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The Outdoors Fix · Mar 15, 2025 · 43 min

The Outdoors Fix throwback: Vicky Balfour’s ‘pockets of adventure’

As there are now more than 60 episodes of The Outdoors Fix, and while I’m working on a new series, I thought I’d help you pick out some of my favourite conversations from over the years with these throwback episodes. In this episode, I’m revisiting my conversation with Vicky Balfour. Vicky’s an avid mountain biker, bike mechanic, writer, special needs parent and founder of Vicky Bikes, her business offering bike mechanic and cycling sessions. Her mission is “to enable people of all ages and backgrounds to find pockets of adventure within the boundaries of everyday life.” So packing adventures outdoors around your everyday life. Vicky took me mountain biking in the Kent countryside for this episode and we recorded it in the middle of a wood! It turned out to be one of the most powerful and extraordinary stories I’ve ever heard during my years recording The Outdoors Fix. Enjoyed this episode? Get some of my podcast walking routes, full transcripts and practical takeaways over on The Outdoors Fix Substack 👉 https://bit.ly/4uRT0GY If you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast and follow @TheOutdoorsFix on Instagram for photos and videos from all my outdoor recordings. Thank you and enjoy this throwback episode of The Outdoors Fix. The award-winning The Outdoors Fix podcast is available on all podcast platforms. You can find more than 60 episodes in our archive. The Outdoors Fix is kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell. The post The Outdoors Fix throwback: Vicky Balfour’s ‘pockets of adventure’ appeared first on The Outdoors Fix.

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As there are now more than 60 episodes of The Outdoors Fix, and while I’m working on a new series, I thought I’d help you pick out some of my favourite conversations from over the years with these throwback episodes.

In this episode, I’m revisiting my conversation with Vicky Balfour. Vicky’s an avid mountain biker, bike mechanic, writer, special needs parent and founder of Vicky Bikes, her business offering bike mechanic and cycling sessions.

Her mission is “to enable people of all ages and backgrounds to find pockets of adventure within the boundaries of everyday life.” So packing adventures outdoors around your everyday life.

Vicky took me mountain biking in the Kent countryside for this episode and we recorded it in the middle of a wood! It turned out to be one of the most powerful and extraordinary stories I’ve ever heard during my years recording The Outdoors Fix.

Enjoyed this episode? Get some of my podcast walking routes, full transcripts and practical takeaways over on The Outdoors Fix Substack 👉 https://bit.ly/4uRT0GY

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast and follow @TheOutdoorsFix on Instagram for photos and videos from all my outdoor recordings.

Thank you and enjoy this throwback episode of The Outdoors Fix.

The award-winning The Outdoors Fix podcast is available on all podcast platforms. You can find more than 60 episodes in our archive.

The Outdoors Fix is kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell.

The post The Outdoors Fix throwback: Vicky Balfour’s ‘pockets of adventure’ appeared first on The Outdoors Fix.

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