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Many dream of dropping everything and just traveling around the world. It's a common dream, but few imagine embarking on that journey by bicycle. Exposed to the elements, legs burning, all your possessions strapped to you and your bicycle - it doesn't paint a relaxing picture, but this is just what Pierre-Yves Tremblay did.

'I would be most unhappy to think that any part of this memoir should be cut on grounds of 'decency', for those bits are essential....' So begins the lively true story of aristocrat and travel writer Roderic Fenwick Owen. Born in 1921, Fenwick Owen had an extraordinary life, which careered between some of the biggest moments in history and took him to the ends of the earth, meeting (and even living with) some of the 20th century's most well-known people along the way, including Eisenhower, Jackson Pollock, Christopher Lee and Sean Connery.

When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it’s his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it, couch-surfing with locals instead of hitting the nearest hotel. Self-deprecatingly funny, compassionate, and observant, High Tech and Hot Pot is a formidable addition to a well-loved series, and offers a timely travelogue of an enigmatic country poised to become the world’s next superpower.

Shifting into High Gear charts the course of Kyle Bryant's transformation as he journeys on a recumbent tricycle across the United States in the throes of Friedreich's ataxia, a life-shortening and disabling disease. Full of humor and reflection, it's a heroic journey of a man driven to reframe the language of disease through action and service.

A podcast dedicated to celebrating the people and passion behind small businesses in the High Country region of North Carolina.

Two dudes that are nerds for coasters talk about the news in the industry, recent trip recaps, rants about the amusement industry and silly tangents over coaster rankings while having a smoke or two... or three.. we might lose count.

Every year, millions of global travelers flock to California in search of the world’s finest cannabis. For cannabis industry legends – Victor Pinho & April Black – the job may sound simple: Get these travelers very high and show them a great time! It’s not always as easy as you’d think. Join your heady hosts and cannabis tour guides – Victor Pinho (Emerald Farm Tours) & April Black (Higher Way Travel) – as we spend an hour each episode trimming back the storied nuggets of life in the weed tourism game. We’ll be interviewing our friends, colleagues, and cannabis tourism legends ...

It’s 2023. You don’t have to be a millionaire or a dare-devil to reach the final frontier anymore.Host, Mikhail Baskov has seen our planet from above many times and discusses the various space travel and air adventure options with incredible guests from the Space Travel industry.Tune in every second week, for an episode dedicated to finding out more about the adventures you could be going on today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nu lanserar vi High Coast Stories med korta berättelser av och med personer från Örnsköldsvik. Fler städer och områden längs Höga Kusten kommer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to High Street Tales. A Historic England podcast. Starting in Autumn 2020, specially commissioned writers on seven high streets across England began work on High Street Tales: a new storytelling initiative by Historic England to uncover the hidden histories and celebrate the everyday magic of the high street. Working both online and offline where they could, they spoke with local people to uncover memories, reflections, personal histories and local legends on and around the high street. What emerged was a set of modern High Street Tales which explore the connection between history, ...

The naked truth about everything 🎙️The no holds barred podcast stripping it bare, talking business life and everything in-between.

"Aim High" is Cranbrook Kingswood's alumni podcast. Every two weeks Robert Li ('15) and Qadir Muhammad ('16) will be talking to alumni across generations, your favorite teachers, and other special guests. The stories you hear will make you reminisce about the good ole' days, keep in touch with what's new on campus, and have a sneak peek at what's to come. Every episode will be a chance to be inspired and proud of the impact CK alumni are having all around the world. So let's walk through the “Friendship Arch” and get to know our 11,000+ Cranes and Aardvarks...and watch your step! Show ...

The people and stories of Puttenham, a village in the south of England.

Ever wanted to fish by a clear high mountain lake but just didn't know where to begin or what to expect? Hook 'em High has got you covered! We will take you to new heights with our podcast covering everything from Cutthroat Trout fishing in mountain lakes to landing a monster Tiger Muskie in warmer waters. In addition, we are a podcast that's so much more than just fishing. We want you to have an adventure with us. We want you to laugh, cry, and feel like you are right there on the mountain with us. After listening to reviews, interviews, and various topics from hiking to fishing, you'll be ...

Stories and strategies that keep the world of motorsports moving forward with host Heather Wilson Schiltz of High Gear Success | Interviews with riders/drivers, motorsports event organizers, industry professionals and beyond. | Episodes drop every Thursday. Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube.If you're into a variety of motorsports disciplines -- motocross, enduro, off-road, GNCC, flat track, roadracing, short course, streetbike and adventure riding, Supercross, Snocross and more -- this is for you.Plus, get insight into and best practices for motorsports marketing, ...

In Bucharest, Romania's capital, Kaplan discovered that few Westerners were reporting on the country - one of the darkest corners of Europe during the Cold War. In an intense and cinematic travelogue, Kaplan explores the history and culture of the only country in the West where the leading intellectuals have been right-wing rather than left-wing; a country that gave rise to the dictator Ion Antonescu, Hitler's chief foreign accomplice during WWII; a country where the Latin West mixes with the Greek East, producing a fascinating fusion of cultures.

Este libro reúne los mejores y más celebrados escritos de Simón Elías: piezas breves y bravas, escritas, en muchos casos, a veinte grados bajo cero, y que dan cuenta de sus pareceres sobre la vida en general y de sus andanzas por los caminos en particular. A medio camino entre la crónica de viaje, la reflexión sobre la escalada, el golferío nocturno, la filosofía básica y la épica del deporte de nulo rendimiento estos textos harán las delicias no solo de aficionados a la montaña, sino de cualquier aficionado a pasar un buen rato con un libro.

For centuries the Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers - and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes listeners up and down these majestic mountains, journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia.

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists and veteran river runners boldly proclaimed that the motley crew would never make it out alive. But for Clover and Jotter, the expedition held a tantalizing appeal: no one had yet surveyed the plant life of the Grand Canyon, and they were determined to be the first.

Venice, 2020. As a pandemic rages across the globe, Zito Madu finds himself in a nearly deserted city, its walls and basilicas humming with strange magic. As he wanders a haunted landscape, we see him twist further into his own past: his family's difficult immigration from Nigeria to Detroit, his troubled relationship with his father, the sporadic joys of daily life and solitude, his experiences with migration, poverty, foreignness, racism, and his own rage and regret.