Richard Harris is a retired freelance journalist and one-time evening newspaper editor living on the northern fringes of the Lake District in Cumbria.
After a career working on provincial newspapers (the Weston-super-Mare Mercury, the Western Daily Press, the Nottingham Evening Post and the Carlisle News & Star/Cumberland News) he went freelance and so far has written four books - THE ACCIDENTAL EDITOR, his autobiography; GOODHART, the biography of one of the most remarkable men ever turned out by the Royal Navy; BONGO NIGHTS, the story of his adventures in his ancient campervan; BONGO NIGHTS 2: A-Z of the Lake District, which tells of more wildcamping adventures, this time in what he says is the most beautiful part of Britain; and BUS PASS TO ETERNITY, the story of how he retraced the major events of his life in an 865-mile bus trip - using only his old folk's bus pass.
Richard has been married to Tricia, whom he met while working in Somerset, for more than 45 years and they live in a small rural village a few miles from Carlisle. They have two grown-up sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.
He enjoys a typical Cumbrian rustic lifestyle, with ducks and hens in the garden
and buzzards, woodcock and pheasants in the woodland which surrounds his house.
In July 2008 - after many years trying - he got his wings as a solo glider pilot.
After a career working on provincial newspapers (the Weston-super-Mare Mercury, the Western Daily Press, the Nottingham Evening Post and the Carlisle News & Star/Cumberland News) he went freelance and so far has written four books - THE ACCIDENTAL EDITOR, his autobiography; GOODHART, the biography of one of the most remarkable men ever turned out by the Royal Navy; BONGO NIGHTS, the story of his adventures in his ancient campervan; BONGO NIGHTS 2: A-Z of the Lake District, which tells of more wildcamping adventures, this time in what he says is the most beautiful part of Britain; and BUS PASS TO ETERNITY, the story of how he retraced the major events of his life in an 865-mile bus trip - using only his old folk's bus pass.
Richard has been married to Tricia, whom he met while working in Somerset, for more than 45 years and they live in a small rural village a few miles from Carlisle. They have two grown-up sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.
He enjoys a typical Cumbrian rustic lifestyle, with ducks and hens in the garden
and buzzards, woodcock and pheasants in the woodland which surrounds his house.
In July 2008 - after many years trying - he got his wings as a solo glider pilot.
