Sarah Banks: Writing a Wild Guide to North East England

The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton.

Sarah Banks: Writing a Wild Guide to North East England

The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It’s hosted by Liv Bolton.

Liv Bolton and Sarah Banks walking and recording in the Yorkshire Wolds

Sarah Banks is a journalist and writer who’s just spent 18 months researching and writing the Wild Guide to North East England.

In search of 1,000 different wild spots for the book, Sarah explored all over Northumberland, the North York Moors, the Yorkshire Wolds and the North Pennines, finding lakes and rivers for swimming to hidden meadows, beaches and ancient ruins.

That sounded so much fun I knew I had to chat to Sarah to find out how she did it, and all the adventures she had along the way, so we went for a walk in Worm Dale in the Yorkshire Wolds together.

Sarah shares her suggestions for her must visit adventure spots in North East England at the end of the episode, so don’t miss her advice. There’s also a minute of the sounds of nature for a little bit of escapism in your busy day.

Sarah’s episode of The Outdoors Fix is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts. It’s also embedded below. I hope you enjoy it!

Liv x

Liv Bolton and Sarah Banks chatting on a bench in the Yorkshire Wolds

The Outdoors Fix is a podcast produced and hosted by Liv Bolton @liv_outsideuk

You can find photos of all the podcast guests on Instagram @TheOutdoorsFix

Sarah Banks is on Instagram @sarahbanksphoto

Sarah’s book, Wild Guide: North East England is available here.

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Liv Bolton and Sarah Banks chatting on a bench in the Yorkshire Wolds
Sarah Banks in the tarn at Goathland
Sarah Banks and Liv Bolton walking in the Yorkshire Wolds
Sarah Banks walking at the Hen Hole and Seven Sisters Waterfall

This episode of The Outdoors Fix was kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell.

Merrell have kindly offered listeners of The Outdoors Fix a 20% off discount on their shoes at Merrell.co.uk So just use the code FIX20 which is valid on all full price items on their website.

This episode of The Outdoors Fix was kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell.

Merrell have kindly offered listeners of The Outdoors Fix a 20% off discount on their products at Merrell.co.uk So just use the code OUTDOORS20 which is valid on one product per person until 31 Dec 2023 from their website.

This episode of The Outdoors Fix was kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell.

Merrell are offering listeners of The Outdoors Fix a 20% discount at Merrell.co.uk (One product per person until 31 Dec 2023) Just use the code OUTDOORS20.