John McCarthy talks about the delights of the Channel Islands as a holiday destination with Alan Whicker, who for the past thirty five years has lived on the island of Jersey and Maggie Talbot Cull, a Guernsey islander, who runs her own travel company catering for thousands of Europeans looking to enjoy the history and pleasures of the islands.
Hilary Bradt, the founder of the Bradt Travel Guides retires as Managing Director after thirty three years of being in charge.听 Hilary reveals some of her more hair-brained adventures back in the seventies, such as driving in reverse for 100 miles in Argentina, and recalls what prompted her to write her very first guide book.
Presented by John McCarthy
Photo:听Jersey coastline
This week鈥檚 guests:
听is a journalist and broadcaster and presenter of the television series .听 Alan likes islands because of their sense of isolation and the feeling that there鈥檚 a limit to everything.听 In winter when all the tourists have gone the island is just for the natives. Alan always wanted to live on an island; he considered many before settling in Jersey thirty five years ago.听
owned an incoming tour operation 鈥溾 for twenty five years. 听She recently sold it and is looking to retire this October.听 The company specialises in incoming visitors from Europe, mainly Germany, but also Holland and Switzerland.听 It all started back in 1982 when Jersey and Guernsey tourism started marketing in Europe.听
is a travel writer and lecturer and co-founder of the in 1974.听 Hilary Bradt worked as a tour leader before beginning to write guidebooks, her area of expertise is Madagascar.
Bradt Travel Guides听
(Tourist Board)
Music Title: Accordianist: Guernsey Dance Melody (LeTalon)
Performer: John Sarre
LP title: Traditional Guernsey Folklore songs in French and Guernsey Patois
Label: Lyntone LYN 7792/3
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PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
