Always Another Adventure
Episodes
90. Dr Nigel Stephens. Sports cardiologist interviewed by Phil Cavell
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midlife Cyclist author Phil Cavell interviews cardiologist / cyclist Dr Nigel Stephens✅ Full older athlete series 👉 https://tinyurl.com/OlderAt...
89. Phil Cavel author of The Midlife Cyclist & his heart problem
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midlife Cyclist author Phil Cavell talks about recovering from a serious heart event and how not to make the same mistake.Video Podcast on YouTubePhil...
88. Marie "Lootie" Leautey. Run around the world.
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Video of this podcast hereBuy Lootie's World Run here (affiliate)The fastest woman to run around the world. 825 days covering 40.5km a day and ...
87. Dr Peter Clarkson. Exercise with cardiac concerns
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Clarkson is an NHS cardiologist at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Our previous interview video had more than a million...
86. Jude Kriwald. Be an adventurer.
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager Jude Kriwald cycled across two continents. Then he returned to a regular, normal life - job, partner, home, for ten years - but it wasn’...
85. Sally Walker. Testosterone Replacement for Older Athletes.
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After careers in the English and Danish health systems, Sally Walker works as a consultant on hormones and nutrition based on the island of Lanzarote....
84. Emma Hebborn. Strength coaching older athletes.
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Runners and cyclists know that, as we age, we should do more strength training to protect our bones, ligaments and balance. But what sort of trainin...
83. Ben Sadler. World Bicycle Relief
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
World Bicycle Relief empowers people and communities through life-changing bicycles. The latest version of their robust Buffalo Bike has two chains,...
82. Phil Cavell. After 'The Midlife Cyclist'
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'The Midlife Cyclist' is a book which reshaped the thinking of many cyclists. Published in 2021, it is in part a scientific analysis of th...
81. Ian Hughes. Bike industry insider.
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of boutique bike brand Vielo, Ian was the man who brought Scott to the UK. Not bad for a former DJ. Vielo website https://www.vielo.cc/
80. Laval St Germain. The Seven Summits & More
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laval St Germain is a Canadian who has climbed the highest mountain on every continent, the seven summits, including Everest, from the north side, w...
79. Duncan McCallum. Sport climber & wall designer
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Duncan McCallum has been a big part of the Scottish climbing scene for years, designing walls, presenting TV programmes and climbing hard. He’s th...
78. Simon Willis on the Adventure Audio Podcast
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month I'm sharing an episode of different podcast, the Adventure Audio Podcast, in which I am the guest. Â I was surprised when I was asked ...
77. Glen Van Peski. Take Less, Do More. Ultralight lessons.
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Glen Van Peski is well known in the United States as a leading member of the ultra-light hiking community and founder of https://www.gossamergear.com/...
76. Dr Peter Clarkson. Cardiologist & climber. How hard should older athletes train?
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Clarkson, is an NHS Cardiologist based in the Scottish highlands, and a very keen and talented rock climber. Â He has also competed in triat...
75. Ed Ley-Wilson. Kayaking the Sea Roads
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s more adventure in this podcast than most. Ed Ley-Wilson talks us through Running the great Wall of China; kayaking Patagonia; and the kaya...
74. Ride to the Sun. Gary Cameron & Fraser Maxwell
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get your 2024 off to an exciting start by planning to cycle 100 miles this summer in Scotland's friendliest, free century ride.  Ride to the S...
73. Joe French. Everest avalanche and a barefoot running recovery
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a story of adventure on the highest of mountains, and also so much more. Â A young TV camera operator gets his first big break to film on Eve...
72. Calum Munro. Roam Scotland Rally.
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Roam Scotland Rally is an annual ride, devised by Calum Munro after he cycled the Torino Nice Rally. Each year it takes a different route and sp...
71. Jamie Aarons. Record breaking Munro round.
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the Spring of 2023 Jamie Aarons set a new record for a self-propelled round of The Munros, Scotland's 282 mountains over 3,000ft in elevation....
70. Lee Craigie. Other Ways To Win - pt 2
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2. Former British Mountain Bike champion, Active Nation Commission for Scotland, and now author of an excellent memoir (sort of memoir) Other W...
