You should have been there

SImon goes head to head with Lyn Hughes, Editor in Chief of Wanderlust magazine, over ten mind-bending rounds. Can you outquiz them? 

With acknowledgements to Kratftwerk, we preview the new European Rail Timetable in the expert company of Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries. Prepare for the light at the end of the tunnel with their top train tips. Find details of their publications at  www.hiddeneurope.co.uk/

Where are the most enjoyable long walks and what's the best way to tackle them?  Our guest this week is Sarah Baxter, travel writer, walker and author of  " A History of the World in 500 Walks" . Her website is sarahbtravel.wordpress.com

We discuss how to travel healthily with Sascha Heeney. She 's not only a nurse but also a travel guide with Lupine travel (lupinetravel.co.uk) which specialises in tours to some of the world's hardest to reach destinations. Altitude sickness, malaria, air pollution water, food, insurance, it's all here! 

 Discover how the humble stinging nettle can help you find your way to a village pub with our guest, Tristan Gooley.  He's an expert in the lost and often fascinating art of navigating by the sun, stars, clouds, trees, even satellite dishes. Details of his ideas and his books are available on naturalnavigator.com

It's not just what you photograph but the context in which you take it.  Our guests today are travel writer and adventurer, Frances Linzee Gordon, and Mario Cavalli who is a film maker and photographer. Enjoy some of his work at https://mario-cavalli-images.squarespace.com/.  And, https://mario-cavalli-images.squarespace.com/-jodhpur-the-blue-city-holi.  See our photos at  http://bit.ly/YouShouldHaveBeenThere

Helped by travel writer and adventurer, Frances Linzee Gordon, we discuss the contentious distinction between the words "traveller" and "tourist".   Would you ever find a true traveller in an all-inclusive resort?  Or a tourist on a dodgy local bus? 

We recall, or at least try to, some of the oddest drinks we've encountered during our travels and attempt to describe their flavours and their effects!

Simon and Mick are joined by travel journalist, Helen Coffey to ponder some of quarantine's big questions. Where was it first practised, how do you cope with being quarantined and hardest of all, what are the UK's current restrictions? 

Souvenirs come in all shapes and sizes and, of course, in various shades of naffness.  We compare our own favourites and talk to Julia Ferguson, a Business Psychologist, about the value that we place on these symbols of abroad.