Seek Travel Ride
Want more adventure in your life? Hear real adventure travel stories and practical insights from people who explore the world in bold and meaningful ways by bike, on foot, and close to home.
Seek Travel Ride is an adventure travel podcast for anyone curious about travel and looking to bring more adventure into their everyday.
Host Bella Molloy chats with adventurers and everyday people about bicycle touring, cycle touring, bikepacking, long-distance cycling, and other human-powered adventures. You’ll also hear slow travel, cultural discovery and micro-adventure stories that show adventure can happen anywhere.
Expect travel stories, helpful advice and practical tips you can use to shape your own adventures, whether you’re dreaming of world travel, planning your first bike travel journey, or starting small with something close to home.
Remember it doesn't need to be epic to be an Adventure!
Episodes
260 episodes
Cycling A Thousand Places to See Before You Die | Brian Sampson
How long would it take to cycle your way through A Thousand Places to See Before You Die?This week I am introducing you to Brian Sampson, who has been doing exactly that since 2018. Brian shares an update from his journey so far...
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Season 4
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32:12
Building Inclusive Bike Adventure Communities and the Bristol Rally | Claire Sharpe
This week’s episode features a really thoughtful conversation with Claire Sharpe, a mountain bike instructor, community builder, and the founder of the Bristol Rally. It's a great listen if you’re curious about bikepacking, intere...
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Season 4
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Episode 162
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1:34:13
Three Years of Seek Travel Ride. Bike Adventures and the Best Places to Travel by Bike
Seek Travel Ride has just turned three, and for this mid-week episode I wanted to do something a little different.Instead of a highlights reel, I’m sharing why this podcast exists in the first place, and what three years of conversations...
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Season 4
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25:31
Mark Beaumont on Wanderlust, Bike Travel and the Places In Between
Why does riding a bike feel like the purest way to experience the world?In this episode, I sit down with Mark Beaumont to talk about bike travel, wanderlust, and what he's learn...
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Season 4
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Episode 161
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1:31:12
Bikepacking the Tour Aotearoa on New Zealand’s North Island | Rebecca Gross
What is it really like to bikepack the Tour Aotearoa on New Zealand’s North Island? In this midweek episode, Rebecca Gross shares her experience riding the TA, including the Timber Trail, Warm Showers hospitality, lush North Island scenery, and...
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Season 3
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33:19
Cycling Across Europe for Four Months | Anna Ruddiman
What would you do if you suddenly had four months free to take a bike adventure? For London-based outdoors lover Anna Ruddiman, the answer was simple: buy a touring bike off Facebook Marketplace, catch a ferry to Spain with he...
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Season 3
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Episode 160
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1:40:24
Your Bike Adventure Gear Hacks & What Cycling Through Africa is Like | Giacomo Turco
This week I'm sharing some awesome bike adventure gear hacks from those of you in the community. I also have an update from Giacomo Turco, who is currently on a huge ride from Cape Town to Italy. Giacomo is updating us from Be...
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Season 3
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34:08
How Do You Finish a 9-Year Bike Journey? Tomas Mac An T-Saoir (Part 2)
In Part 2 of my conversation with Irish cyclist Tomas Mac An T-Saoir, we continue his nine-year journey around the world by bicycle. We begin in Syria and Afghanistan, where Tomas shares what it was like to travel through regions affected by co...
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Season 3
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Episode 159
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1:17:13
Stories from People Who've Cycled All Over The World | Melbourne Live Show Highlights
This week I'm sharing a recap from our recent live shows which were held in Melbourne with guests Emily Hulbert, Fergal Guihen, and David McCourt. We discuss tips on facing fears head on, wild camping, and the importance of leaning into a...
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Season 3
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29:08
The Irishman Who Rode Around the World | Meet Tomas Mac An T-Saoir (Part 1)
Ever wanted to go on a bike adventure that takes you from one side of the world to the other? Which countries would you choose to travel to? How do you decide where to go? Well this week I speak with Irish adventurer Tomas Mac An T-Saoir to hea...
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Season 3
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Episode 158
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1:33:41
Exploring Kyrgysztan on a bike | Olly Hargreaves
Ever wanted to cycle in Kyrgyzstan? Well this week adventurer Olly Hargreaves is going to take us on his cycle tour and let us know what it's like to actually ride there. Goign up huge mountain passes, riding alongside the amazing Lake Issyk Ku...