69. Lee Craigie. Other Ways To Win - pt 1
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former British Mountain Bike champion, Active Nation Commission for Scotland, and now author of an excellent memoir (sort of memoir) Other Ways to Win...
68. Markus Stitz. Bikepacking Scotland
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Single-speed round-the-world cyclist Markus Stitz has written another book Bikepacking Scotland. He runs the website of the same name and I met Mark...
67. Pip Hare. World's hardest endurance event. Solo ocean racing
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The parallels between solo ocean racing and other ultra endurance sports are not immediately obvious. But as I listened to Pip Hare talk about her g...
66. Cory Jones. First Aid Training
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you, a friend or a family member has an accident in the outdoors or elsewhere, would you know what to do? Many lives have been lost because peopl...
65. Donnie Campbell. Ultra gravel cycle racing & The French Divide
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Better known as a mountain and trail runner, when Donnie Campbell took up gravel cycling he started winning races and smashing FKTs. Â Donnie has bee...
64. Ron Strickland. A life on the trail.
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He’s one of America’s great hikers and the man who devised and created the Pacific Northwest Trail. Ron Strickland has lived what he calls a &qu...
63. Jenny Graham. Coffee First then the World
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the fastest woman around the world on a bicycle releases the book of her journey and embarks on a UK speaking tour, this is an updated version of a...
62. Bella Molloy. Australia to Pyrenees & ultra cycling
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
lAdventures come in all shapes and forms. The more complicated ones are often the most interesting. Bella & Steve Molloy quit corporate jobs i...
61. Pacific Crest Trail, Then & Now. New podcast series
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of a new podcast series which you'll find herehttps://pctpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Twenty years ago we hiked this 2,600 mile wilde...
60. Moose Mutlow. From the UK to Yosemite Search & Rescue
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last twenty years, an Englishman has been a senior trainer and key family liaison member of Yosemite Search & Rescue, one of the world&apo...
59. Helen Todd. 20 years of Scotland's "Right to Roam"
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2023 Scotland will mark twenty years of Land Reform legislation that gave a Right of Responsible Access to the countryside. Yet challeng...
58. Cory Jones. Canoeing Canadian Wilderness
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 2022, Cory Jones led a group of six paddlers through the Yukon territory in Canada. Their group of six covered 1000 miles, through ...
57. Richard Lang. Cycle coaching AI App
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A phone app that offers cycle coaching using artificial intelligence. It learns from how your workout performance and adjusts future sessions. We ...
56. Simon Willis. My Torino-Nice Rally Ride.
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a strange one, because the host, Simon Willis, becomes the guest. Sean McFarlane interviews me about my Torino Nice Rally ride. Here are l...
55. Phil Burt. Bike fit.
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A world-renowned authority on bike fit, Phil Burt quite literally wrote the book; the link to buy the new edition is below. He has optimised the pos...
54. Markus Stitz. Great British Gravel Rides.
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Round the world single speed cyclist Markus Stitz has written a new guidebook to the best gravel rides in Great Britain. Here Markus takes us on an ...
53. Calum Maclean. SwimPacking Loch Morar into Knoydart
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on location with Calum Maclean, one of Scotland's best known open water swimmers. He takes Simon and Liz Willis on their first Swim Pa...
52. James Olsen. Torino-Nice Rally FAQs
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Torino-Nice Rally is a 700km journey through the Alps over high cols, mixing road and gravel riding. Its creator James Olsen answers many of the...
51. Dr James Douglas. Medical advice for wild swimmers
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many people have started wild swimming during the pandemic as a way to de-stress and stay fit. Â Lifelong swimmer Dr James Douglas, a General Practit...
50. Jamie McDonald. Adventureman, running America
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The one and only Adventureman superhero, Jamie McDonald has run across continents to raise money for hospitals which treat sick children. Â Here he t...
49. Mike Dales. Exercise every day.
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many listeners will be used to training for events of big trips. Mike Dales calls these 'five course days' and wants you to pay more atten...
48. Nick Butter. Running Britain's coast & The 196 Foundation
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re stepping out of the monthly schedule with this podcast to bring you something extra. There are two parts to this conversation with Nick Butter...
47. Martyn Howe. Tales from the big trails.
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are nineteen, sort of official, long trails on this island and Martyn Howe has waked them all.  I’ll talk to Martyn about Long Distance Walk...
