Action Packed Travel

Arts & Culture Podcasts

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 also full of information and useful links, all of...

Location:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

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 also full of information and useful links, all of which you can find on our Show Notes. Our podcast can be used for future travel ideas and plans for the days when we can explore the world again! About us: we're Felice & Peter Hardy and we've spent half a lifetime travelling to just about every corner of the world, making a living as travel writers out of what we like doing best – and that's skiing, biking, hiking, eating, exploring, city breaks, seaside…and a whole lot more. We've had lots of favourable reviews, such as: "What an interesting and diverse world you are opening up for us in a nicely laid back way. Very informative and some are also wonderful archive material."

Twitter:

@Packed2Action

Language:

English

Contact:

+44 (0)7827 445127

Website:

http://www.actionpackedtravel.com/

Email:

peterandfelice@gmail.com

Episodes

Lacock: The Birth Place of Photography

4/26/2026

The quaint medieval community of Lacock might seem familiar. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:16:49

An Unusual Destination in Equatorial Africa

3/31/2026

Alice Gully of Aardvark Safaris takes a journey back in time to São Tomé and Príncipe. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:35:16

Safety on the Slopes Starts in the Shop

2/23/2026

This week we're in Val d'Isère in the French Alps, exploring the complicated subject of ski and boot rental. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:27:58

The Disappearance of Dick's Tea Bar

12/15/2025

Dick's Tea Bar in Val d'Isère once captured the imagination of generations of visitors. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:26:33

Minty Clinch: Age is No Barrier to Adventure

11/13/2025

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. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy.

Duration:00:30:14

Minty clinch: Age is no barrier to adventure

11/13/2025

Duration:00:30:14

Cycling From Antarctic To Arctic

10/31/2025

We're giving this episode another airing. It's what might best be described as a rather long bike ride. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:32:17

Cycling From Antarctic To Arctic

10/31/2025

We're giving this episode another airing. It's what might best be described as a rather long bike ride. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Duration:00:32:17

The Ski Tour Operator Revolution

9/15/2025

One of the first tour operators to give away the company to their staff.

Duration:00:26:17

Final Battle of the Countryside

8/14/2025

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

Duration:00:20:50

Is Japan The New Ski Capital?

7/30/2025

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

Duration:00:41:54

Midlifing on the South West Coast Path

6/22/2025

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

Duration:00:33:28

Battle of the Countryside

5/11/2025

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

Duration:00:20:50

Walking Across Africa

4/28/2025

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

Duration:00:45:42

Writing Around The World

3/19/2025

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

Duration:00:33:27

Alice's Journey through Saudi Arabia

2/28/2025

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

Duration:00:30:34

Valentine Warner’s Wild Kitchen

1/30/2025

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. Support the show

Duration:00:30:36

Wild About Croatia

12/20/2024

Travel writer and author of My Family and Other Enemies, Mary Novakovitch, explores her homeland, including the hinterland of Croatia most foreigners never visit. Music: © Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

Duration:00:34:27

Joanna Penn's Pilgrimage

11/13/2024

Author, podcaster, and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn is a best-selling and award-winning writer of horror, thrillers, dark fantasy and travel memoirs. She's also taken up going on pilgrimages. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

Duration:00:35:27

A Ride Across America

10/23/2024

Simon Parker has cycled in this election year across the whole of America, from the northwest coast of Washington state, all the way to the most south easterly tip of Florida. He's written a book about it. Music: Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

Duration:00:36:43