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Season 3
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29:02
Cycling From the UK all the way to Australia | Jamie Hargreaves and Malachi Francis
What happens when two bike adventurers meet outside a supermarket in Turkey, buy a kebab, and end up riding more than half the world together?I sat down with Jamie Hargreaves and Malachi Francis just days after they rolled into the Sydne...
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Season 3
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Episode 157
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1:42:18
Bike Adventures in the Australian High Country: Reaching the Horn
This week I'm sharing some of my own riding adventures - specifically ones I took just a few days ago over Christmas. I was camped by the Ovens River near Bright in Victoria, and I enjoyed some fantastic riding. This included a memorable cycle ...
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Season 3
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18:42
Cycling from Mongolia to the UK: Claire Wyatt (Part 2)
Claire Wyatt returns for part two of her Mongolia to UK journey, sharing her experiences of cycling across winter roads, what it's like to hear wolves outside your tent in the night,the illness that put her in hospital and nearly ended her ride...
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Season 3
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Episode 156
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1:15:49
Going to the Dogs: Steven Cuthbertson’s Solo Bike Ride Across Europe
Guest Steven Cuthbertson takes us on a ride from Romania to the UK. He shares the story of a 1,700 mile solo bike ride across Europe, ridden in support of a dog rescue charity that helped re-home his Romanian Shepherd dog, Stella.S...
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Season 3
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36:13
Cycling from Mongolia to the UK: Claire Wyatt on Fear, Freedom, and Finishing a Dream (Part 1)
Claire Wyatt shares what it was like to be Cycling solo from Mongolia all the way back home to the UKWe also candidly discuss the reality of life on the road beyond the highlight reels. Riding through torrential rain for days. Camping in...
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Season 3
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Episode 155
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1:31:54
Cycling Through South Korea and Japan & Embracing Solo Adventures | Rebecca Gross
This week Rebecca Gross is sharing an update from her journey which will take us to South Korea and Japan. She lets us know what the infamous Four Rivers Route in South Korea was like to cycle on, as well as what she loved about riding in Japan...
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Season 3
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38:03
Cycling Around the World as the First Openly Trans Cyclist | Robbie Danger Webb
Robbie Danger Webb shares their experiences of becoming the first openly trans person to cycle around the world. During the episode we learn how Robbie first got into bike travel, their experience gained from riding in their first e...
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Season 3
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Episode 154
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1:30:29
A Bike Adventure Around Cappadocia in Turkey | Slauka AllRideGirl
Ever wanted to go Cycling in Turkey? Experience hot air balloons flying overhead in Cappadocia? Then you definitely want to listen to this episode where Slauka give us her account of what it's actually like to go bikepacking there. She talks ab...
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Season 3
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24:39
Bikepacking from Vietnam to Spain | Garbage Bag Boys
Guests Luke Fowler and Sam Edder share what it's been like on their bikepacking adventure from Vietnam to Spain. The two friends, better known as The Garbage Bag Boys have certainly chosen to take on some of the most challe...
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Season 3
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Episode 153
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1:47:06
Want to Cycle Across the Pamir Highway? Listen to this. Olly Hargreaves
Dreaming of an adventure that takes you across the Pamir Highway? Listen to Olly Hargreaves share what it's actually like to cycle across them. Olly is currently on a huge bike journey from the UK to Thailand. 40 Years ago his dad t...
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Season 3
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41:13
Solo Bikepacking Adventures in Europe and Australia | Juliana Fontana
Australian adventurer Juliana Fontana shares her bikepacking experiences having just returned from a massive solo journey across Europe. That adventure began in Hungary, saw her riding over the Alps, and continuing all the way to N...
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Season 3
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Episode 152
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1:26:03
Bikepacking Morocco's Route of Caravans | Kurt Werby
This week adventurer Kurt Werby gives us an update on what it's been like so far cycling on the Route of Caravans in Morocco. This is one of the first longer bikepacking adventures Kurt has taken on and it's been great to hear how expectations ...
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Season 3
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26:25
Across a Continent on Foot | Mark Gresser’s 6,000km Trek 4 Youth Mental Health
In this episode I’m joined by adventurer Mark Gresser, who is currently in the midst of a huge journey: walking solo across Australia from Steep Point in Western Australia to Cape Byron in the east, a distance of more...
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Season 3
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Episode 151
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1:46:07
Cycling adventures from the UK to India - Wild Experience in Georgia | Tom Cartledge
In 2013 Tom Cartledge and his friend Rhys James quit their jobs to ride from the UK to India. This week he shares his experiences while in the country of Georgia. Tom says his motivations for this adventure were to visit the 'spaces in be...
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Season 3
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27:43