No electricity, no toilet, no running water – heaven! Celebrating 60 years of the Mountain Bothies Association They may be the most basic form of shelter imaginable, but for the author of The Book of the Bothy they embody the magic of staying in the wild, even on a wet weekend in the Lake District

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... #LakeDistrict #TravelAddicts @phoebesmith.bsky.social

Where the wild things are: how to immerse your kids in the great outdoors this summer Some of the most priceless holiday memories cost next to nothing – as my four-year-old son and I have found on our forays into nature around the UK

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... Follow @phoebesmith.bsky.social advice get those kids outside in the summer holidays 😀@creativestar.bsky.social 😎

"This is what it's really like being the 'Other Woman' - and it's nothing like you'd imagine" When Phoebe Smith began to suspect the man she was seeing was hiding something, she attracted a label that would change the way the world saw her, and the way she viewed herself.

@phoebesmith.bsky.social author of #Wayfarer writes about what it is like to be the other woman

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Nisha Katona, Mark Thompson, Phoebe Smith, Jesse Eisenberg Nisha Katona, former barrister now Mistress of Spices and culinary Womble.

#BBCSaturdayLive
Today 09:00
BBC Radio 4
@nikkibedi.bsky.social and @huwstephensdj.bsky.social with Nisha Katona, Mark Thompson and @phoebesmith.bsky.social plus the Inheritance Tracks of Jesse Eisenberg.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Saturday Live on Radio 4 normally drives me a bit crazy but @phoebesmith.bsky.social talking about pilgrimage is wonderful, she's really captured how I feel about it. Although I must be a pretty sinful person heading off for my 4th pilgrimage to Santiago! #Camino #Peregrina #Pilgrimage

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I’ve just listened to @phoebesmith.bsky.social on @bbcradio4.bsky.social. It reminded me of how exquisitely her book Wayfarer, wraps up both pain and pleasure. I loved it and definitely recommend it as one to read.👇

Ah enjoy Paul - good to see you here! I’m still getting to grips with Bluesky!!

Can't we all just get along? - Wander Woman: A Travel Podcast Adventurer Phoebe Smith heads to the Central American nation of Belize, to see - in the wake of the rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in the USA - how multiple cultures can live...

🚨 New season Alert!!! 🚨
Season 3 of my multi-award-winning travel podcast just dropped.
Episode one is a corker!
‘Can’t we all just get along?’ visits Belize to see how, when diversity is celebrated rather than feared, wonderful things can happen…

Listen now www.buzzsprout.com/290348/episo...

Been laid up with a wrenched muscle in my back so read this straight through in two days and it was a damn good read! In my 40s when I was desperately unhappy I took up long distance walking and this book resonated with me on so many levels, definitely recommend this @phoebesmith.bsky.social

How every winter morning should start… #wanderwoman #wintersunrise

Snowshoeing and rescue monks: a monastery escape in the Swiss Alps Only accessible to snowshoers and skiers in winter, the Grand St Bernard Hospice has been a refuge for centuries and is the perfect place for a meditative mountain break

Snowshoeing and rescue monks: a monastery escape in the Swiss Alps www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/... via @theguardian.com @phoebesmith.bsky.social

Really enjoying this by @phoebesmith.bsky.social in advance of our conversation at Stanfords Travel Writers Festival next month. Had no idea that, because of Henry VIII, pilgrimages are still technically illegal in the UK…

I've Hiked in More Than 100 European National Parks—These Are the Most Beautiful Glaciers, volcanoes, wildlife-rich wetlands, and Stone Age calendars: These are among the wonders you can find in Europe’s national parks.

From dramatic Icelandic glaciers to rolling Irish hills, @phoebesmith.bsky.social has explored over 100 National Parks in Europe - we're delighted to have made the cut and be featured amongst her favourites! 🌎

Read more here 👇

Tomorrow is the winter solstice - what will you do to mark it? My latest for @theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...

Thanks Jon!

SHORTLISTED for The 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, ‘Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Ancient Paths’ by Phoebe Smith @phoebesmith.bsky.social @harpernorth.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
www.stanfords.co.uk/wayfarer-978...

Shocked, humbled, ecstatic!! Thankyou @stanfordstravel.bsky.social for this - still not quite sunk in!!!

My multi-gen Malaysian rail adventure (with a three and 71-year-old) A fortnight travelling from Singapore to Bangkok with her dad and her toddler was a big family holiday test for this writer — with some surprises along the way

Multi-Gen travel is a buzzword - but what’s it really like? Especially when you don’t just want an all-inclusive? My latest for The Times www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...

These are the words I need to hear and mean so much more than a place on any list. Thankyou Mary 🙏🙏🙏

Thankyou Shaf that is really kind to say. I do believe it got a (very good) review in Geographical, but as a former editor I know all too well the reality behind these lists. Do not worry 😊

Ah thankyou Mary for your support and advocacy 🙏 the feedback I’ve had is that in the book I deal with some very raw issues which can make people (esp men) uncomfortable. I think we women always tread that fine line and sometimes but I have no regrets about being so honest.

Just finished reading these two books and I cannot wait to chat to both Frank and @jdcrawf.bsky.social about wild landscapes right under our noses… come along to St Andrew’s Book Festival next week - it’s going to be a cracker!
Tickets here: www.standrewsbookfestival.org/events

My first walk for Waitrose Weekend… 😊