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Chefs, Cars and Skiing

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Release Date: 08/15/2023

The Ski Tour Operator Revolution show art The Ski Tour Operator Revolution

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One of the first tour operators to give away the company to their staff. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

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Final Battle of the Countryside show art Final Battle of the Countryside

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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 Community Fields in 2025. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

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Is Japan The New Ski Capital? show art Is Japan The New Ski Capital?

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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

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Midlifing on the South West Coast Path show art Midlifing on the South West Coast Path

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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

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Battle of the Countryside show art Battle of the Countryside

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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 Support the show

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Walking Across Africa show art Walking Across Africa

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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 Hardy Support the show

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Writing Around The World  show art Writing Around The World

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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, and a professionally qualified safari guide. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

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Alice's Journey Through Saudi Arabia show art Alice's Journey Through Saudi Arabia

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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

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Valentine Warner’s Wild Kitchen show art Valentine Warner’s Wild Kitchen

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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, is set in a private safari lodge with views of Mount Kenya. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

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Wild About Croatia show art Wild About Croatia

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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 Support the show

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This week, we're talking to travel guru, Amin Momen, whose London-based company Momentum Ski organises bespoke holidays. 

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