Victoria Coombes has lived in Bishopstrow since 2003 and in Wiltshire since 1986. Before that, with a husband in the Army, she lived in Germany, Hong Kong and Iran.
Once editor of the Army Wives Journal, Victoria has written for the Salisbury Journal, Blackmore Vale Magazine, Wiltshire Life and for two years was publisher for the Warminster People website.
Her series of 40 walks written in the Salisbury Journal was published as a book called Take the Footpath and Victoria has also published a booklet on the Hills of Warminster. With Chris Johnson she has written Wessex Rambles, 100 Local Walks.