Walking Post podcast 09: Nick Thorpe - Walking Europe's Last Wilderness, and the Guernsey Walking Festival

Walking Post by Jim Cornall

Episode notes

This week we have conversations about a a recently-published book about walking in the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Guernsey Walking Festival.

Interview times:

04:42 Guernsey Spring Walking Festival

20:15 Nick Thorpe - Walking Europe's Last Wilderness

Nick Thorpe

Award-winning journalist and film-maker Nick Thorpe’s day job is as the central Europe correspondent for BBC Radio and TV. Because of this, he has lived in the region for around 40 years, and currently calls Budapest home.

He has written several books, including The Danube: A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest. His latest book also includes the Danube, but this time in the context of its connection to the Carpathian Mountains, which cover Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine, and are seen as  ... 

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