Is it more about the journey than the destination? Christopher Somerville, Anna Hughes and Nick Hunt talk to Adrian Bradt about the idea that travelling slowly by walking or cycling opens your eyes to a much wider journey. Between them they have travelled thousands of miles by such means and have a wealth of experience to share. Continue reading The Joy of Travelling Slowly: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Tag: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Jules Mountain: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
As Jules Mountain reached Everest Base Camp in April 2015, the giant earthquake in Nepal set off an avalanche that will kill 21. Hear him talking to Paul Blezard about his account of the deadliest day in history on the world’s most iconic mountain. Continue reading Jules Mountain: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Dallas Campbell: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
For 250,000 years humans have been firmly rooted to the Earth, but what if you want to get off? Leading space broadcaster Dallas Campbell uses his own vast experience to offer some advice that will help you leave planet earth.
Continue reading Dallas Campbell: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Julia Bradbury: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018 (Saturday 3rd February)
Back for the 2nd time at the 2018 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival, Presenter and author Julia Bradbury talks to Julia Wheeler about how important access to the great outdoors is to life, whether you are a keen hill walker or a Sunday stroller, however fit or unfit, with equal opportunities for all. Continue reading Julia Bradbury: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018 (Saturday 3rd February)
Leon McCarron: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Kicking off day three of the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival, Leon McCarron talks to Paul Blezard about his latest book The Land Beyond.
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world.
Continue reading Leon McCarron: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Patrick Barkham: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. In his book Islanders, Patrick Barkham explored some of the most beautiful landscapes in the British Isles. Meeting all kinds of islanders, he discovered what it is like to live on a small island, and what it means to be an islander. Continue reading Patrick Barkham: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Megan Hine: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Drawing on her vast wealth of survival experiences around the world Megan Hine talks to Julia Wheeler at the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival about her book Mind of a Survivor. Continue reading Megan Hine: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Tim Moore: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Tim Moore tackled the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Talking to Paul Blezard, Moore reflects on the curdling of the Communist dream, and the memories of a Cold War generation reared on the fear of apocalypse – at a time of ratcheting East-West tension. After three months, 20 countries and a 58-degree jaunt up the centigrade scale, man and bike finally wobble up to a Black Sea beach in Bulgaria, older and wiser, but mainly older. Continue reading Tim Moore: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Travelling Solo: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
As more and more people choose to venture far and wide on their own, our panel of experts, Hilary Bradt, Lloyd Figgins and Phoebe Smith talk to Julia Wheeler about how this is in fact a more advantageous way to travel. They also look at the logistical details of how you can stay safe and prepare. You may never want to travel with company again.
Continue reading Travelling Solo: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
200 Amazing Places: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
The editors of the award winning The Sunday Times Travel Magazine talk to Hilary Bradt about their favourite destinations including some well-known and others under-the-radar. They also share some of their secrets for how to do those places cheaper, quieter and smarter than the average holiday-maker. Continue reading 200 Amazing Places: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018