46. Marie 'Lootie' Leautey. Running around the world.
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
She set out to run around the world. She could become the first person to do it during a global pandemic.Marie Leautey, better known as 'Lootie...
45. Elise Downing. Running Britain's Coast
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to overstate how ill prepared Elise Downing was to run around the coast of Britain. But she did it, covering the five thousand miles in ...
44. Dr Ian Walker. Ultra-distance running, cycling and research on road safety
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We cover a lot of ground with Dr Ian Walker, which seems rather fitting. He ignored sport until the age of 40 then threw himself into ultra-running ...
43. Henry Gold. Tour d'Afrique and global cycling
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Gold runs the travel company TDA Global Cycling which organises epic, expedition- length rides that cross continents. This is not an advert ...
42. Dean Dunbar. Blind adventure
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He has twenty five world-firsts to his credit, including the first person to reach the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda by paddle board. Â In ...
41. Kevin Webber. Four Marathon des Sables with cancer
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By his own admission Kevin Webber is not a great runner, yet he has tackled some of the world's most challenging multi-day races. His moment of...
40. Josh Reid. Cycling home from China.
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where do you go when you want a new bike? Your local bike shop? The internet? Josh Reid went to the factory of bike maker Giant, in China. The...
39. Patrick Winterton. Kayaking Shetland to Norway
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Winterton made the first successful kayak crossing of the widest part of North Sea in a double kayak, together with Olly Hicks, retracing the ...
38. Nick Butter. Running the World.
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Butter ran a marathon in every country as recognised by the UN, all 196 of them, and completed the adventure within two years. Â His book Runnin...
37. Mark Beaumont. The business of expedition cycling.
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Beaumont is one of the world's greatest endurance athletes. He rode around the world in 78 days, averaging 240miles each day. In this po...
36. Josh Ibbett. Winning GB Duro 2020
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a bike race so hard, even the organisers weren’t sure anyone could complete it. Competitors had to carry everything they needed, from food ...
35. Donnie Campbell. Fastest self-propelled Munro round.
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donnie Campbell ran all 282 of Scotland's 'Munro' mountains in a new record time of less than 32 days, from 1st August to 2nd September...
34. Emily Chappell. Self-supported ultra-distance cycle racing
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world of self supported, ultra distance cycle racing can seem a strange sub culture. Emily Chappell has captured the essence of being one of the...
33. Duncan Dollimore. Cyclists & new Highway Code
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Highway Code is changing and we all have the chance to influence those changes. If you ever ride a bike (or for that matter drive or walk down a...
32. Jade Perry. Ice swimmer
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is for anyone who thinks swimming is boring. Ice swimmer Jade Perry talks us through her more unusual swims; glacial lakes, jungle reservoirs, ...
31. Trevor Potts. In the wake of Shackleton
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1993 Trevor Potts was part of an expedition to recreate Shackleton's audacious voyage from Elephant Island, off the Antarctic peninsula, to So...
30. Dr Andrew Murray. Running Scotland to the Sahara and more...
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once you have run an ultra-marathon on each of the seven continents you join an elite running group with only five members. One of them in Dr Andrew...
29. Chris Pountney & Dea Jacobson. Cycling the world, twice
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Pountney set out to circumnavigate the planet by bicycle and boat, avoiding all motorised vehicles and aircraft. When he was forced into a car...
28. Dr Max Holloway. Wild swimming and Antarctic adventures
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Max Holloway worked with the British Antarctic Survey on climate change research and in this podcast we talk about the adventure of traveling to an...
27. The Lifecyclers. Cycling London to New Zealand
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve heard from some amazing athletes in the course of this podcast, but today we hear from two 'normal' cyclists, Martina Doherty and Ni...
26. Cameron McNeish. Hill walker and author
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron McNeish describes himself as 'Mountain bum, cycle tourer and campervan man', in his Twitter profile. He is the best known hill wal...
25. Sean McFarlane. Adventure multi-sport
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sean McFarlane was a lawyer but quit to became a full time athlete and that’s one of the adventures we explore in this podcast. Sean talks about t...
24. Calum Maclean. Scottish wild swimming
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Calum is more than a swimmer, he’s an outdoor enthusiast, and a good one too. He completed the grueling Celtman extreme triathlon and last year se...
