Ruth Millington's Extreme Holidays Podcast

In May 2019, world traveller, the Barefoot Backer, undertook an epic 57-day, 952-mile trek from the furthest Easterly point of Great Britain to the furthest Westerly point. Few people had walked the …

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In this episode, I’m delighted to have back in the studio Kyle Henning (Episode 2…

In this episode I’m joined by the writer, Alison Jean Lester, who, in 1985 at just 19 years old, spent a year studying at Peking University and travelling through China. Pre-Tiananmen and seeing a si…

In this episode, Hannah Scott interviews Ruth Millington about her five week trip to Colombia. Learn about what inspired her to go, the route she took, and tips and advice on how to stay safe in this…

This year's Extreme Holidays Podcast Christmas Appeal is in aid of Juana Flores Vegas who was my guest on Episode 19: Sailing the World.  This brave and adventurous lady is facing a new and extreme p…

In 1984, the writer, Sandra Jensen, disillusioned with life, put on her backpack and went off to travel the world. Her first stop was Sri Lanka, but with little funds to support herself, she soon fel…

Season 3 of my Extreme Holidays Podcast is returning shortly.  Listen to the trailer to find out about more upcoming, exciting and life-changing travel stories! You can also hear about our special Ch…

The Extreme Holidays Podcast is one-year-old!  Thanks to everyone who has tuned in this past year.

To celebrate, listen in to some of my previous extreme traveller guests discuss the one thing they co…

What does it take to fulfil your dream of travelling from the lowest to the highest point in Africa?

In January 2011, Kyle Henning left the shores of Lake Assal, Djibouti (508 feet below sea level), d…

What’s it like to be an expat child?

We often hear stories about expat adults living abroad, but rarely do we hear about expat children. In this episode, I’m delighted to be speaking to one of my best…

Can faith give you perspective even in the most extreme travel situations?

In 2010, Jurek Schreiner, a photographer, having completed his studies at the Shedra: College for Buddhist Studies in Nepal, …

Many people are trapped in their careers based on an intense fear of scarcity and poverty and are simply in survival mode rather than following their passions.  Until his mid-30s, Ryan Biddulph was o…

What's it like to explore the world by yacht? In this episode, I speak with extreme world traveller Juana Flores Vegas who discovered her love for sailing in 2010 after travelling every corner of the…

In 1994, Kimberly Brown embarked on a lifelong dream of travelling the globe overland.  Her trip innocently began in San Francisco on a hippie bus called the Green Tortoise. She worked the Galway Art…

In 2008, Ian Pilbeam and his wife, Anne, quit their secure jobs just before the financial crisis hit to take their 8 and 10-year-old son and daughter on a year long round-the-world trip. Visiting 21 …

In 1998, global nomad, keen bicycle traveller and author, Graydon Hazenberg, decided to cycle across the roof of the world from Islamabad in Pakistan to Mount Kailash (Tibet’s Holiest Mountain) with …

In this episode, I speak to Suzanne Buchanan, a British Citizen and the exiled former owner and editor of the Samui Times online newspaper. She has received numerous death threats and there is a warr…

Listen in to this EXTREME tale of bravery from 9/11 hero and world traveller, David T. Garrison!

How would you spend time off work? Relaxing? Visiting family and friends? David T. Garrison did the exa…

As news broke of the outbreak of war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, husband and wife team, Nick Tadd and Vanessa Warwick, decided to launch a humanitarian mission to Ukraine.  Leaving Vaness…

How would you cope if you were involved in a horrific accident in the African bush, thousands of miles away from home?

In 2008, ex-City banker, Claudia Stachelhaus, upped sticks after being made redun…