Trams rattle through a 1900s high street, a coal-fired chip shop in the pit village, and a 1950s hairdresser who will do your updo before you set off around the site. In episode 222 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined by Samantha Shotton, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of Beamish, The…
Small towns, quiet valleys, and passes that don’t go where you expect them to. In episode 221 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined by Briony Wilson from Mountain Goat, a touring company based in Windermere, who has lived in the Lakes for more than twenty years. Between them, they cover how much…
In episode 219 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast Tracy is joined by Sinead of York Travel Expert, a York local. Between them, they cover how much time York actually deserves, whether you need a car, and where to base yourself. This is the next in the Before You Go series, following Edinburgh, where we…
Rainbows over the Flow Country, the Northern Lights on a clear September night and the first Christmas lights on Regent Street. In episode 217 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, part two of our autumn special, Tracy heads to the far north of Scotland with Sally-Ann from North Coast Explorer Tours, then travels the length…
In this episode of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy chats with Katherine from Townsville in North Queensland about a very different kind of UK holiday. Katherine and her husband Glen walked 260 miles, around 420 kilometres, from Land’s End to Bath, the first quarter of the famous Land’s End to John O’Groats route, taking…
In episode 214 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug work through the 10 questions listeners ask most often about visiting London. How many days you actually need, when to go, what to budget, the best way in from Heathrow, and where to eat once you arrive. If you are in the early…
In this episode of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Doug takes over hosting duties to chat with Graham, one of Rabbie’s driver guides based in Edinburgh, about what a small group tour of Scotland is really like. Doug took Rabbie’s Northumberland and Alnwick Castle tour with Graham back in June, and wanted listeners to hear…
In episode 212 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined again by Doug Collins to answer one of the questions we hear most often: which of London’s train stations do you actually need, and what on earth do you do once you get there? London has more than a dozen mainline stations, each…
In episode 210 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug recap Tracy’s favourite London experiences from 2026: afternoon tea in a royal palace, a murder mystery in a Victorian train carriage, Chelsea in full bloom and a night in a 500 year old castle. Every experience earned its place, and a few came…
In Episode 209 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug step back from the destinations to explain who they are and the ten ways they help you plan a smarter UK trip. Between them they have lived all over the UK, and Doug has covered every mile of mainline track in the country,…