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Footnotes: The Cicerone Podcast is a podcast to inspire you about outdoor travel and activities in the UK and across the world. As specialists in outdoor travel guidebooks for over 50 years, Cicerone Press has published nearly 400 guidebooks to walking, cycling, trekking, mountaineering and running all over the world. The Cicerone team is based in Kendal, near the Lake District, and we look forward to sharing our love of the outdoors with you. Through conversations with our guidebook authors ...
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Inspiring Adventure The Find Your Adventure Podcast is packed with inspirational stories of adventurers' tales of the outdoors, their experiences, and their passions for finding adventure. From hiking, mountaineering and trail-running, through to kayaking, cycling and even guidebook production, our aim is to provide you with the inspiration you need to take your first tentative steps into the outdoors.
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Costa Blanca - the perfect place for Mountain Adventures
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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Mark Eddy to talk about the upcoming multi-activity guidebook to outdoor adventure in Spain's Costa Blanca, with 60 route suggestions covering ridge scrambles, via ferrata, canyoning, sport climbing, trad climbing, hiking, trail running and mountain biking. Many routes require climbing experience, although they …
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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Sara Wild, owner of Mont Blanc Treks to talk all about this truly world class route. Find out about some of the world's finest mountain scenery; Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe; the Chamonix Aiguilles; the Mer de Glacier, second longest glacier in the Alps, a choice of seven or eight passes to…
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This episode is the highlights from April's Cicerone Live event on The Dolomites - an exciting and adventurous holiday destination in both summer and winter. Join Hannah and Dolomites enthusiast, Joe Williams as they discuss where you can walk, what you can do, see, and most importantly eat at this UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you'd like to visit…
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Cicerone's Maddy Williams joins Hannah this week to talk about her experience hiking the month long Camino pilgrimage stretching from St Jean-Pied-de-Port in Southern France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Find out all about her experience and how the Camino changes in the winter months. You'll learn about the equipment you might need, where yo…
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Hannah chats with Janneke Klop about the splendour of walking and trekking in the mountains of Romania. The massive number of mountains means that there is something for everyone in this country - from short and fun walks for children to exposed ridges for the braver hikers. Janneke Klop has been exploring Romania for many years and writes about he…
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Hannah and Joe have a quick look through some of Cicerone's Spring titles in a bid to stave off the dark and cold of the northwest of England in December! We get excited about the Dolomites and sausage pancakes and see a different side to Joe. Explore the Cicerone website and discover our full range of guidebooks: https://www.cicerone.co.uk. The ne…
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A whistlestop tour of the Vanoise, including where to stay, what to do and when to go. In this episode we talk to Lesley Williams who has many years of experience walking, trekking and cycling in the Alps, and who helped Jonathan with his reworking and rewalking of the Trekking in the Vanoise guidebook. Explore the Cicerone website and discover our…
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Walking the Camino de Santiago: Camino Frances with Sandy Brown and Ivar Rekve
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As one of the most travelled pilgrim trails in the world, the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago is an unforgettable experience rich with history, culture and community. In 784km, the Camino Frances journeys from St Jean-Pied-de-Port in southern France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and visits some of Spain's most important artistic…
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Raynor Winn and Paddy Dillon: the transformative power of long-distance walking
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Bestselling author of 'The Salt Path' and 'The Wild Silence', Raynor Winn is a long-distance walker and advocate who writes about nature, homelessness and wild camping. While walking the South West Coast Path and trekking in Iceland, Raynor grew to trust the words of author Paddy Dillon, one of Cicerone's most prolific guidebook writers. In this ep…
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Comparable with the Himalaya and Karakoram, Tajikistan is a remote trekkers' paradise of glaciated mountains and turquoise lakes. In this episode of highlights from our Cicerone Live event, Cicerone author Jan Bakker discusses the practicalities and delights of trekking in the third highest country on Earth, from water, food and mountain safety to …
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As publishers of nearly 400 outdoor travel guidebooks, Cicerone Press are a specialist team who love the outdoors and want to inspire and guide you on your next outdoor adventure. In this episode, hosts Amy Hodkin and Hannah Stevenson introduce themselves and speak to Joe Williams about the history of Cicerone, our team of expert authors and the ar…
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FYA - Kyle "Impala" Lintern, Founder of UK Thru Hikers on FB
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Kyle 'Impala' Lintern is possibly one of the most lovely human beings in the online world of adventurers - full of warmth and love and he has a ton of superb advice for anyone wanting to get into backpacking. His long-distance hiking CV is a sight for sore eyes, having walked huge trails in the antipodes and over the pond in the US. His vibe is ful…
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FYA - Claire Maxted of Wild Ginger Running
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What an episode we have for you here - Carl talks to Claire Maxted of Wild Ginger Running and we get into all manner of topics from Claire's Covid-19k challenge, to what it is like to realise that you don't have to punish yourself to be a great trail runner, and we also get right into the issue of diversity on the trails. You can find Wild Ginger R…
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Simon and Carl have their weekly meeting and this time they've recorded it. In this meeting we discuss products (because we can't do adventures just yet) and we talk about potential collaborations that we would like to explore to bring th FYA some awesome stuff whilst at the same time helping grow some other outdoor gear makers' businesses. So stok…
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FYA Podcast - Ep.3 - Joe Williams of Cicerone Press
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If you are feeling the urge to get outside and break free from the desk, the city, the computer or wherever your daily grind keeps you incarcerated, one of the best ways to start preparing for adventure is with a quality guidebook. Joe Williams works at Cicerone Press who are responsible for producing some of the world’s finest adventure guide book…
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FYA Podcast Ep.2 - 3 Million Steps with Zara Dyer and Ian Brown - 2019 JOGLE Challenge
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When you're faced with adversity, what do you do? You face it head on, and then some. Join us as we talk to Zara and Ian about their journey from the depth of despair to tackling one of the most formidable walking challenges the UK has to offer. Please consider making a donation to the 3 Million Steps Charity when you've finished listening. You can…
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Find Your Adventure Podcast - Ep. 1 - Chrissie & Geoff Crowther - Preparing for the Kungsleden
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In this first episode of the Find Your Adventure Podcast, Carl talks to Chrissie & Geoff Crowther as they prepare for their longest backpacking trip yet. Both seasoned hikers, former senior mountain rescue team members, and all round backpacking aficionados, Chrissie and Geoff are heading out to Sweden in a couple of weeks to hike from Hemavan, all…
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