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By Felice and Peter HardySociety & Culture Places & Travel

Action Packed Travel episodes

November 13, 2025 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 with her five years ago. The episode is about her adventures on horseback to some of the wildest corners of the world. To Minty's many friends: we hope you enjoy listening.

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31 min
October 31, 2025 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.

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33 min
September 15, 2025 The Ski Tour Operator Revolution
One of the first tour operators to give away the company to their staff. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy
27 min
August 14, 2025 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 Community Fields in 2025.

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21 min
July 30, 2025 Is Japan The New Ski Capital?
This week we're talking to Jay Stevens, CEO of Wayfairer Travel, whose passion is snowboarding in Japan.

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42 min
June 22, 2025 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.

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34 min
May 11, 2025 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.

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21 min
April 28, 2025 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.

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46 min
March 19, 2025 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, and a professionally qualified safari guide.

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34 min
February 28, 2025 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.

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31 min

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Welcome to Action Packed Travel! Our podcast features amazing travel stories...without having to go anywhere. The episodes are interviews with people who've been inspired by their adventures. They're…