TV and Radio Presenter, Ruth Scott, is The Novel Traveller's guest this week. Ruth reveals some of her great adventures ranging from climbing Kilimanjaro to getting lost in Beijing - all told with her great sense of humour.

There's a strong far flung flavour to this episode and in keeping with this theme Michelle speaks with Ciara Foley of the award-winning Platinum Travel Agency who sees some green shoots of hope for travel later this year. Ciara tells of her exciting range of inspirational travel evenings coming up online and how you can get involved for free with expert help to plan your great bucket list trip. See platinumtravel.ie for more information and to contact Michelle see www.thenoveltraveller.com.