Travelling on foot is the ultimate slow travel and you can have some amazing experiences when incorporating a walk, hike or run into your travel plans.

In this episode I start by chatting with Chelsea Gruber, a big fan of solo travel who's had quite a few active adventures on her trips and when we spoke was in training to run the Paris marathon.

I then chat with Patrick Nash who spent time some decades back travelling through many parts of Africa, and his story centres on a long walk through the Congo, or what was then Zaire.

Finally, Amy Willis shares some of her active travels, starting off with her experience on the Rim to Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon, and then going on to tell me about a recent experience running in northern Kenya.

Links:

• Chelsea Gruber - https://www.chelseasolotravels.com/
• Chelsea's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chelseasolotravels/
• Patrick Nash - https://www.patricknash.co.uk/
• Patrick’s book Shots Across the Water: Tales of a Journey Through Africa - https://amzn.to/4cMl0UQ
• Amy Willis from Ker & Downey https://kerdowney.com/
• Amy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amynwillis/
• Ep 253 Walking the World https://notaballerina.com/253
• Ep 175 Walking and Hiking Travels https://notaballerina.com/175
• Ep 308 My trip report from hiking the Basho Trail with Walk Japan in 2023 https://notaballerina.com/308
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• Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/347

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