UPCOMING GUESTS ON MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER!
UPCOMING GUESTS ON MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER!
THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING ME ABOUT A lot of people have been asking me where this photograph was taken. As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Nepal having travelled there at least seven times. Some have been relatively short trips of between two to three weeks, but the …
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A GUEST ON MY EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST? Have you got an unusual story to tell? Have you been in an extreme situation or somewhere different on your holidays or travels? Has a day trip away impacted your life? Would you like to be a guest on my EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST?
STAYCATION: YOU MEAN I’M ON HOLIDAY IN MY OWN COUNTRY?! The world is full of buzzwords and travel isn’t exempt. As marketing tools, they are very effective in getting us to try things out although, in reality, the concepts they are promoting are rarely new. The latest to hit the travel scene is the ‘Staycation’ (as …
A QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH SUMMER HOLIDAY Someone asked me the other day what I would describe as a quintessential summer holiday in England. Being a travel writer, I usually travel abroad for my holidays and work, but Covid has forced me to rediscover my home country of England. Part of me had forgotten what a typical …
LOCKDOWN 2: WHEN THE NOVELTY WORE OFF Lockdown 2 has been hard. There’s no denying it. It’s affected everyone in some shape or form. We’ve all had to adapt; we’ve all had to cope; we’ve all had to deal with the frustration of being locked in our homes for an unforeseeable amount of time. I live on my …
BLAST FROM THE PAST: GANESH HIMAL 2001 This photograph was taken 20 years ago in a small village up in the Ganesh Himal region of Nepal. It had taken me four days to get there through knee deep snow up mountain sides and across dangerous ravines. One night I had to pitch my tent on icy ground …
MY INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD SERVICE’S ‘OUTLOOK’ In 2003, I was a Christmas visitor to Bam in southeastern Iran. On Boxing Day a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the city. The quake destroyed 90% of the town and eventually led to the tragic deaths of over 26,000 Iranians. I was staying at a local guesthouse which was levelled to …
Ciao Bella! Italy: wine, women & so much more…. I was supposed to be in Sicily in Italy this week, but the dreaded C word got the better of me. No, I didn’t get struck down with the world’s favourite virus, but the Italian government did suddenly put in new measures so that any visiting …
THANK YOU! A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent me your stories for my EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST. Wow! There are some cracking tales out there and I can’t wait to get recording! Talking of which, look what I’ve just received in the post. I LOVE these AKG K92 headphones to go along with …
RUTH MILLINGTON 