Journey to Canada's most underrated province - Saskatchewan - where the simple act of hiking feels like time travel. From Badlands replete with fossils, to miles of Prairie grassland teeming with wildlife where bison roam, join adventurer Phoebe Smith as she explores the National Park you've never heard of - but definitely should add to your to do list.

Practical travel help is baked in too. I share my no-nonsense travel hack for avoiding ticks and removing them safely, plus we chat with Jenna Carr, aka The Travel Mum, about why family travel is chaotic, slower, and still absolutely worth it. We round things out with fast Saskatchewan facts, stargazing gear for a dark sky preserve, and a Hidden Hero conversation with a species at risk scientist working behind the scenes to protect the “little guys” we too often overlook.

Also coming up:

• The Travel Mum - Jenna Carr on why you can travel with kids
• Travel Hack: How to avoid and remove a tick
• A Canadian Dead Sea, the biggest T-Rex fossil on the planet? 10 Saskatchewan Facts that will have you headed straight for Regina
• Meet the woman who works to protect endangered species in Grasslands National Park
• Gear chat: what to pack to go stargazing
• Geraldine Moodie – pioneering photographer and owner of the first studio opened by a woman – is our Wander Woman of the Month.

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www.Phoebe-Smith.com; @PhoebeRSmith

A manta ray glides through water as though it owns the ocean, then you remember the uncomfortable truth: many shark and ray species are sliding towards extinction, and we still do not have enough data to protect them properly. From Ishigaki in Okinawa, join adventurer Phoebe Smith as she becomes one of the first people in the world to complete the PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) Shark and Ray Conservation speciality and uploads her sightings to the Global Shark and Ray Census, showing how everyday divers can turn a camera and curiosity into citizen science that actually makes a difference.

Also coming up:

• Detectorists and authors Roman Found (aka Eleanor Bruce and Lucilla Gray) talk treasure hunting and Thing We Found in the Ground
• Travel Hack: How to thrive on your first scuba dive
• 10 lesser known destinations in Japan
• Meet the man who - following the devastating Tsunami at Fukushima in 2011 began an underwater clean-up efforts that would unite the entire community.
• Gear chat: what to pack in the tropics
• Lady Sarashina – said to be one of the world's first travel writers – is our Wander Woman of the Month.

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Pooh Sticks looks like a simple game, until you’re standing on the real bridge where it all started, in Ashdown Forest watching your stick float on the water underneath the slats and realising Winnie the Pooh began right here in a living landscape. Join Adventurer Phoebe Smith as she travels to East Sussex to find the real Hundred Acre Wood behind the 100 year old Winnie-the-Pooh story. Along the way she meets the people who protect it today and learns why the open heathland – rarer than tropical rainforest – needs our help.

Also coming up:

• Author and dog-friendly travel specialist Lottie Gross on the best and worst countries in Europe for taking your canine companion to
• Travel Hack: How to travel like Pooh Bear
• 10 literary destinations lifted straight out of your favourite children's books
• Meet the woman who has dedicated her life to helping stray dogs and the volunteers who look after them in Greece through the charity Starlight Barking
• Gear chat: what to pack in destinations with a large stray dog packs
• Simona Kossak – who lived in a hut in Poland's Białowieża Forest with a lynx, boar and crow – is our Wander Woman of the Month.

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www.Phoebe-Smith.com; @PhoebeRSmith