23. Jonas Deichmann. Smashing ultra bikepacking records
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The name Jonas Deichmann might not be too familiar to English speaking adventurers, but in three years he set three huge long-distance transcontinenta...
22. Justine Curgenven. Kayaking the Aleutians with Sarah Outen
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Justine Curgenven is a highly accomplished expedition sea kayaker. She helped to keep safe Sarah Outen, the round-the-world adventurer, when the pai...
21. Sarah Outen. Around the world by human power
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Outen circumnavigated the northern hemisphere using only human power. Well, almost. She traveled by bike, rowing boat and kayak and this is ...
20. Gordon Brown. Top sea kayak coach
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He is probably the world’s best known sea kayaker, partly because of his award winning instructional films, but mainly because Gordon Brown is such ...
19. Chris Townsend. Ultra distance hiking
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of ultra distance hiking Chris Townsend is outstanding. 20+ books to his credit, the gear editor of Great Outdoors magazine, and the fi...
18. Kevin Woods. Winter round of Scotland's Munros
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Woods is only third person to have completed a winter round of Scotland's Munros, mountains over 300pft high. That's 282 mountains i...
17. Josh Ibbett. Ultra bikepacking racer
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a mountain bike racer who graduated from day races, to 24 hour events, to stage races. Then Josh Ibbett moved into ultra endurance bike packi...
16. Franco Ferrero. Sailing the world, slowly
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Franco Ferrero and his partner Cath are sailing around the world, slowly. In five and a half years they've only traveled half-way and have sque...
15. Sean Conway. First, farthest & fastest adventurer
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The first person to cycle, run and swim Lands End to John o’Groats. The world’s farthest triathlon, entirely self supported around the coast of ...
14. Richard Else. Adventure film producer
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you watch spectacular adventures on TV it’s easy to forget about the teams of people who’re filming the adventurers. Very often those teams...
13. Jenny Graham. Fastest woman to cycle the world
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
She is the fastest woman to cycle around the world. What’s more Jenny Graham did it entirely unsupported. She took the Guinness World Record rul...
12. Colin Macleod. Hebridean sea swimming
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For those of us who love swimming in crystal clear water, beside white sand beaches, the Outer Hebrides is a dream destination. Colin Macleod swims th...
11. Alastair Humphreys. Adventures big and small
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to know which of Alastair Humphreys' many adventures to chat about. He has cycled the world, rowed the Atlantic, run Sahara maratho...
10. Karen Darke. Paralympic gold & bikepacking adventures with a hand-bike
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After winning three paralympic medals, hand-bike racer Karen Darke is tackling a long ride on every continent. It's part of her Quest 79, an am...
9. Jenny Tough. Running a mountain range on every continent
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Tough is running the world's mountains solo and unsupported. Everything she needs she carries and yet somehow manages to make films of th...
8. Will Copestake. Patagonia & Scotland sea kayaking
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A UK Adventure of the Year, Will Copestake shares three great adventures in this podcast. Will sea kayaked around Scotland then climbed all the moun...
7. Lee Craigie. GB cyclist and wilderness mountain biker
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One rider, many different types of adventure. Lee Craigie has been an elite mountain bike racer who represented Great Britain in the World and Europ...
6. Prof Chris Oliver. NHS Cycling Surgeon
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An extra podcast because this can't wait. Specific advice for outdoors people who’re staying active during our partial lock-down comes from a...
5. Keith Partridge. World leading adventure cameraman
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to film in minus 50degress at the south pole? In a jungle looking for venomous creatures? In a slot cave barely twelve inches hig...
4. Colleen Blair. World-first ocean swims
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of Scotland's most outstanding athletes with numerous world-first swims to her credit including the Pentland Firth, from Orkney to Mainland S...
3. Colin Skeath. First around GB in an open canoe
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colin and his paddling partner Davis were the first people to circumnavigate Great Britain in an open canoe. Quite a trip for someone who spent most...
2. Donnie Campbell. Ultra trail runner
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donnie has won the British trail running championships, a Skyrunning world series race, represented Great Britain, has made speed ascents of Kilimanja...
1. Markus Stitz. Single speed bike around the world
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As if cycling around the world wasn’t hard enough, Markus Stitz did it on a single speed bike. Twenty one thousand miles, and deliberately avoided...