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Saily Affordable eSIM Overseas Mobile Phone Plans - No need to insert a physical SIM card when you travel.  Buy just the data you need to avoid expensive roaming charges.  Use Promo Code SPECIAL5 to save 5%

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

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Go West with Steve Silk | Cycling Adventure Across Britain's West Country

Join Active Travel Adventures as we chat with Steve Silk about his new book Go West and his 300-mile cycling journey through Britain's backroads, coastlines, and countryside. Discover how slow travel reveals adventure and meaning on two wheels.

You'll hear fascinating stories, legends and learn some of the history along Steve's adventure and come away inspired to create your own grand adventure, whether by bike, foot or cia paddling.

In this episode of Active Travel Adventures, host Kit Parks sits down with British journalist and adventurer Steve Silk, author of the captivating new book Go West: Adventure Cycling Through Britain's Past.

Steve's journey follows winding country lanes and scenic coastal climbs. Along the way, he encounters farmers, ferrymen, and fellow wanderers—each sharing stories that bring Britain's western landscapes to life.

"When you travel slowly—by bike or by foot—you see how the land shapes people, and how people shape the land." – Steve Silk

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your own adventure, photos, and more cool info about today's show.

📚 Get your copy of Go West

• How Steve designed his route 

• The most memorable stretches through Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset

• Hidden inns, fishing ports, and countryside cafés perfect for cyclists

• Why slow travel and self-propelled adventures deepen cultural understanding

• Tips for planning your own multi-day cycling tour 

• What Britain's backroads teach us about resilience, simplicity, and wonder

Steve Silk is a British writer, journalist, and lifelong cyclist passionate about exploring the intersection of landscape and story. His best selling first book, The Great North Road, retraced Britain's most famous coaching route from London to Edinburgh.

In Go West, Steve turns toward the Atlantic, pedaling 300 miles across fields, moors, and coastline to rediscover the spirit of Britain's West Country.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your own adventure, photos, and more cool info about today's show.

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Saily Affordable eSIM Overseas Mobile Phone Plans - No need to insert a physical SIM card when you travel.  Buy just the data you need to avoid expensive roaming charges.  Use Promo Code SPECIAL5 to save 5%

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

• Book: Go West: Adventure Cycling Through Britain's Past by Steve Silk

• Steve's Website: stevesilk.co.uk

• Follow Steve: Instagram | Twitter/X

• Previous Book: The Great North Road

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Learn what to do when you are threatened by lightning, especially if you are caught exposed outdoors including the proper safety position and what to do if someone gets hit by lightning.  You'll also learn what constitutes a safe shelter during a thunderstorm.  This is important information that could save your life!

We cover:

• What is lightning?
• The five types of lightning and typical strikes from them
• What position to take when lightning is striking nearby
• How to determine a safe shelter
• The three types of lightning injury and what you should do
• How groups should position themselves during a lightning storm
• And much more!

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Saily Affordable eSIM Overseas Mobile Phone Plans - No need to insert a physical SIM card when you travel.  Buy just the data you need to avoid expensive roaming charges.  Use Promo Code SPECIAL5 to save 5%

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Kit and Active Travel Adventure listeners hike Costa Rica from the Caribbean to the Pacific - 175 miles through numerous ecosystems and many small villages not touristed.   Our luggage is transported daily, so all we need to do is carry our day pack.

Learn about this amazing new long distance trail along with tips to help make your multi-day hike successful.

our way around this magnificent country in Part I of Kit's incredible adventure.

Learn all about this beautiful and exciting active adventure on today's show.

SAVE!!!  Kit went with her affiliate, UrriTrek.  ATA listeners get an exclusive Promo Discount Code, ATA100, to save $100 off of any full Camino with UrriTrek.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about the new Costa Rica Camino.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

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Make your travel life smoother with these great (mostly free) travel apps.  

On today's show, you'll learn about the best recommended travel apps for planning, to save money, transportation, lodging, food and activities, getting around, security, translation, plus some solid travel tips from the world travelers on my recent Bhutan adventure as well as highly rated travel apps from other hard core travelers.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See a list of all the apps mentioned on today's show.

Get FREE Travel Planners, Checklists and Packing Lists for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

RECOMMENDED TOUR COMPANIES

******* EMAIL ME FOR PROMO DISCOUNT CODES*****

Saily Affordable eSIM Overseas Mobile Phone Plans - No need to insert a physical SIM card when you travel.  Buy just the data you need to avoid expensive roaming charges.  Use Promo Code SPECIAL5 to save 5%

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

High Altitude Travel Insurance: Most insurance policies do NOT cover high altitude adventures.  Check out Rise & Shield for your next mega adventure!

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Tinggly:  Give Gift Experiences instead of stuff - plus your loved one gets to choose! Promo Code ACTIVETRAVEL saves up up to 20%

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Visiting the South Island of New Zealand is a 'Bucket List' adventure for many folks.  On today's show, we hike, bike and paddle our way around this magnificent country in Part I of Kit's incredible New Zealand adventure.

Learn all about this beautiful and exciting active adventure on today's show.

SAVE!!!  Kit went to New Zealand with her affiliate, Active Adventures (based in New Zealand).  Email me for an exclusive Active Adventures $200 off Promo Code good for this or any of Active's exciting adventure travel tours!

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about New Zealand's South Island.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

Amazon Kit's Picks 

Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Visiting the South Island of New Zealand is a 'Bucket List' adventure for many folks.  On today's show, we hike, bike and paddle our way around this magnificent country in Part I of Kit's incredible adventure.

Learn all about this beautiful and exciting active adventure on today's show.

SAVE!!!  Kit went with her affiliate, Active Adventures (based in New Zealand).  Email me for an exclusive Active Adventures $200 off Promo Code good for this or any of Active's exciting adventure travel tours!

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info aboutNew Zealand's South Island.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

Amazon Kit's Picks 

Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Learn how to section hike the AT, the Appalachian Trail (or any other multi-day hike) on today's show.  We discuss how to plan, what to pack, why it's cool, and so much more.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about section hiking the Appalachian Trail (plus general backpacking information).

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

Amazon Kit's Picks 

Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Spend your vacation WALKING some of the best trails in Europe!  Most are fairly easy for any fit person.  You walk from village to village on historic paths in some of Europe's most scenic regions.  Best of all:  your luggage gets transported to your next lodging so all you have to do is walk and enjoy yourself!

Learn all about European self-guided (some are guided) walking holidays on today's show.  

I interview Margaret, who has done many such hikes and we learn all about this exciting and affordable way to travel.  I find walking holidays offer a more authentic cultural experience because you become PART of the landscape and the local's you chat with's life that day.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about hiking, backpacking, and paddle packing Isle Royale National Park.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

Amazon Kit's Picks 

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Explore the gorgeous Algarve region of southern Portugal.  This beautiful and affordable adventure travel vacation is sure to inspire you!  

Whether you hike an 8 day section of the 185 mile/299 km trail all at once as our guest, Margaret, did (or hike it all!), or just day hike and explore the region like Kit did, you'll have an amazing adventure!  

Margaret went with my affiliate, One Foot Abroad who has offered ATA listeners a 5% discount on ANY of their self-guided tours by using the Promo Code ATA5.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about hiking the Via Algarviana.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

HELP BUILD THE COSTA RICA CAMINO - FUNDRAISER

Amazon Kit's Picks 

Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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