been writing about outdoor adventure and travel since 2016. Her love of hiking, trail running, climbing and skiing began while exploring Scotland’s West Highland Way and Finnish Lapland as a teenager. She spent 20 years living in the US, where she worked as a radio presenter, freelance writer, yoga teacher and winemaker. She developed her mountain skills during an 11-year stint in the Colorado Rockies before returning to her hometown of Glasgow in 2020 where she’s been rediscovering the Highlands as well as taking regular trips to the Alps to satisfy her thirst for adventure.

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