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Ultra-runner Heather Dawe will be speaking at the Buxton Adventure Festival on Sunday 3rd November

http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/baf2013_heather_dawe.html

Listen live to Andy Potter's Show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d81tm

Author of The Wild Swimming Guide Rob Fryer wades into the River Frome with BBC Wiltshire. Read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2005/07/01/wild_swimming_wiltshire_feature.shtml

2011 World Downhill Mountain Bike Champion talking to adventure sports athlete Nik Cook ahead of the Buxton Adventure Festival (20-21 Oct). Danny will be doing a Q&A with ITV Cycle Show Presenter Anna Glowinski at 8pm on Sunday 21st October at the Pavilion Gardens, part of Buxton Opera House (www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk).

That will be followed by a screening of Red Bull's new freeride MTB film 'Where the Trail Ends'

Tickets £10 (multi-savers & concessions available)

Lissa Cook talks to the youngest member of the GB Women's Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic Team, 17 year old Maddie Thompson (from the Hope Valley Derbyshire) about dealing with the pressure, combining school and training and how the Paralympics have changed attitudes to disability.

Maddie will be speaking at the Buxton Adventure Festival on Sunday 21st October. More details & tickets http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/maddie_thompson_olympicdreams.html

Derbyshire mountaineer and adventurer Squash Falcolner talks to Lissa Cook about her passion for paragliding, her recent flight paragliding from the top of Gran Paradiso (4061m) and plans to launch 200 people from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro ahead of her talk at Buxton Adventure Festival (http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/squash_falconer_spirit_of_adventure.html) on Saturday 20th October.

Squash is sponsored by local Derbyshire company Rab (http://www.rab.uk.com/)

Find out more about the Wings of Kili project here: http://wingsofkilimanjaro.com/

Squash's website is: http://www.squashfalconer.com/

This interview is also available on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbhWPTmaUgg&feature=youtu.be

Lissa Cook talks to Jamie Andrew - the Scottish mountaineer who had his hands and feet amputated following a horrific accident in the French Alps - about his rehabilitation, sporting achievements and philosophy that "nothing is impossible". Jamie is speaking at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 17th June at 7.30pm (tickets http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/jamie-andrew). His book Life and Limb - a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds is available at http://www.jamieandrew.com

Lissa Cook talks to Jamie Andrew - the Scottish mountaineer who had his hands and feet amputated following a horrific accident in the French Alps - about his rehabilitation, sporting achievements and philosophy that "nothing is impossible". Jamie is speaking at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 17th June at 7.30pm (tickets http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/jamie-andrew). His book Life and Limb - a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds is available at http://www.jamieandrew.com

Adventure sports writer and athlete Nik Cook talks to Team Saloman ultra runner Anna Frost ahead of her win at the Transvulcania race in La Palma (May 11th)

Adventure sports writer and athlete Nik Cook talks to Team Saloman ultra runner Anna Frost ahead of her win at the Transvulcania race in La Palma (May 11th)

English Marathon Record Holder, Charlie Spedding, talking to BBC Radio Sheffield's Paulette Edwards ahead of his talk at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, 10 March 2012