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Safety on the Slopes Starts in the Shop
This week we're in Val d'Isère in the French Alps, exploring the complicated subject of ski and boot rental. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Disappearance of Dick's Tea Bar
Dick's Tea Bar in Val d'Isère once captured the imagination of generations of visitors. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Minty Clinch: Age is No Barrier to Adventure
Minty Clinch, who died this month, was a good friend of ours for more years than we can remember. She was a fine writer and witty to the very end. We have decided to re-release an interview we did…
Minty Clinch: Age Is No Barrier To Adventure
Minty Clinch, who died this month, was a good friend of ours for more years than we can remember. She was a fine writer and witty to the very end. We have decided to re-release an interview we did…
Cycling From Antarctic To Arctic
We're giving this episode another airing. It's what might best be described as a rather long bike ride. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Cycling From Antarctic To Arctic
We're giving this episode another airing. It's what might best be described as a rather long bike ride. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Ski Tour Operator Revolution
One of the first tour operators to give away the company to their staff. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Final Battle of the Countryside
Because this means so much to us, we've repeated the episode! The Somerset town of Frome has seen many battles in its history, from the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 to a campaign to win Packsaddle…
Is Japan The New Ski Capital?
This week we're talking to Jay Stevens, CEO of Wayfairer Travel, whose passion is snowboarding in Japan. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show
Midlifing on the South West Coast Path
Zoe Langley-Wathen walked 630 miles around the coastline of Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Dorset – and then she wrote a book about it. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show
Battle of the Countryside
The Somerset town of Frome has seen many battles in its history, from the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 to a campaign to win Packsaddle Community Fields in 2025. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy …
Walking Across Africa
Forty years ago, Patrick Nash took a ten-month walk through the heart of Africa. We talked to him about the journey that inspired his latest book, Shots Across the Water. Music: © Barney & Izzi…
Writing Around The World
Jean McNeill, author of Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet, is an award-winning Canadian-born writer, the first-ever female director of creative writing at the University of East Anglia,…
Alice's Journey Through Saudi Arabia
Scottish explorer and Arabist Alice Morrison decided to take a long hike to talk to the ordinary people, particularly the women who live there. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show
Valentine Warner's Wild Kitchen
Valentine Warner is a celebrity chef who's made no less nine TV series, and has written five books. He likes to cook in remote and beautiful corners of the world. His new venture, Kitchen in the…
Wild About Croatia
Travel writer and author of My Family and Other Enemies, Mary Novakovich, explores her homeland, including the hinterland of Croatia most foreigners never visit. Music: © Barney and Izzi Hardy…
Joanna Penn's Pilgrimage
Author, podcaster, and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn is a best-selling and award-winning writer of horror, thrillers, dark fantasy and travel memoirs. She's also taken up going on pilgrimages.…
A Ride Across America
Simon Parker has cycled in this election year across the whole of America, from the northwest coast of Washington state, all the way to the most south easterly tip of Florida. He's written a book…
Ride Like A Gaucho
Sophia Ashe, hooked on ponies and horses since childhood, joined a team of gauchos at a ranch in Argentina and wrote a book about her experiences. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show
Bletchley Park Revisited
Bletchley Park is a country mansion 35 minutes by train northwest of London, where Alan Turing and his team of cryptanalysts cracked the complicated codes of the German Enigma machine. Music © Barney…
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