The First Mile

Ash Bhardwaj on Adventure With Purpose and Becoming a Travel Journalist.

How can you travel the world and get paid for it? Ash Bhardwaj is a travel writer and storyteller - and also co-host of The First Mile. He’s reported from around the world for global broadcasters such as the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4, has a monthly travel column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, and has made films for Channel 4, Discovery and the BBC.

In this special episode, Pip interviews her co-host about launching and sustaining career in adventure travel. If you want to travel with purpose, or make a living out of travel, this is the episode for you.

In this episode, discover:

• How Ash got into travel journalism.


• Why Ash was a terrible cowboy.


• How a trip to India to take his Dad’s ashes back shaped his curiosity for travel journalism and travel with purpose.


• Ash’s steps to achieving in any industry - skills, network and portfolio.


• How to network.


• Why you should say yes to opportunities.


• Why you should just keep turning up.


• Why travelling with purpose enhances your travel experiences.


• The importance of managing your mental health.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Ash website https://www.ashbhardwaj.com/bio


• Ash Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ashbhardwaj/?hl=en


• Ash Twitter https://twitter.com/AshBhardwaj


• Levison Wood http://www.levisonwood.com


• Secret Compass https://secretcompass.com


• Walking with The Wounded https://www.walkingwiththewounded.org.uk


• Nick Crane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Crane


• Rise and Shine Audio Network https://www.riseandshineaudio.com/


• The Army Reserve https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/the-army-reserve/


• Edgelands https://www.telegraph.co.uk/edgelands/


• AA Gill https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/177627.A_A_Gill


• Michael Palin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Palin

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