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 the world 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
232 episodes
Bikepacking the European Divide Trail - What's it Like? Mircea Arǎmescu
Ever wanted to go bikepacking on the European Divide Trail? It's the longest continuous off road route that crosses the European continent and this week Romanian bikepacker Mircea Arǎmescu is sharing with us his experiences from riding it this ...
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Heinz Stücke: 51 Years Cycling Around the World (Part 1)
I’m joined by Heinz Stücke, the world’s most travelled cyclist, to reveal how a one-year bike trip became 51 years of cycling the world. This is part 1 of 2 from our conversations. Huge thanks to Lizzie Jenkins who filmed our...
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Episode 148
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1:39:43
What's it Like to Travel in Afghanistan? Olly Hargreaves
This week we have an update from Olly Hargreaves all about his time spent cycling through Afghanistan. He shares some great insights about what it has been like to cycle through the country, his experiences meeting the locals as well as the Tal...
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What It’s Really Like to Travel by Tandem Bike | Di and Colin
We get into the world of Tandem adventures with Di and Colin, a dynamic duo from Scotland who first rode a tandem bike on a blind date and haven't looked back since. They share about their adventures through the UK and France, and h...
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Episode 147
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1:30:43
Adventure Travel on a Tandem Bike: Federico and Baaska
Ever wondered what it would be like to travel through a country on a Tandem bicycle? This week Federico and Baaska are going to tell us all about their experience and a day cycling in MalaysiaFollow them on instagram -
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Travel Adventure from London to South Africa: Paul Edkins
Guest Paul Edkins takes us on an adventure from London to South Africa. He had zero experience of bike travel before setting off on this adventure. Along the way he was also fundraising for the Black Mambas the world's first female anti-poachin...
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Episode 146
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1:31:28
What Bikepacking in Mongolia Is Really Like | Rebecca Gross
If you've ever wondered what travelling through Mongolia would be like this episode is going to take you righ there. This week Rebecca Gross is giving us an update from her bike adventures through Mongolia. Think of huge, open landscapes, river...
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Cycling Ireland to Australia (Part 2): Big Moments | Fergal Guihen
This is part 2 of Fergal Guihen's travel adventure from Roscommon, Ireland to Sydney, Australia. You can listen to Part 1 here. In Part 2 of his ride from Ireland t...
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Episode 145
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Central Asia by Bike: Silk Road Magic & Tough Moments | Olly Hargreaves
This week we have another update from teh road by intrepid adventurer Olly Hargreaves who is making his way from the UK to Thailand. This update takes us specifically to what it's been like cycling through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, on the rout...
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Cycling Adventure From Rossi to Aussie: Fergal Guihen (Pt 1)
From not knowing how to fix a puncture to leaving Ireland to cycle to Australia via Iran, Afghanistan, China and beyond, Fergal Guihen shows how saying yes to fear can change everything.Listen if: You’ve ever though...
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Episode 144
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What Bikepacking Across Europe Is Really Like | Juliana Fontana
This week listener Juliana Fontana recounts an unforgettable experience during her bikepacking adventure across Europe. She tells us about an encounter in Latvia with a 90year old legend called Imants. This one will put a huge smile on your fac...
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How to Chase Cycling Records Without Burning Out | Samuel Thompson
How do you ride 4,750km around France and set a world record without falling into the trap of needless suffering? Guest Samuel Thompson shares his experiences doing just that.Listen if: you’re curious about ultra-cycling, want sma...
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Episode 143
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1:51:54
Bikepacking the Route of Caravans in Morocco | Kurt Werby
This week I feature listener Kurt Werby who is giving us an update on his upcoming bikepacking adventure on Route of Caravans in Morocco. I first featured Kurt earlier this y...
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What Bikepacking Across England Taught Me | Veronica White
Guest Veronica White turned her PhD research into a 3,200 km bikepacking adventure across England, meeting women farmers and rethinking the future of food.Listen if: You’re curious about mixing purpose with adventure, love hearing...
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Episode 142
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How to Mix Bike & Train for Epic Adventures | Stevie Thissen
This week the roles are flipped and I get interviewed by Ultracyclist Stevie Thissen who has just recently finished racing the Transcontinental Race. We talk about combining bike travel with using trains as well. The joys of slow tr...
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Around the World Bikepacking Adventure: Samer Abouhamad
What cycling 73,000 km across 6 continents taught Samer about resilience, freedom, and the world.Listen if: You’re interested in how long-distance adventures change your perspective on life, freedom, and what really matters....
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Episode 141
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Long Distance Cycling in Scotland: Iza Murtagh
This week I'm re-releasing an excerpt from my longer episode with Audax rider Iza Murtagh. You can listen to the full episode here.If you live in or near Edinburgh...
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28:46
Cycling Across Australia: Laura Bastioli
This week we are being taken on a bike tour from Melbourne through the centre of Australia. Guest Laura Bastioli shares her experiences on an adventure which has so far taken her to Alice Springs. We discuss how she got into bikepac...
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Episode 140
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1:34:32
Planning a 4-Week Bike Adventure? Here’s the Top Destinations
Where would you go for a 4 week bike adventure? I posed the question to our Seek Travel Ride community on instagram and this is what you came up with.I'm also showcasing listener Laura Kelland-May who shares how she first discovered bike...
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How to Build a Life of Adventure | Steph Devery
The adventures continue with our guest Steph Devery. Since completing her journey from Europe to South Africa. We get together to talk about her bikepacking trip on the Route des Grandes Alpes<...
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Episode 139
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1:49:06
A bike adventure in Kenya: Paul Edkins
This week Paul Edkins shares quote the adventurous night spent in Kenya while on a bike adventure from London to South Africa. You can follow Paul via his instagram account - @hol...
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What's it like to be a Warm Showers Host: Martine Gijsbrechts
What’s it really like to open your home to strangers cycling the world? In this episode, Guest Martine Gijsbrechts shares her stories, lessons, and how her hospitality of hosting bike travellers has made her a part of countless bike adventures....
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Episode 138
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1:21:16
Bikepacking Kyrgyzstan to China - What's it Been Like? Rebecca Gross
What's it actually like to go bikepacking through Kyrgyzstan to China? This week I feature another update from our intrepid adventurer Rebecca Gross who shares her experiences once more. Be sure to check out Rebecca on Instagram - <...
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Bikepacking Adventure from Greece to Germany via the Trans Dinarica Cycling Route : Anne Kress
When her van broke down in Crete, Anne Kress decided not to book a flight to get back home to Germany. Instead, she grabbed her 20-year-old mountain bike and camping gear, then pedalled 3,300km home through 11 countries.Listen i...
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Episode 137
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1:37:32
Lands End to John O'Groats on a Folding Bike & Riding the Transcontinental Race on a Tandem!
Imagine cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats...on a folding bike! Well Listener Bobby Reading who has just set off to do exactly that. JBobby's family sadly lost three grandparents in the space of just a few weeks and he is using the r...
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