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A Century of Cottar's Safaris
Action Packed Travel - May 22, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutesThis week we're in Kenya talking to safari camp owner, Calvin Cotter, whose family came here from the Great Plains of the Midwest in the years before World War One.
The Ultimate Childcare for Skiers
Action Packed Travel - April 29, 2024 16:00 - 28 minutesThis week, we're exploring the fraught subject of taking small children skiing for the very first time. We're going to start and end with a warning to listeners: If you want to book a nanny service-inclusive holiday for the coming winter, there is really no time to waste. You need to book right ...
The Secret Resort of Le Grand-Bornand
Action Packed Travel - March 24, 2024 16:00 - 23 minutesLe Grand-Bornand is not a name like Morzine or Chamonix that trips easily off the tongue when we mention skiing, but it's typically and traditionally French.
North American Dream in the French Alps
Action Packed Travel - February 06, 2024 22:00 - 19 minutesIt's the twentieth anniversary of Arc 1950. The resort began as the idea of Canadian resort developer, Intrawest, creator of Mont-Tremblant in Quebec and manager of some 20 other resorts in North America – from Whistler to Mammoth. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Wild Travels In Africa and Asia
Action Packed Travel - January 02, 2024 15:00 - 21 minutesThis week we're talking to someone who specialises in creating holidays that are entirely different – taking you to places you probably thought were out of bounds to all tourists.
From Fjord to Snowfield
Action Packed Travel - December 02, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutesWe caught up with Rory Dixon who organises skiing-touring trips off a boat in Norway and Greenland, life-changing adventures to distant corners of the world. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Jess the Horse Nomad
Action Packed Travel - November 27, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutesJess Isbrecht is a digital nomad who travels full time with her horses. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The World's Most Travelled Man
Action Packed Travel - November 05, 2023 20:00 - 31 minutesHarry Mitsidis has travelled to every country in the world, at least twice. He's the founder of a website called NomadMania. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Walking to the South Pole
Action Packed Travel - October 27, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutesTo discover a little of what former Royal Marine, Sam Cox, will experience living alone at -30°C, podcaster Peter Hardy spends time in an industrial freezer. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
An American in Paris
Action Packed Travel - September 28, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutesNo, not the 1951 movie starring Gene Kelly and Lesley Caron... Jay Swanson moved from the USA and now lives in Paris where he calls himself: 'a YouTuber, writer, and puppy wrangler.' He publishes a guide to the city called Paris in my Pocket. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Van Life Revisited
Action Packed Travel - September 09, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutesWe're on the road exploring a thriving sector of the travel industry that continues to explode in popularity across Europe. Music © Barney and Izzi Hardy
Wild Skiing in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan
Action Packed Travel - August 27, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutesUntamed Borders sets out to satisfy the hunger of that rare breed of traveller who's already been to the far corners of the earth, got the T-shirt but still wants more. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Chefs, Cars and Skiing
Action Packed Travel - August 15, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutesThis week, we're talking to travel guru, Amin Momen, whose London-based company Momentum Ski organises bespoke holidays. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Extreme Travel Dreams
Action Packed Travel - July 17, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutesTurn your wildest travel dreams into reality, with superyacht voyages to the end of the earth, intrepid journeys to deserts, jungles, polar regions and the oceans. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Tennis Champion Who Escaped the Nazis
Action Packed Travel - July 01, 2023 21:00 - 27 minutesWe're in Vienna for an unusual episode of Action Packed Travel – unusual because our principal guest is Felice herself. She's just published a book about her grandparents' dramatic escape from Vienna to London on the eve of World War II. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Cycling From Antarctic To Arctic
Action Packed Travel - June 21, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutesChris and his girlfriend Phoebe are in the saddle, for what you might describe by any standards as a rather long bike ride. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Thermae Bath Spa – A Fusion Of Old And New
Action Packed Travel - May 28, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutesWith the sunny weather outside, we felt it was time to republish this episode about Bath Thermae Spa. Bath in the southwest of England is famous for its Roman baths. In its Regency heyday, the supposedly curative waters attracted the cream of British society…and of course, Jane Austen. 2,000 yea...
Travels With The Hungry Cyclist
Action Packed Travel - May 19, 2023 17:00 - 28 minutesTom Kevill-Davies has managed to carve a highly successful career for himself out of his twin passions, cycling and eating. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Future Of European Skiing
Action Packed Travel - May 09, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutesOnly a handful of ski resorts in the Alps will in future offer reliable snow cover throughout the season. These include Val d'Isere, Tignes and Val Thorens in France, Cervinia in Italy, and Zermatt in Switzerland – not forgetting the Austrian glaciers.
The Ultimate Ski Chalets
Action Packed Travel - April 24, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutesGlobally, there's just a handful of specialist operators who look after their guests on this giddy level. London-based Consensio is the leader of the pack.
Music On A Train
Action Packed Travel - April 12, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesCheryl B Engelhardt is a singer-songwriter who composed and recorded her album, Passenger, on a train journey from New York City to Los Angeles. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Sea and Ski With Melody Sky
Action Packed Travel - April 03, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutesAction woman extraordinary – mountain and ocean photographer, skier and freediver, Melody lives her life on the edge. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Cervinia – On The Italian Side Of The Matterhorn
Action Packed Travel - March 13, 2023 21:00 - 24 minutesIt was three years ago that we launched our podcast and today we're in a village that dates back to 1930. It is now evolving into what should become one of the most important future destinations for skiers in the whole of Europe. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Short Break at Longueville Manor
Action Packed Travel - February 20, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutesThe island of Jersey's top five-star hotel is a very special place indeed. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Jersey's Occupation in the Second World War
Action Packed Travel - February 08, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutesWe went on a lightning tour of some of the crumbling coastal defences linked by a network of underground passages and even an underground German hospital. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
Morzine: A Bird's Eye View
Action Packed Travel - January 30, 2023 22:00 - 28 minutesA vast ski area, environmentally-friendly chalets, and birds of prey are just a few of the attractions of Morzine. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
There's a Lot More to Cheltenham than Racing
Action Packed Travel - January 20, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesWith its glorious terraced houses, tree-lined promenades and grand public buildings, Cheltenham in Gloucestershire is said to be the most complete Regency town in Britain. Of course, it's best known these days for horse racing. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Secret Gardens Of Somerset Revisited
Action Packed Travel - January 13, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutesWe first visited in summer and are now looking forward to better weather to come when we can explore the gardens of The Newt once again – all 17 acres of them. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
The Man Who Skis Faster Than A F1 Car
Action Packed Travel - December 23, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutesJacob Perkins' idea of fun is to travel down a mountainside in a straight line, reaching impossible speeds of up to 150mph without any form of motor.
The Man Who Skis Faster than a F1 Car
Action Packed Travel - December 23, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutesJacob Perkins' idea of fun is to travel down a mountainside in a straight line, reaching impossible speeds of up to 150mph without any form of motor. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
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