Walk Wild – Adventure Travel Blog https://mattwalkwild.com/ Adventure Travel Blog - Tips & Guides Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:42:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mattwalkwild.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-Walk-Wild-trim-1-150x150.png Walk Wild – Adventure Travel Blog https://mattwalkwild.com/ 32 32 The Longest Road https://mattwalkwild.com/the-longest-road/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-longest-road Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:40:51 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6865 I’m very excited to announce the release of my second travel book ‘The Longest Road: Driving 30,000 km from the Arctic Circle to Central America’. This book has been almost six years in the making. I spent nearly two years planning for the trip, two years completing the expedition, and two years writing, editing, and […]

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]]> 5 Best Adventure Travel Books https://mattwalkwild.com/5-best-adventure-travel-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-best-adventure-travel-books Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:16:34 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6834 As a travel writer, I spend a great deal of time reading books and articles from other authors about their expeditions and adventures. During that time, I have compiled a short list of the 5 best adventure travel books that I’ve ever read. Often, I believe that what makes a travel book so powerful is […]

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]]> New Book! https://mattwalkwild.com/new-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-book Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:34:45 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6827 Today I can finally say these beautiful words: I am a published author. My new book “Out the Door – 10 Tales of Adventure” is finally available to purchase from Amazon. This book has been many years in the making as it is a project I first began during the COVID lockdowns. Since then, I’ve […]

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]]> The Journey Begins | Pan American Highway | S1 E1 https://mattwalkwild.com/pan-american-highway-s1e1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pan-american-highway-s1e1 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:48:06 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6689 Episode 1 of the Pan American Highway. The journey begins with a rocky start, as all good adventures should.

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]]> My Biggest Adventure Yet https://mattwalkwild.com/my-biggest-adventure-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-biggest-adventure-yet Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:56:32 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6682 The story of my biggest adventure yet. A 1.5 year backpacking adventure taking me +19,000 miles across two continents.

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]]> BBC Radio Guernsey Interview https://mattwalkwild.com/bbc-radio-guernsey-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbc-radio-guernsey-interview Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:40:45 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6672 My experience being live on the radio talking about my hiking adventures doing a BBC Radio Guernsey Interview.

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]]> Hiking Around the UK’s First Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) https://mattwalkwild.com/hiking-around-the-uks-first-aonb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hiking-around-the-uks-first-aonb Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:11:27 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6654 The Gower Peninsula was the first designated AONB. Following a long winter lockdown, I set out to walk the length of its coastline.

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]]> A Last Minute Adventure https://mattwalkwild.com/a-last-minute-adventure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-last-minute-adventure Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:32:24 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6646 With only a week to prepare, I embarked on the mammoth hiking challenge that is the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

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]]> The Dichotomy of Ulaanbaatar https://mattwalkwild.com/the-dichotomy-of-ulaanbaatar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dichotomy-of-ulaanbaatar Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:30:34 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6633 Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia, a gateway to the Far East and a city split between what has been and what will come.

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]]> Around the World in 11,680 Days https://mattwalkwild.com/around-the-world-in-11680-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=around-the-world-in-11680-days Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:06:03 +0000 https://mattwalkwild.com/?p=6623 Meet the distinguished British Airways captain who retired in 2020 with 24,000 commercial flight hours under his belt.

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