‘Six Minutes Somewhere Else’ travel podcast
Six Minutes Somewhere Else is the travel podcast that helps you temporarily forget the fears and frictions of the world and immerse yourself in the beauty, wonder and hope of nature in locations near and far.
For just six minutes you can be transported to somewhere calmer, quieter and more natural – a brief escape to help soothe the soul.
Episode description: I arrived at a small temple tucked under an overhanging cliff in Japan, having gone there on the advice of a complete…
Episode description: I wandered inland from tranquil Te Ngaere bay on the North Island of New Zealand (Aotearoa) and discovered a secret wood. It…
Episode description: I re-visited an old friend, a large ‘spirit’ horse carved out of the chalk downlands of southern England. It is unlike any…
Episode summary: The Vallée d’Ossau is full of summer radiance on the day I come to stay. I and several hundred other people and…
Episode summary: The Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland make up one of the world’s most important seabird sanctuaries, with thousands of…
Episode summary: I am in one of my favourite parts of the world: the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. I’m in St Vincent and…
Episode summary: I am cruising through possibly the most amazing and iconic scenery in South East Asia – the famous karst islands in Phang…
Episode summary: I am sitting on the rim of the crater of an ancient volcano in Samoa in the South Pacific, with a sheer…
Episode summary: I am in the very English town of Stratford-Upon-Avon, globally famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare. It’s also my home…
Episode summary: I am at the very edge of the precipitous – and very loud – Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe…
Episode summary: I am on a long Pacific Ocean beach in Costa Rica watching a truly monumental natural phenomenon. Hundreds of thousands of Olive…
Episode summary: I am at Adventure Bay on Bruny Island, off Tasmania, watching a super-cute white wallaby feeding at the edge of a car…
Episode summary: I am enjoying a perfect late spring evening in an English village. The sun is setting over the wheat fields, rabbits play…
Episode summary: I am in one of my favourite green spaces in Asia: Singapore’s magnificent Gardens By The Bay. There’s something wonderfully peaceful about…
Episode summary: Tasmania is a treasure trove of wildlife and wilderness. It is a place of ancient forests, wild coastlines and primeval landscapes, some…
Episode summary: I spent a week admiring ‘my’ iceberg in Grates Cove in Newfoundland. I watched it from dawn to dusk and sometimes even…
Episode summary: I travelled to the Åland Islands to spend a day sunbathing and exploring the forest on my very own islet. This is…
Episode summary: I found peace and calm in a natural oasis in the middle of Tokyo and it was totally unexpected. I went for…
Episode summary: I travelled to New Zealand’s South Island at Maori New Year to witness a dark-sky spectacle in the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark…
Episode summary: I travelled to Costa Rica in Central America to climb a volcano called Arenal. If you want to know ‘is it worth…