RUTH MILLINGTON

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR & TRAVEL WRITER, PODCASTER, ADVENTURER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

NEW EPISODE OUT! SUMMITING 21 OF THE WORLD’S HIGHEST ISLANDS! MOST PEOPLE ON THEIR HOLIDAYS LIKE TO TAKE A BOOK TO READ BY A POOL WHEREAS A FEW LIKE TO SET THEMSELVES IMMENSE CHALLENGES SUCH AS SUMMITING 21 OF THE WORLD’S HIGHEST ISLANDS BY BICYCLE, ON FOOT AND SKIS! CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO BELOW …

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FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER It’s been a while since I last wrote about what has been happening with my writing career. Despite my Extreme Holidays Podcast going from strength to strength, other aspects of my writing career stalled during 2022.

SEASON 3 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST IS RETURNING THIS MONTH! Season 3 of my Extreme Holidays Podcast is returning shortly.  Listen to the YouTube trailer below to find out about more upcoming, exciting and life-changing travel stories! You can also hear about our special Christmas Appeal for Juana Flores Vegas who was my guest …

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ONE MONTH IN COLOMBIA!   As I type this, I have literary just arrived at my hotel in Bogota and I’m exhausted! Actually, I’m more than exhausted. I can’t see straight so excuse the short blog. As an extreme solo traveller, I’m so excited to be back on the road after the pandemic. This is …

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EPISODE 23 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST OUT NOW: CYCLING SOLO FROM DJIBOUTI TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO! WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO FULFIL YOUR DREAM OF TRAVELLING FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN AFRICA? 

EPISODE 17 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST OUT NOW: A YEAR TRAVELLING WITH KIDS! IMAGINE QUITTING YOUR SECURE JOB RIGHT BEFORE A RECESSION TO BACKPACK AROUND THE WORLD FOR A YEAR WITH AN 8 AND 10 YEAR OLD. WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO BE THAT PARENT, LET ALONE THAT CHILD?

EPISODE 15 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST OUT NOW: EXPAT IN EXILE: I TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THAILAND’S BACKPACKER MURDERS!

Remember the two Burmese men accused of the murders of British backpackers, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, in 2014? My guest, Suzanne Buchanan, is the investigative journalist who revealed over a dozen suspicious deaths on the island of Koh Tao, Thailand

EPISODE 13 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST OUT NOW: NIGHTMARE IN NAMIBIA! HOW WOULD YOU COPE IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A HORRIC ACCIDENT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH, THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM HOME?

EPISODE 12 OF MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST OUT NOW: ON A MOTORBIKE THROUGH WAR-TORN MOZAMBIQUE! EXTREME TRAVEL DOESN’T GET MORE EXTREME THAN THIS!  IN 1987, CIVIL WAR WAS RAGING IN MOZAMBIQUE AND ONE WOMAN DECIDED TO CROSS THE COUNTRY BY MOTORBIKE……..