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
245 episodes
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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1:30:04
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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36:58
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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1:28:40
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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23:34
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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1:45:17
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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40:08
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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1:24:14
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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25:20
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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1:44:18
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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26:38
How a 10,000 km Bike Tour Led to the Three Peaks by Bike Record | Harriet Gruen
In this episode guest Harriet Gruen shares what it takes to go from novice cycle tourer to an ultra cycling record-breaker. In 2022 she set off from London to ride 10,000 km to Central Asia. She'd barely ridden much at all and...
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Season 3
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Episode 150
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1:38:49
Bikepacking Across the Tibetan Plateau in China | Rebecca Gross
This week guest, Rebecca Gross shares her experiences from cycling across China and the Tibetan Plateau. This was very much an unplanned inclusion on her bikepacking journey and it took her through breathtaking landscapes. It also gave her insi...
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Season 3
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26:28
Heinz Stücke: Life Lessons from 51 Years on the Road (Part 2)
Heinz Stücke returns for Part 2 where he shares the honest truths and life lessons learned from 51 years of cycling the world.Check out Part 1 of our discussion here.
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Season 3
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Episode 149
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1:33:19
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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Season 3
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22:09
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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Season 3
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Episode 148
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1:39:42
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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Season 3
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33:24
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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Season 3
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Episode 147
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1:30:42
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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Season 3
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24:35
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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Season 3
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Episode 146
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1:31:26
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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Season 3
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39:46
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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Season 3
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Episode 145
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1:14:03
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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Season 3
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24:40
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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Season 3
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Episode 144
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1:20:08
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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Season 3
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16:16
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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Season 3
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Episode 143
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1:51:52