The Everyday Adventure Podcast

Send us a text BONUS EPISODE* Carl Orme is an Army Veteran and runner and is best known on Instagram as @fighting_the_dadbod. Here he holds regular "Instaviews" with prolific guests from the world of sport including Fiona Oakes, Dean Macey and Becky Adlington. Last year, Carl raised over £10k for Breast Cancer by running 10 marathons in 10 days across 10 different counties and this year...

Send us a text Danusia Malina Derben is an entrepreneur, internationally published leadership expert and mother of 10. She is the founder of School for Mothers and the host of two critically acclaimed podcasts: School for Mothers and School for Father. She has recently published NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood which aims to radically overhaul how we think about modern motherhood. In this...

Send us a text Kieron Achara is a former professional basketball player who has recently retired from a career spanning more than two decades. Kieron was captain of the GB Squad earning 105 international caps and competed in both the 2012 Olympics and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kieron now works as consultant to several organisations where he champions athlete transition and mental health awareness....

Send us a text Wendy Searle is an adventurer, civil servant and mother of four.  In January 2020, she became the 7th woman to ski solo and unaided from Hercules Inlet on  the Antarctic Coast to the geographic South Pole. Having first landed on the idea in 2015, Wendy shares her journey to get to that point with openness and honesty.  She highlights the key challenges she faced and the life changin...

Send us a text Chris Brannigan is an Army Officer, father of three and co-founder of the charity Hope for Hasti. In July 2020, he set off on a 700 mile barefoot march across the UK with the aim of raising funds for the research and development of a gene therapy for his daughter Hasti, who has the rare genetic condition  Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS). Anyone who followed his journey would have...

Send us a text Alex Cook is a registered clinical and sports dietitian with over 15 years of experience in dietary management. Alex specialises in endurance nutrition, supporting a range of athletes, from ultra distance enthusiasts, elite level junior athletes to supporting multi-day expeditions in challenging environments.  She is a qualified Athletics Coach with UK Athletics and has been a compe...

Send us a text Rowena Gerrett is a facilitator and coach whose work  focuses on embodied connection to self and the natural world. She is also the Founder of the "Women and Nature" bookclub which has welcomed guests including Raynor Winn (author of The Salt Path) and Jini Reddy (author of Wanderland). She has recently launched a programme called "Walking through Winter" combini...

Send us a text Ed Accura is a rapper, songwriter, podcast host and co-founder of the Black Swimming Association. He is also the producer of A Film Called Blacks Can't Swim , which aims to understand and highlight the cultural and societal reasons why a disproportionate number of Black people can't and don't swim. Blacks Can't Swim the Sequel is due to be released in mid-2021. I...

Send us a text In May 2018, Clare Dyson set off on an adventure across the Lake District with a pony called Pansy and her dog Finn. She covered over 250 kms of bridleway, experiencing the joy and freedom of wild camping and the kindness of strangers on their journey.  In this conversation, Clare shares the motivation behind her journey, the challenges she faced along the way and how adventure can...

Send us a text Mags Nixon is a mother, writer, photographer and skipper and the author of The Family Freestylers blog .  A self-confessed travel geek, who has spent much of her life living and working overseas, she and her husband were determined to expose their two daughters to the opportunities, adventure and perspective that travel can bring. Their adventures include moving the family to the Al...

Send us a text Preet Chandi is an Army Physiotherapist who loves adventure and finding new ways to push her limits. After playing tennis full time as a teenager training in the Czech Republic, she moved back to England at 19 to pursue a different path and joined the Army Reserves, then headed to university to study Physiotherapy. She undertook her first  half marathon at the age of 20, subsequentl...

Send us a text Flora Blathwayt is the Founder of Washed Up Cards - a company she started in Lockdown using microplastics which she found on beach cleans, often in her home patch around the Thames. She uses these tiny pieces to make  cards which are quirky and funny, yet highlight the increasingly serious problem of plastic pollution. In this episode, Flora talks about what inspired her to start Wa...

Send us a text Kanoa Greene is proof that athleticism, strength and confidence can come in all shapes and sizes. As a fitness trainer, surfer and outdoor adventurer, she is redefining how plus-size bodies are perceived and what they can do. Through her work in the fitness industry and her wonderful Instagram account, she inspires others of all shapes and sizes to live their wildest dreams in the b...

