Always Another Adventure

If you, a friend or a family member has an accident in the outdoors or elsewhere, would you know what to do? Many lives have been lost because people wait for trained help to arrive rather than carrying out simple first aid. I took a two-day first aid course with the First Aid Training Cooperative, part-owned by Cory Jones. He talks us through the thinking behind outdoor first aid, and you'll hear clips from the training and my reaction to the pressure of realistic scenarios. Cory also recorded a podcast about canoeing the Canadian Wilderness. The First Aid Training Cooperative Highland Experiences If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

Better known as a mountain and trail runner, when Donnie Campbell took up gravel cycling he started winning races and smashing FKTs. Donnie has been on the podcast twice, talking about the wild places he runs (Ep. 2) and setting a new record for the fastest self-propelled round of Scotland's "Munro" mountains (Ep. 35). Now he explains his very different approach to bikepacking races - he doesn't sleep! Well OK, that's not strictly true, but he doesn't sleep much, even on the 2000km off-road French Divide, reckoned to be the hardest bikepacking race in Europe. We chatted in his kitchen. Donnie's coaching website - Get Active Running Instagram Facebook

He’s one of America’s great hikers and the man who devised and created the Pacific Northwest Trail. Ron Strickland has lived what he calls a "vagabondish" lifestyle, either on the USA’s trails or in Washington DC campaigning for his own. His memoir Pathfinder - the title is his trail-name - is a journey through a life spent outdoors, albeit with a few surprises. “It was not emotionally cost free” he says at one point, and I try to find out the price he paid for such freedom. We spoke the day after Ron’s eightieth birthday from his home in Hawaii. Ron’s website Pacific Northwest Trail Organization website Buy Pathfinder by Ron Strickland on Amazon Multi-part, 2022 PNT documentary Older PNT video

As the fastest woman around the world on a bicycle releases the book of her journey and embarks on a UK speaking tour, this is an updated version of an interview we recorded three years ago. Buy Jenny's Book (amazon affiliate link) Jenny's website Instagram and speaking tour dates

lAdventures come in all shapes and forms. The more complicated ones are often the most interesting. Bella & Steve Molloy quit corporate jobs in their native Australia to set up a travel advisory business in the French Pyrenees. Along the way, Bella got into ultra cycling and as recently started a podcast. Seek Travel Ride website Seek Travel ride podcast YouTube Facebook Instagram If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

The first episode of a new podcast series which you'll find here https://pctpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Twenty years ago we hiked this 2,600 mile wilderness trail from Mexico to Canada, across baking deserts and snowy mountain passes. At the time we were told it was the 'classic era' of the PCT. Now numbers have risen from a few hundred to thousands. More at PCTpodcast.com I made recordings with people along the way, but lost them until recently. Now I've produced a limited podcast series recalling at this classic time and also looking at the PCT today with people who know it well. We'll hear from a couple who hiked the trail twenty years after us and only just made it to the border as forest fires engulfed the area. This is the first episode of that series and other episodes are also live now. If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

For the last twenty years, an Englishman has been a senior trainer and key family liaison member of Yosemite Search & Rescue, one of the world's busiest organisations of its kind. Moose Mutlow's curious career path took him through stints as a street-performing juggler, a deputy headmaster in the Kalahari and more than 2000 days leading and instructing in the wildest of the world’s places. Moose's books and online courses are used by professionals, not only to learn the practical skills of swift water rescue, but also the emotional techniques to lead worried or grieving relatives through rescues and recoveries of loved ones. All this while leading a $50m project in Yosemite to introduce more young people to life in wild places. Moose Mutlow's website Instagram Facebook If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

In February 2023 Scotland will mark twenty years of Land Reform legislation that gave a Right of Responsible Access to the countryside. Yet challenges remain with some confusion about what's allowed and a reduction in the number of staff who had been appointed to upload access rights. There's also a challenge of equality of access, to widen the number of people taking physical activity in open spaces. Helen Todd, the campaigns and policy manager at Ramblers Scotland, guides us on the way ahead. Ramblers Scotland Paths Map The Out There Award Helen Todd's Twitter If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

In the summer of 2022, Cory Jones led a group of six paddlers through the Yukon territory in Canada. Their group of six covered 1000 miles, through two time zones and six river systems. However, the adventure wasn't exactly harmonious eventually splitting into two groups. Age was the dividing line. This generational divide was echoed among communities of First Nation people they met along the rivers. As well as describing a tough adventure, Cory speaks frankly about all these differences and the impact climate change has already brought to their environment and way of life. Expedition website Cory's blog Cory's business Highland Experiences First Aid Training If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

