Cars and Small 4x4's

In this fascinating, inspirational episode I catch up with Benedikt and Magda from E-Explorer as we talk about their less than conventional adventure around the Caspian Sea.

Will Snyder and Amy Cannon join me at the Adventure Overland Show in Stratford Upon Avon to chat about their 8-month trip, with Caesar – an ex-MOD Landy, from the UK to South East Asia.

No guests on this weeks podcast. Instead Andy talks about the apps and maps they used on their Around the World in 800 Days adventure.

Jayne and David have been travelling the world for the last 8 years under the guise Lizzybus. Lizzy is a 110 Land Rover Defender and has carried Jayne and David through more than 80 countries.

Jed’s passion for Syncros has organically grown into the website Campervan Culture, and in the process he’s inadvertently created a little sub-culture within the overlanding community.

I catch up with Graeme and Luisa Bell from A2A Expedition and we discuss travelling as a family, keeping it real and the trials and tribulations of writing, publishing and selling a book.

No guests on this week’s episode, instead Andy talks us through 10 things he’s learnt as an overlander on his ‘Around The World in 800 Days’ trip.

In this episode I chat with Shara Dillon who drove solo from the UK to South Africa in her Toyota Landcruiser. Ed Gill sits in, as we discuss overcoming major obstacles before you’ve even left and many other subjects.

Mark White, who over the years has focused all his overlanding energies on really exploring one area, Morocco, is an aficionado on this frequently visited overland destination.

Gareth Griffiths under the guise of Sirocco Overland has many years experience of Overland trips. When he and Lisa Grubb, decided to emigrate to Australia from the UK what better way than to drive.

Tigger’s Travels - John and Suzanne Curran describe themselves as two 50-somethings who wanted to experience “Adventure before Dementia.” They purchased a VW Syncro T3 and promptly hit the road.

Kirsty Larmour discusses the merits of travelling with kids, how they “prepared” for the trip, how the kids process and interpret their experiences and whether life on the road is beneficial to a child’s development.

Jason Hamasu from Oregon Trail Off-Road talks about their 44 day challenging expedition retracing the historic Oregon Trail through 6 states. Their route followed the original wagon trail set out by pioneers in the early 1800’s.

Motorcyclist Ed Gill and 4x4 filmmaker Jon Beardmore discuss their adventures that took similar routes through Central Asia. We talk about “winging it”, lessons learnt, logistics, staying safe, politics and life on the road.

David Priddis talks about adventuring on 2 wheels and 4, broken clutches and being hunted down by armed border guards in Africa.

Land Rover overlander Paul talks about getting stranded in a remote Andean farming village for seven weeks, transferable skills from his pre-overlanding days and shifting paradigms.

Andy and Emma from Around the World in 800 Days talk about their world overland trip in their 1994 Toyota Hilux Surf, their inspiration, history and their new podcast.

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