The Avant-Garde Travel Podcast

With tales about seshing in the Hebrides, kids who understand complex macro-engineering, ignorant Danish people and encounters with beautiful women, it’s all going down here on the Avant-Garde Travel Podcast!

This episode comes to you from sunny Stirling! In this one, I discuss how good space-rock is, as well as the strange events that have happened to me on this, my first trip to Stirling. Enjoy!

Season 2 is finally here! In this episode of tall tales, where you can find me on the road (or can you?), I discuss: *The logistics of reaching the Taigh Thormoid Dhuibh bothy on the Isle of Raasay *Why you should avoid travelling with Shiel Buses (if you can, that is) *Why you should travel on the railway from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh *Old dudes using breathing nebulisers in hostels *Where the best place to camp is in Campbeltown Enjoy! SOME RANDOM SHOW NOTES Scottish Citylink:  https://www.citylink.co.uk/index.php  ScotRail:  https://www.scotrail.co.uk/  LNER:  https://www.lner.co.uk/  The Mountain Bothies Association:  https://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/  Portree Independent Hostel:  http://www.hostelskye.co.uk/  Oban Backpackers:  http://obanbackpackers.com/ 

Yes folks, this is the final episode of the first series. In this one, I discuss my plans for Series 2, which is due to take place from the second of May 2019 onwards... Enjoy!

 EXPLICIT EPISODE So, I didn’t go up to the Scottish Highlands in March 2019, as I describe in this episode. Instead, this episode comes from the good old Isle of Arran! In this episode, Shelli Brennan (the infamous Lewis’ mum) and I discuss: · The legendary White Stag of Arran · The interesting tale of Craig the Collie, and his connection with the former First Minister of Scotland · People who marry at a young age Oh, and I set out my vision for Series 2 of the podcast! Enjoy!

EXPLICIT EPISODE Come and take a drive with the Avant-Garde Traveller! In this episode, as I drive the twenty-five kilometres or so from Brodick to Pirnmill on the Isle of Arran, I ramble about: Re-branding my social media accounts, and how I managed to get over a thousand 'likes' on a Facebook post! How I have made over twenty albums and only managed to sell 2 CDs The Chronicle of Youad the Parrot How I learnt to drive when I was 12 Why tourists are such bad drivers, at least on Arran I also talk to my friends! Listeners from the future may recognise a character named Hamish from my books - he appears in this podcast! Together, along with several of his friends, we discuss: Our friend Lewis being weird How posh the MV Hebridean Isles is Reversing the patriarchy  And also, Lewis appears in this podcast, as does his mother! Later in the podcast, we discuss chickens committing cannibalism... Oh, and I nearly get run off the road by a maniacal driver. Enjoy!

In this episode, I leave Arran for the first time in four months, and go on a trip to Glasgow! So, come and ramble with me along the Forth and Clyde Canal as I ramble about: · Things to see and do in Glasgow · The practicalities of hiring a nextbike · The life and times of my good friend Hamish, along with Bòidheach the dog · The practicalities of canal boats, the Erskine Bridge and Portkeys · Breathing exercises that can put you to sleep (in the good way) · How to get a bay of four seats all to yourself on a busy train (unintentionally, of course…) Enjoy the show! SHOWNOTES · Nextbike – www.nextbike.co.uk · Songhoy Blues – http://songhoyblues.com/  · Euro Hostel – https://www.eurohostels.co.uk/

First off, apologies for the bad sound quality. I'm still figuring out how to use my new microphone... In this special version of the Avant-Garde Travel Podcast, recorded live at an ‘Eco-Savvy’ event at the Corrie & Sannox Village Hall in front of 40 or so people, I discuss: · My time in Nimbin · Living off the grid · How to siphon electricity from lamp posts! Enjoy the show! SHOW NOTES: · Videos on Earthships: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=earthships

   In this, the first episode in about two months, I briefly discuss: The potential directions that I, and the show, could take in 2019 Raving at a posh venue on Hogmanay My upcoming travel plans! SHOW NOTES: My Eigg '17 writeup:      https://virginsexgod.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/the-twentieth-anniversary-of-the-eigg-community-buyout/ Celtic Connections: https://www.celticconnections.com/

EXPLICIT EPISODE In this slow 'n' sexy edition of the Avant-Garde Travel Podcast, I travel to a secret location to partake in a game of Cards Against Humanity with a few of my fellow Arainnich! In the episode, in and around the card game, we discuss: • Music. • Albania (does anyone else see a pattern emerging here?). • How hot the lowlands of Nepal are. • Why you need to be 'called' before you need to travel to a particular location. • People driving like maniacs. • Soft synthesizers, and how anyone can create music using them. Enjoy the show, and keep travelling! (Disclaimer: I do not own any of the music in this episode, apart from the intro, outro and the Mellotron solo about six or so minutes in. I also covered a Pink Floyd song about twenty-five minutes in as well. I'm hoping that everything else counts as fair use, considering how it's all lo-fi (as in played through a crappy speaker and recorded through a microphone that's just as bad), we talk over the top of it (and comment on many of the tracks), and some of it is cut out of the recording. Seriously, if you want to listen to the music, buy the albums. If you don't know who the artist is, Shazam it.)

A look back to my very first appearance on the radio! Much of this episode was first broadcast on Nim-FM 102.3 on the 28th of April 2015. In this revised repeat of The Magic Carpet: Adventures in Communication with David Peace One Love, I discuss: • How good the town of Nimbin is, including the then-upcoming MardiGrass festival • The origins of Krautrock • My first memory, and how it has influenced me to this day Enjoy the show, and keep travelling!

Well, this guy recorded this episode with a heavy cold, so bear with him. In this, the very first episode of the Avant-Garde Travel Podcast, I explain: •Who the heck I actually am. •Why I started travelling. •Why you should go to Albania instead of Brunei. Enjoy! Recorded 30/10/2018. All music by Scott Harwood.