Wanderlust Magazine's Lyn Hughes
08/04/20 • 38 min
Today, I’m joined by Lyn Hughes, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of one of the UK's best-loved travel magazines, Wanderlust. In the early nineties Lyn and her late husband were bored on a flight to South America, so they schemed out their dream travel magazine on the back of a sick-bag. The idea stuck and, returning to the UK a few months later, they launched Wanderlust magazine from their spare bedroom, with Lyn as editor and her husband, Paul, as publisher. The magazine gradually grew through word of mouth, and now, years later, it’s one of the UK’s leading travel magazines. Of course, through her work with the magazine, Lyn has travelled all around the world, and has her finger on the pulse of what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to travel. I particularly love her hidden gem in this episode and along with her travel diaries we cover wildlife travel, future travel trends, and of course a little bit of travel during Covid - it’s hard to escape it at the moment. As usual, though, the plan is to transport you far away from all those worries, so from New Zealand and Borneo, to Macedonia and Morocco here are the travel diaries of Lynn Hughes.
Destination Recap:
- Southport, Merseyside, England
- Exmoor, Devon, England
- Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England
- Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore trip
- Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia
- African safaris including Zambia
- Caiman Lodge, The Pantanal, Brazil
- Kaikoura, New Zealand
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Number 43, Cumbria, England
- Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
- St Naum Monastery, North Macedonia
- Japan
- Sumatra, Indonesia
- Sabah, Borneo
Wanderlust Magazine is available in all good newsagents as well as online at wanderlust.co.uk
Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.
Don’t forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.
To find out who’s on next week’s show, come and find me on Instagram. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything else podcast-related.
To find out more about Lanserhof at the Arts Club and Lanserhof Sylt, visit https://www.lanserhof.com/en
This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today, I’m joined by Lyn Hughes, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of one of the UK's best-loved travel magazines, Wanderlust. In the early nineties Lyn and her late husband were bored on a flight to South America, so they schemed out their dream travel magazine on the back of a sick-bag. The idea stuck and, returning to the UK a few months later, they launched Wanderlust magazine from their spare bedroom, with Lyn as editor and her husband, Paul, as publisher. The magazine gradually grew through word of mouth, and now, years later, it’s one of the UK’s leading travel magazines. Of course, through her work with the magazine, Lyn has travelled all around the world, and has her finger on the pulse of what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to travel. I particularly love her hidden gem in this episode and along with her travel diaries we cover wildlife travel, future travel trends, and of course a little bit of travel during Covid - it’s hard to escape it at the moment. As usual, though, the plan is to transport you far away from all those worries, so from New Zealand and Borneo, to Macedonia and Morocco here are the travel diaries of Lynn Hughes.
Destination Recap:
- Southport, Merseyside, England
- Exmoor, Devon, England
- Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England
- Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore trip
- Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia
- African safaris including Zambia
- Caiman Lodge, The Pantanal, Brazil
- Kaikoura, New Zealand
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Number 43, Cumbria, England
- Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
- St Naum Monastery, North Macedonia
- Japan
- Sumatra, Indonesia
- Sabah, Borneo
Wanderlust Magazine is available in all good newsagents as well as online at wanderlust.co.uk
Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.
Don’t forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.
To find out who’s on next week’s show, come and find me on Instagram. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything else podcast-related.
To find out more about Lanserhof at the Arts Club and Lanserhof Sylt, visit https://www.lanserhof.com/en
This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Giles Coren
This week, I’m joined by the food writer and TV presenter, Giles Coren. Giles has been a restaurant critic and columnist for The Times for 17 years and alongside chef Monica Galetti, he is the presenter of Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, which sees him travel the globe, visiting some of the world’s most incredible hotels, rolling up his sleeves to work alongside their staff. As well as some fabulous hotels, stay tuned for some fab foodie recommendations too.
I loved chatting to Giles - his take on travel amused me from start to finish. I hope you enjoy it too!
Destination Recap:
- MGM Macau
- Kenyan safari
- Andalucía, Spain
- La Petite Maison, London, England
- Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England
- Le Gavroche, London, England
- The River Cafe, London, England
- Min Jiang, London, England
- Gymkhana, London, England
- Palmers, London, England
- Scott’s, London, England
- J Sheekey, London, England
- Inter-railing around Europe
- Tourettes-sur-loup, France
- Corsica, France
- Giraffe Manor, Kenya
- Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
- Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
- Schloss Elmau, Germany
- The Brando, French Polynesia
- The Bell Inn, Langford, England
- Kerala, India
- Cuba
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby is out now on BBC 2, and is also available on BBC iPlayer.
Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.
Don’t forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.
To find out who’s on next week’s show, come and find me on Instagram. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything else podcast-related.
This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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James Cracknell
Today, I’m joined by the sportsman, adventurer and double Olympic gold medallist, James Cracknell. We first got to know James as part of the coxless four rowing team, alongside Steve Redgrave, that won gold at the Sydney Olympics. Several world titles later, James went on to take part in countless feats of endurance, from becoming the highest ever placed Brit to run the Marathon des Sables, the hottest hardest race in the world, to rowing the Atlantic in a two man boat, and racing to the South Pole with his friend Ben Fogle, who you might have heard on the podcast earlier this season.
Then, in 2010, James’s life was turned upside down. While cycling in a race across America, he was struck by a lorry and experienced a serious brain injury that left him in a coma. As we discuss, his journey to recovery has been anything but straightforward, but his story is one of sheer determination and resilience, ultimately leading him to return to university - Cambridge, no less - where he became the oldest ever winner of the famous Oxbridge boat race.
Travel has been hugely important to James. Of course he’s spent a lot of time on some of the world’s most beautiful lakes and rivers - and I love being by the water, so I really enjoyed hearing about those. And his Slovenian hidden gem is a spot that I’ve now added to my travel wish list, and I’m sure you might do too.
Destination Recap:
- Biarritz, France
- Lac d’Aiguebelette, France
- Galtür, Austria
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Annecy, France
- South Pole, Antarctica
- Rowing the Atlantic Ocean
- Lake Bled, Slovenia
- Lake Maggiore, Italy / Switzerland
- Grand Canyon National Park, USA
- The Amazon
- Tepui Table Top Mountains, Venezuela
Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.
Don’t forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.
To find out who’s on next week’s show, come and find me on Instagram. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything else podcast-related.
To find out more about Lanserhof at the Arts Club and Lanserhof Sylt, visit https://www.lanserhof.com/en
This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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