Send us a text Jen Gale is the founder of Sustainable(ish), a business and community which she founded to provide practical inspiration for people wanting to live a more sustainable lifestyle and consume more consciously. Her ethos is centred on taking baby steps to making impactful  changes and not worrying about being 'perfectly sustainable'.  She is also a huge believer in the power o...

Send us a text Frankie Dewar is currently cycling 3000km around the UK, talking to women older than herself about the outdoors. Having taken up cycling in lockdown, Frankie posted the idea in a Facebook group hoping for 6 replies to make the trip viable. As the responses flooded in, Frankie plotted a route around the UK that would allow her to speak to as many women as possible, which eventually e...

Send us a text Henry Druce is a Dad, Husband, Skier, Mountain Biker and freelance journalist. He is the former Ski and Snowboard editor for The Telegraph and The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Magazine. For nearly 20 years, Henry worked in what many - himself included - saw as a dream job. Travelling to ski resorts around the globe, hosting trips and being seen as the figurehead of the UK's be...

Send us a text Zahrah Mahmood is a Scottish Pakistani Muslim woman who was born and brought up in Glasgow. She works as a Chartered Accountant Monday-Friday, but in the evenings and on weekends she heads to the mountains to embrace her passion for hillwalking. She documents these adventures on her Instagram page where she is known as “The Hillwalking Hijabi” where she hopes that by sharing her exp...

Send us a text Cornelia Oosthuizen is a Professional Wheelchair Tennis Player who is currently training to compete at the 2021 Paralympic Games. In 2014 she was medically discharged from the British Army after developing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in her right foot and leg as the result of a sports injury. Having always been a keen tennis player, she found she missed competitive sport - she wa...

Send us a text Natalie Bannister is the founder of Gutsy Girls, a travel and adventure company for women who want to take on new challenges, face their fears and be part of a wider adventure community.  After 3 years working at a surf camp in Portugal, Natalie moved back to London and found she struggled to replace the community she had left behind. After joining a local rowing club, where she re-...

Send us a text Carla Molinaro is an elite runner, running coach and adventurer who seeks events that are slightly harder than the average. She loves pushing her body to the limits by running a long way, up mountains and around islands - she has represented GB at the 100 km World Championships and currently competes for Team Massmart, an elite women's running team based in South Africa.  At th...

Send us a text Catherine Edsell FRGS is an adventurer and global expedition leader. An avid naturalist, she combines her passion for travel and effective conservation through independent and collaborative expedition work in the most remote areas of the world. She is a trained PADI Divemaster, Reef Check Trainer, coral reef ecologist, mountain leader, jungle trainer, motivational speaker, and yoga...

Send us a text Dani French is a Physics Teacher, Former Royal Engineer, Mum of 2 and poster girl for The Everyday Adventure Podcast (that's her leaping off a rock on our cover photo!) And this is for very good reason...other than the fact that it's an awesome photo*, in so many ways Dani epitomises what everyday adventures and this podcast are all about.  Dani has always been pretty adve...

Send us a text Charlotte Fowles is also known as The Executive Adventurer. She helps corporate leaders who are frustrated, lost or bored to achieve their fully uncompromised life without sacrificing their current success.  Always one to practice what she preaches, she has spent a lot of her life pushing herself way outside her comfort zone in pursuits such as free diving, marathon running, solo-hi...

Send us a text Lorlett Hudson is recognised as a multi-award entrepreneur, winning Inventor, Executive Leadership/Transition Coach, an International Speaker and a trainer on a mission to support creative senior Executives and Entrepreneurs improve their productivity, stay relevant, focused and produce powerful results in their personal and professional lives.  She is the Founder and CEO of One Han...

Send us a text Alasdair Wilcock is a Skier, Snowboarder, Surfer,  Mountaineer, Traveller, Naturalist / Photographer and most recently a Dad to 3 year old Neve.  Having always lived an adventurous lifestyle, Alasdair found he had to re-think his adventures when his daughter arrived 3 years ago. Like many parents, overnight his biggest challenge became trying to get out the front door! However, keen...