A phone app that offers cycle coaching using artificial intelligence. It learns from how your workout performance and adjusts future sessions. We hear how former professional cyclist Richard Lang moved from racing to coaching, before making the leap to tech-business start-up. We can offer a discount code for Spoked to use at Sign Up. Please don't ask me how to use Spoked - check their 'How To' video or contact Spoked direct. 60 days free ALWAYSANOTHERADVENTURE60 - 500 Review Places If you miss out then 45 days free ALWAYSANOTHERADVENTURE45 - over 5000 places Spoked website Apple App Store Google Play This is not a sponsored or paid podcast. The channel has received financial or benefit in kind. I just think it's interesting and wish to share it with you. Video of Spoked in action: www.TinyURL/AAA-Spoked If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

This is a strange one, because the host, Simon Willis, becomes the guest. Sean McFarlane interviews me about my Torino Nice Rally ride. Here are links to things we talk about; videos of the ride, preparation videos, maps and information about travel / kit as well as the Resources page of AlwaysAnotherAdventure.com Torino Nice Rally home page. If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

A world-renowned authority on bike fit, Phil Burt quite literally wrote the book; the link to buy the new edition is below. He has optimised the position of many great cyclists with by British Cycling including Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins. Their framed Tour de France yellow jerseys are on Phil's studio wall. I visited Phil at his Manchester studio for a bike fit, and it seems many cyclists share similar challenges. We chatted while he worked and result allows us to evesdrop on a world-class bike fitter at work. Phil Burt's bike fitting website: www.philburtinnovation.co.uk Buy book on Amazon If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

Round the world single speed cyclist Markus Stitz has written a new guidebook to the best gravel rides in Great Britain. Here Markus takes us on an urban gravel ride around Edinburgh. Buy Markus' book here Watch a YouTube video of our ride: http://tinyurl.com/AAA-MarkusVideo If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

Recorded on location with Calum Maclean, one of Scotland's best known open water swimmers. He takes Simon and Liz Willis on their first Swim Packing adventure. There's also video of this adventure on the YouTube channel Always Another Adventure - link: https://tinyurl.com/AAA-SwimpackingVideo Calum's book 1001 Outdoor Swimming Tips is published by Vertebrate on 7th July 2022 If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

The Torino-Nice Rally is a 700km journey through the Alps over high cols, mixing road and gravel riding. Its creator James Olsen answers many of the questions riders might have before undertaking this journey. Website Instagram Video version of this interview If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

Fifty episodes seems a good time to bring the first series of Always Another Adventure to a close. When will series two start - I don’t know yet. It’ll be when I have the energy and enthusiasm to chase guests who interest me and start recording with them. In the meantime my efforts are directed towards the Always Another Adventure YouTube channel. Please check it out if you haven’t already. Oh and stay subscribed to the podcasts please, then when they return a new one will drop into your...

The one and only Adventureman superhero, Jamie McDonald has run across continents to raise money for hospitals which treat sick children. Here he talks about running 5,500 miles across 22 States of the USA entirely unsupported. As a child a spinal condition threatened his ability to walk. Now his Superhero Foundation has raised more than one million pounds for sick children's charities. The book of his latest adventure is called Running America, and it's very good (honestly - I read and thoroughly enjoyed it). Buy Running America on Amazon UK Jamie's website: AdventureMan.org Twitter Instagram Facebook If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

Many listeners will be used to training for events of big trips. Mike Dales calls these 'five course days' and wants you to pay more attention to the 'bread and butter' days. His book Find Time for Exercise gives ideas for daily challenges to keep you moving which in turn creates greater base levels of fitness, no matter your starting point. Mike and his partner run, walk, cycle, kayak or ski at least 5km every day and have done so for eight years. FindTimeForExercise.com Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Book on Amazon.co.uk If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website

We’re stepping out of the monthly schedule with this podcast to bring you something extra. There are two parts to this conversation with Nick Butter who we heard from in episode 38. The second part is about setting a new record for running around the coast of Great Britain. The first is about a new, worldwide charity he’s establishing that is so different I genuinely think you’ll be interested in hearing more. www.the196foundation.com/ Instagram nickbutterrunning.com/ Instagram

There are nineteen, sort of official, long trails on this island and Martyn Howe has waked them all. I’ll talk to Martyn about Long Distance Walking and his new book Tales From The Big Trails. And we won’t stop there. Because Martyn is quite a cyclist too having, among many other things, circumnavigated the north-sea by bike. Martyn's Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Buy Martyn's book at Vertebrate Publishing If you enjoy this podcast, please support the hosting costs by buying me a virtual coffee at www.ko-fi.com/sunartmedia Check out our YouTube channel and website