A Donkey, Children & Slow Ways; inspiring human-powered home travel: Hannah Engelkamp - 019
03/23/22 • 68 min
Hannah Engelkamp talks about walking Wales with a spirited donkey, children, adventures and the pandemic. Her current passion is inspiring others to walk Slow Ways routes, a new network of direct paths, from settlement to settlement, across Great Britain.
Hannah is a writer and editor with a background in adventure magazines and websites. In 2013 she travelled waywardly around the circumference of Wales, 1000 miles, with a characterful donkey called Chico as her companion. In 2015 she published ‘Seaside Donkey’, a book and a feature-length film of the same, detailing her unusual adventure.
In this episode, Zoe talks with Hannah about her adventures with her young children, taking on the position of wardens on Bardsey Island for six months with her partner, and her experience of the pandemic, with no garden and two children to occupy. There are surprising similarities between donkey and toddler, Hannah reveals.
More recently, Hannah was appointed as the Culture, Imagination and Story Lead for Slow Ways, a project working towards creating a trusted network of walking routes that connect settlements and encourage people to walk and engage with the land for their everyday routines in addition to leisure walking. There will be a later episode of HeadRightOut in which full attention is given to Seaside Donkey, as Chico would naturally expect...
SHOW LINKS:
Hannah Engelkamp -
Website: www.seasidedonkey.co.uk (http://seasidedonkey.co.uk/shop-2/ for the book and film)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seasidedonkey/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahengelkamp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeasideDonkey
Slow Ways -
Website: www.slowways.org
Swarm including the link to the Google doc for submitting film clips from your walk.
https://beta.slowways.org/Page/the-swarm-how-far-can-we-walk-in-a-weekend
Map to use for searching for routes needing verification or choosing new walks to pioneer: https://slowways.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/interactivelegend/index.html?appid=7a48a682d41d450b99772f2e25d15d29
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowwaysuk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlowWaysUK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlowWaysUK
Where to find HeadRightOut and Zoe on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/HeadRightOut/
https://www.instagram.com/headrightout/
https://twitter.com/HeadRightOut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-langley-wathen/
Music used in this episode:
Intro, outro and transitions - ‘Stay Strong’ by Caffeine Creek Band
SHOW NOTES:
To follow
FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
To follow
Hannah Engelkamp talks about walking Wales with a spirited donkey, children, adventures and the pandemic. Her current passion is inspiring others to walk Slow Ways routes, a new network of direct paths, from settlement to settlement, across Great Britain.
Hannah is a writer and editor with a background in adventure magazines and websites. In 2013 she travelled waywardly around the circumference of Wales, 1000 miles, with a characterful donkey called Chico as her companion. In 2015 she published ‘Seaside Donkey’, a book and a feature-length film of the same, detailing her unusual adventure.
In this episode, Zoe talks with Hannah about her adventures with her young children, taking on the position of wardens on Bardsey Island for six months with her partner, and her experience of the pandemic, with no garden and two children to occupy. There are surprising similarities between donkey and toddler, Hannah reveals.
More recently, Hannah was appointed as the Culture, Imagination and Story Lead for Slow Ways, a project working towards creating a trusted network of walking routes that connect settlements and encourage people to walk and engage with the land for their everyday routines in addition to leisure walking. There will be a later episode of HeadRightOut in which full attention is given to Seaside Donkey, as Chico would naturally expect...
SHOW LINKS:
Hannah Engelkamp -
Website: www.seasidedonkey.co.uk (http://seasidedonkey.co.uk/shop-2/ for the book and film)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seasidedonkey/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahengelkamp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeasideDonkey
Slow Ways -
Website: www.slowways.org
Swarm including the link to the Google doc for submitting film clips from your walk.
https://beta.slowways.org/Page/the-swarm-how-far-can-we-walk-in-a-weekend
Map to use for searching for routes needing verification or choosing new walks to pioneer: https://slowways.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/interactivelegend/index.html?appid=7a48a682d41d450b99772f2e25d15d29
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowwaysuk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlowWaysUK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlowWaysUK
Where to find HeadRightOut and Zoe on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/HeadRightOut/
https://www.instagram.com/headrightout/
https://twitter.com/HeadRightOut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-langley-wathen/
Music used in this episode:
Intro, outro and transitions - ‘Stay Strong’ by Caffeine Creek Band
SHOW NOTES:
To follow
FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
To follow
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Fell Running, Marathons & Mountain Biking; Founder of Element for Active Women - 018: Ruth Pickvance
Ruth shares her passion for the mountains, becoming an international fell running champion, fast marathons and how mountain bike orienteering has captured her interest aged 60. She is the founder of Element, offering active courses for women in Wales.
