Sam Walker's Desert Diaries
What's it like to actually follow your dreams?Desert Diaries is the brutally honest account of one family's move from the rainy suburbs of Manchester to the scorched wilderness of Arizona.Excitement, frustration, fear, joy, loneliness and scorpions. Quite a lot of scorpions. All life is here.For pictures, you can find me on instagram @samwalkerradio and on twitter @walkersam
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 154
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
One whole year!
One whole year!
12 months after taking a leap into the unknown, what does it feel like?
Did all the fears materialise?
What does taking a risk teach you?
How did we get here again?
What's stopping yo…
Week fifty-two: Caged lions, murderous hawks and to floss or not to floss?
Week fifty-one: As the heat ramps up to furnace levels, the wildlife springs into action with a gusto! Lockdown starts to take its toll, plus adventures in dental hygiene.
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Week fifty-one: The sounds of the Sonoran Desert and more snakes alive!
Week fifty-one: More mountain-side musings. Plus, three sets of locals are out in force this week, golfers, protesters and snakes!
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Week fifty: Socially distant mountain walks and board games with the dog.
Week fifty: Desert Diaries is "live" from a mountainside this week and features stories of bad hair days and board games with the dog.
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Week forty-nine: Amorous lizards and scorpion hunting at night
Week forty-nine: Spring arrives in the valley, bringing incredible wildlife to our doorstep. It's hotting up, especially for lizards.
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Week forty-eight: Golfing, nice nails and garages with a view
Week forty-eight: Exploring the neighbourhood anew, we discover some spectacularly well-housed cars. Plus we find the link between golf and manicures in a Covid-19 world...
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Week forty-seven: Where would I rather be?
Week forty-seven: As so many of us are alone, wherever we are, I think about being in a foreign country at a time of crisis and am confused by some Americans' reaction to coronavirus.
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Week forty-six: Self-isolating with crane flies
Week forty-six: As Phoenix shuts down for the coronavirus, our neighbours disappear, but insects move in. The reality of being so far away from family hits home.
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Week forty-five: wet, wet, wet, pizza confusion and the coronavirus comes calling.
Week forty-five: The whole week is wet, with the humidity of Florida and the rain of Arizona. I'm confused by a random pizza delivery and wonder what it will feel like to be back in England, until t…
Week forty-four: Speechless in the canyon
Week forty-four: We head north to discover snow, volcanos, the historic Route 66 and are dumbstruck by the Grand Canyon.
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Week forty-three: Wild horses, tiny birds and big dramas
Week forty-three: Magical desert rides, beautiful garden wildlife and another unbelievably annoying adventure in healthcare.
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Week forty-two: Climbing all kinds of mountains
Week forty-two: The big decisions we made cause some anxiety about letting go of the past
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Week forty-one: The Valley turns pink
Week forty-one: I am completely discombobulated by the Valentine's frenzy sweeping Phoenix. They do things very diferently here!
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Week forty: Football and fridge magnets
Week forty: A shopping trip to a local supermarket reminds me of what we have done and our first Superbowl in America reminds me what a country of contrasts we live in.
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Week thirty-nine: Big decisions and adventures with accents
Week thirty-nine: We make two big decisions about the future - eek! I make an hilarious discovery about the most popular British TV shows iin the US.
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Week thirty-eight: Shocking weather (!) and terrible TV
Week thirty-eight: The local news goes into meltdown over some "weather" and we finally get some American TV channels working.
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Week thirty-seven: Cowboys, outlaws and the White Dove
Week thirty-seven: I become Arizona's unofficial royal correspondent and head to the deep south of the state: Tombstone and Bisbee.
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Week thirty-six: Adventures in Prescott; pine forests and moonscapes.
Week thirty-six: We explore the pineforests and moonscapes around the stunning city of Prescott, spend Friday night in a saloon and Dave goes full Arizona.
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Week thirty-five: A new year in the desert
Week thirty-five: We ring in the new year in both London and Phoenix but get distracted by a desert menagerie in our garden!
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Week thirty-four: Our first desert Christmas.
Week thirty-four: It's our first Christmas in the desert and isn't quite as we imagined. I cave in and stock up on some British essentials!
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