Getting the Right Fit

Cat Jones loves trains, avoids planes, and lived car-free until this year. Yet her company, Byway, has sent over 25,000 people on holidays across the UK and Europe.

Taking another look at ski and boot rental in time for an Alpine winter.    Music: © Barney and Izzi Hardy

Noel Josephides of Sunvil talks about his long career in travel and tells us how the Hollywood blockbuster could spell trouble for the region. It must now be the destinations' responsibility to control mass tourism.   Music: Barney and Izzi Hardy

 It has its challenges, particularly if you're a woman, says Anna Bowkis.    Music: Barney & Izzi Hardy

Freelance public relations consultant, Paddy Daly, took the plunge and moved his family and his business to the other side of the English Channel. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

We're re-running this popular episode about Harry Mitsidis, who has travelled to every country in the world...at least twice.  He's the founder of a website called NomadMania. Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy 

The quaint medieval community of Lacock might seem familiar.    Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Alice Gully of Aardvark Safaris takes a journey back in time to São Tomé and Príncipe.   Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy

This week we're in Val d'Isère in the French Alps, exploring the complicated subject of ski and boot rental. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy

Dick's Tea Bar in Val d'Isère once captured the imagination of generations of visitors.  Music: © Barney & Izzi Hardy