In 2012, Ruth Pickvance, an adventurous, retired international fell running champion and super-fast marathon runner, left her well-paid head of faculty role at a Sixth Form College, to set up Element. The business offers women the opportunity to find confidence in outdoor pursuits such as Yoga for Runners, Beginning Fell Running and Mountain Biking for Beginners. At sixty years old, Ruth herself has discovered that she enjoys mountain bike orienteering, which marries her love of the outdoors with the joy of moving her body with less impact on her joints than perhaps those marathons of her forties had created.
Living in the beautiful Brecon Beacons, Ruth shares more about her involvement in local environmental projects and conservation, as well as offering some first-hand wisdom regarding facing our fears and stretching those comfort zones.
SHOW LINKS for RUTH PICKVANCE:
Website: https://element-active.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elementactive/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthPickvance
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elementactiveuk
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Where to find HeadRightOut and Zoe on social media:
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https://www.instagram.com/headrightout/
https://twitter.com/HeadRightOut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-langley-wathen/
Music used in this episode:
This Minimal Technology by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Morning Garden - Acoustic Chill by Olexy from Pixabay
The Cradle of Your Soul by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay -
Simple Piano Melody by ZakharValaha from Pixabay
Intro, outro and transitions - ‘Stay Strong’ by Caffeine Creek Band
SHOW NOTES:
- Welcome to the episode 00:51
- Request for votes in the Sports Podcast Awards - Best Urban and Adventure Category - currently ranked in third place - this is likely to change 01:17
- Different format for episode due to mic problems when recording. Please let me know if you like the format or preferred HeadRightOut’s original style 02:27
- What to expect in our conversation. 03:23
- Where Zoe and Ruth first met and Ruth’s bio: International Mountain Runner, Former British Fell Champion, fast marathon runner, exploring nature and founder of Element 04:06
- How Ruth came into racing, visiting the Lake District one Christmas around 1985 and making a spontaneous decision 06:20
- How quickly Ruth became good at the sport and why it touched a chord with her 08:42
- How old Ruth was when she started racing and where her deep-rooted love of the mountains stemmed from 09:33
- Zoe talks about the Gold Hill 10 race in Shaftesbury, Dorset - the strength needed ru...
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Trailblazing the Wales Coast Path in 2012 & other adventures - 020: Arry Cain
2 RecommendationsArry Cain set off in March 2012 to run the equivalent of 40 marathons in 40 days along a brand new trail, the Wales Coast Path. She would become the first person to run around the perimeter of Wales, including the Wales Coast Path. and officially launched the opening of the Path in Cardiff Bay, as she ran her last mile of a gruelling 1027 miles on 5th May. Ten years on, Arry shares her determination, her difficulties and more about the doubters that she could even achieve such an immense challenge. The impact of some of those messages left a deep scar that was hard to heal, but here she talks to Zoe about how she feels ready to reconnect with her running mojo. Arry also retells with enthusiasm and an element of terror, some of the experiences of her other adventures, particularly cycling. Arry really knows the meaning of what it is to HeadRightOut.
SHOW LINKS:
Arry Cain -
Website: Website: https://dragonrun1027.wordpress.com/ (This is currently being updated to reflect on the run, upcoming adventures and everything in between!)
Instagram: @arrycain
Twitter: @arrycain
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dragonrun1027
Illustration -
Website: www.arrycainillustration.com
Where to find HeadRightOut and Zoe on social media:
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https://www.instagram.com/headrightout/
https://twitter.com/HeadRightOut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-langley-wathen/
Music used in this episode:
Intro, outro and transitions - ‘Stay Strong’ by Caffeine Creek Band
SHOW NOTES:
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
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The stretch that should be known as 'Arry's Cliff', Llantwit Major (taken in March 2012).If you like this episode you’ll love
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