Unravel Travel
Unravel Travel is a weekly British travel podcast featuring honest stories, practical advice and plenty of humour from lifelong travellers Malcolm and David. Expect independent travel, walking holidays, trekking adventures, city breaks, longer journeys and the realities of living overseas.
Malcolm and David met at school when they were 14 and, by some miracle, are still friends more than 40 years later. Their travels together began with an Interrail trip after university, but both have continued exploring the world throughout their working lives and into semi-retirement.
Malcolm has travelled extensively for work and pleasure, lived in Singapore and now divides his time between the UK and Czechia. He has also been an Airbnb host for several years. David combined a career in accounting and financial services with ambitious long-distance trips before retiring early and starting a business offering walking and group holidays. He now spends much of each winter travelling in warmer parts of the world.
Each episode draws on their own experiences—from famous cities and classic journeys to remote treks, cabin life and travel before smartphones. They are regularly joined by friends with remarkable travel stories of their own.
Unravel Travel
Latest Episodes
York & Yorkshire: City Breaks, Coastal Walks & God’s Own Country
Planning a York city break or a holiday in Yorkshire? Malcolm and David explore things to do in York, walking in the North York Moors and places to visit along the Yorkshire coast — with personal travel stories, childhood memories and plenty of...
Thai Islands: Koh Tao, Phuket & James Bond Island
Which Thai island should you visit—and is James Bond Island really worth the journey?Malcolm and David return to Thailand to share memories from Koh Tao, Koh Chang, Koh Lanta, Phuket and the spectacular limestone scenery around Krabi and...
Havana, Cuba: Crumbling Magnificence, Classic Cars and Famous Bars
Havana is a city of glorious contradictions: elegant Spanish colonial squares and grand hotels, crumbling balconies and improvised daily life, vintage American cars kept running with replacement engines—and music, rum and conversation around ev...
Travel Before Smartphones: Paper Maps, Guidebooks and Chaos
How did we travel before smartphones, Google Maps, WhatsApp and instant online booking—and was it actually better?In this nostalgic and frequently funny episode of Unravel Travel, Malcolm and David climb aboard a metaphorical TARDIS and ...
Travel Update: UK Walking Holidays and a Winter in Asia
What happens when a summer of UK walking holidays turns into plans to spend most of the winter travelling around Asia?Malcolm and David pause their usual destination-led episodes for a catch-up on where they have been—and where they are ...
