Action Packed Travel

Sadly, Marston Park closed its doors in 2024. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

'For a few seconds, you don't know whether you're upside down or inside out,' says Louise Hall, who jumped out of a plane for the first time last week. She has also been ice-swimming, climbed and skied Mont Blanc, walked to the North Pole, and dived the Great Blue Hole off Belize. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

This week's episode is about time and travel – not time travel, but how to spend your leisure time. We spoke to bestselling author, James Wallman, and to Gavin Copus of Air Charter Service. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

We asked ski industry specialist, Craig Burton, what the ski situation is in the world at present and whether we will be able to go skiing this winter. Support the show

This week we're in Colombia or to be more exact, in the Coffee Region, the fruit bowl of this enchanting and ever-surprising South American country where we're talking to New Zealander, Bruce McLean. But how safe is it? Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

We've revisited our popular episode, Fly Fishing: From Trout to Trevally. Peter McLeod's career as an extreme fly fishing expert has taken him from India and the Seychelles to Sudan and Christmas Island. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy. Support the show

Blenheim Palace is set in thousands of acres of rolling parkland outside the village of Woodstock in Oxfordshire. It's bigger than Buckingham Palace, but it's also privately owned by the family that built it over 300 years ago. It's been the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough since 1704  and was the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

It's been dubbed the most Instagrammed hotel in the world and we can see why. At certain times of day, giraffes are everywhere with heads popping up on balconies and at the breakfast table, helping themselves to your toast and cornflakes.  Music ©Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

Too good to miss...we've giving one of our favourite episodes another airing. Joanna is one of the world's leading experts on jewellery and one of the leading lights on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

We're looking back over a thousand years of action-packed history at Warwick Castle in the heart of Middle England. This medieval fortress, complete with battlements and dungeons, is situated in Shakespeare country, barely a ten-mile drive from Stratford-Upon-Avon.  Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy – and Warwick Castle  Support the show

This week, we are veering slightly off our normal track to take a look at a food of British origin.  Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

In Hampshire and Dorset in the south of England, we explore the country's most visited national park. It's a wild and beautiful place where the locals, ponies, cattle and even pigs roam free under obscure common laws that date back to feudal times. We met up with Anthony Climpson who is the boss of the tourist enterprise, Go New Forest. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy  Support the show

Di Luden is Executive Director for the Community Conservation Fund Africa (CCFA)  and one of her projects has been to rehome honeybees. The charity has already rehomed over 150 beehives across Mantis eco-estates within the Eastern Cape – creating a habitat for around 11 million bees. The CCFA educates members of local communities about the importance of bees and their critical role in the environm...

Oscar Wood of Seenaryo transforms education and equips refugees in Lebanon and Jordan with the tools for the future. Music © Barney and Izzi Hardy  Support the show

This week, we're exploring the high octane and sometimes dangerous world of powerboat racing. Daisy Coleman and her brother Sam are the reigning P1 world champions.  Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

When Claire Copeman married a Welshman, she gave up her marketing job across the border in England and the couple decided to bring the world of adventure to Wales. It all began with mountain biking. Music @ Barney & Izzi Hardy Support the show

We decided to celebrate our one year podcast anniversary with a look back at a dozen of our favourite episodes. Of course, there are 55 incredibly varied episodes you can listen to, 56 if you include this one! Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

This week we're exploring the extremes of travel as opposed to traditional organised holidays. Unquestionably, Tom Morgan is our most eccentric and daredevil traveller to date.  Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy   Water-To-Go For Clean Drinking Water BPA-free and based on technology developed for NASA. The filter removes 99.99% of all contaminants. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If yo...

He's never happier than when he finds himself astride an elephant in India or paddling a dugout canoe in the South American rainforest, or shooting rapids in the crocodile-infested waters of the Nile. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

Geraldine's idea of a little light, adrenaline-fuelled recreation is to climb one of Europe's highest peaks and then dive off it in a wing suit at speeds of up to 180 kilometers per hour.  Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

All you really need is a pair of Speedos, goggles, a hat and the ability to swim a few kilometres in the warm waters of the Mediterranean or the Caribbean or perhaps a rather chilly North Atlantic Ocean.  Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

The top fashion and reportage photographer and worldwide adventurer started out as a scientist in Africa before switching careers. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

The legendary freeride skier runs his Ski Academy in Verbier in Switzerland and in Cervinia in Italy, where he fixes those parts of your ski technique that you simply can't fix on your own.  Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy Support the show

Penny Walker fell in love with the region and emigrated from her native Yorkshire. She now lives in a remote hamlet on the French side of the mountains.  Music © Barney and Izzi Hardy  Support the show

British rowing star, Frances Houghton's 21-year quest for gold. During an illustrious career, she was four times world champion, picked up three Olympic silver medals and, astonishingly,  took part in no less than five Olympic Games. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy. Support the show