The Bakery Bears Radio Show

Episode 121 'Life Without Amazon'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 121

We are very pleased to return with a brand new walk in weather that is showing signs of spring! Yes, join us today for a country stroll and as we look out for new flowers appearing, we talk about our year of trying to buy local.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a wonderful walk in a world that is springing to life with birds and flowers

• Discuss Dan’s habit of talking to himself

• Talk through their personal loves for a care free life

• Discuss their journey to try and turn away from online deliveries

• Mention the delivery companies they love

• Talk through the impact of less deliveries and buying local

• Look out for any flowers that they see along their walk

• Discuss how much happier they are feeling so far

• Talk about Primula Cheese Spread and Dairylea

• Discuss the impact of online sales on the book industry

• Kay mentioned ‘A Mothers Promise’ https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/renee-salt/a-mothers-promise/9781399625432/

We'll see you in on April 4th 2025 with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

Episode 120 'The New Best Historical Movie Ever....'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 120

We are so thrilled to return with our latest Radio Show! In this show we talk about our new approach to making shows, we share our thoughts on focused work, then we review Gladiator II and give you a mini review of Conclave!

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a ‘road’ show as they travel back from a weeks location filming

• Talk about the history of their location filming and how the production process has changed

• Remember the filming of their 2024 Advent Calendar

• Reflect on their first ever week long location shoot and talk about how its made them feel

• Discuss focused work and how much more productive it has made them

• Reference Episode 109 of the Radio Show and our discussion about the movie Gladiator

• Give you a full review of Gladiator II

• Let you know exactly what they thought the movie

• Talk a little bit about the movie Conclave and give you a mini review

  • Mention ‘New Adventures of the Bakery Bears’ https://bakerybears.com/new-adventures/ 

  • Talk about ‘Walking the Dales’ https://bakerybears.com/walking-the-dales/ 

  • Mention ‘Walking the Wall’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/halton-chesters-61711550 

We'll see you in two weeks with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

Episode 119 'Books to look forward to in 2025'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 119

It's our second show of the year so a perfect time to let you know all the books we are looking forward to reading this year! We also share with you the books we have already read this year.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Set out on their walk and meet a Robin on the way

• Discuss their love of herons and other long legged birds

• Talk about Dans first audio book experience

• Discuss their first books of the year

• Talk through some of the books they plan to read this year

• Discuss abridged and unabridged books

• Dan mentions a great first history book of Great Britain

• We mentioned:

  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

  • Redwall by Brian Jacques

  • The Willows in Winter by William Horwood

  • The Battle of Britain by James Holland

  • Small Island by Philip Parker

  • Under a Guilded Sky by Imogen Martin

  • To the Wild Horizon by Imogen Martin

  • The Mountains Between Us by Imogen Martin

  • A World Beneath the Sands by Toby Wilkinson

  • The Rise & Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson

  • The Last Dynasty by Toby Wilkinson

  • The Story of Egypt by Joann Fletcher

  • Cleopatras Needle by Ann Mustoe

  • Alexandria by Islam Issa

  • Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City by Edmund Richardson

  • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

We'll see you in two weeks with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

Episode 118 'The End of TV as we Know It'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 118

After our festive break we are so excited to be back with a brand new year of Radio Shows. We begin today with a walk to the Post Office and a chat about television. We reminisce about the shows of our youth and discuss the benefits of choice. We ask the question can there sometimes be too much choice?

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Dan talks about his new Adidas Terrex walking shoes

• Discuss how much they are looking forward to Spring thanks to their garden

• Talk a little bit about the Radio Times and the TV Times

• Discuss the TV shows they used to look out for growing up

• Talk about destination TV when you knew millions of people were watching at the same time as you!

• Discuss the evolution of TV in the UK, do other countries have a TV licence?

• Mention Kays Hot Cross Bun Loaf https://www.patreon.com/posts/hot-cross-bun-ep-99245624 

We'll see you in two weeks with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

Episode 117 'Favourite Festive Food, Music & Movies'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 117

We are so excited to return with a very special episode of the show! You may have seen our 'Winter Walk's' series which we debuted on the 13th of December in our 'Christmas Special' video show. This was a cross over show with our 'Radio Show'. When the cameras stopped rolling the mic's stayed on so join Dan and Kay for a very special walk in the Howardian Hills.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Set out from the historic village of Coneysthorpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coneysthorpe 

• Walk along the old roadway used by the staff of Castle Howard in the early 19th century

• Discuss their favourite festive music, food and movies 

• Visit Castle Howard Gardens and take a walk around the Walled Garden

• Mentions our ‘Christmas at York Minster’ from our ‘New Adventures’ series which you can watch here https://www.patreon.com/posts/32394172

• Mentions ‘The Bakery Bears Advent Calendar 2024’ Day 6 which you can watch here https://www.patreon.com/posts/day-6-bakery-116515653 

• Mention 'Kays Handmade Christmas' https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-handmade-2-59321395 

We'll see you on the 23rd January with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

Episode 116 'Our Perfect Weekend'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 116

So what would be our perfect weekend if travel was no obstacle? Where would we go and what would we do? That’s what we reveal to each other and to you in today’s show.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a lovely autumnal walk to the Post Office

• Discusses Kay’s new shoes and how they are taking a little while to break in

• Mentions her a recent wonderful experience with the postal service

• Discuss their perfect weekends. We mentioned

  • Airlie Beach, Australia https://www.australia.com/en-gb/places/whitsundays-and-surrounds/guide-to-airlie-beach.html 

  • Old Cataract Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Cataract_Hotel 

  • SS Karnak (aka SS Sudan) https://www.steam-ship-sudan.com/en/ 

  • Les Hirondelles https://leshirondelles.co.uk 

  • Domme https://www.visit-dordogne-valley.co.uk/discover/cultural-heritage/villages-to-visit-in-2018/domme 

  • Abu Simbel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel 

  • The Forum Hotel in Rome https://www.hotelforum.com/en/ 

  • The Pyramids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids 

  • Karnak Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak 

  • The Roman Forum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum 

  • L’Escala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Escala 

  • Empúries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empúries 

  • Bay of Roses https://www.visitlescala.com/en/lescala-and-the-most-beautiful-bays-in-the-world 

  • The Pantheon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome 

  • Pompeys Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Pompey 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 115 'Staying Creative'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 115

We are excited today to bring you a listener request episode. Our life is built around creativity, from designing knitting patterns to creating tutorial series. From producing our bi-weekly lifestyle to show to creating series like 'England: A Castle Nation'. How do we stay creative? In this episode we try and find out.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to a windy autumnal walk to out local grocery shop

• Discuss how Kay stays creative when she is designing a new knitting pattern 

• Talk through how they create an environment to best empower creativity 

• Share stories of when creativity has been hard to find and how they rectified the situation 

• Discuss a Dan's approach to staying creative 

• Head into their local supermarket in search of a very specific salad and some bread.....

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 114 'The Honeymooners'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 114

Hot off the presses, literally recorded yesterday morning on their journey home, join Dan and Kay as they talk about their honeymoon! It may have been eighteen years late, but how did it go? Did Dan have a celebratory drink, his first in ten years? Yes he did! And did Kay attend her first ever service at York Minster? You better believe it. In this show we discuss it all and so much more.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Welcome you to their first show literally on the road as you join them as they drive back home from York

• Share with you some of the historical landmarks they pass as they drive

• Mention https://shishangyork.co.uk

• Mention Time Team Season 7 Episode 13

• Discuss an episode of ‘New Adventures’ which featured ‘Cliffords Tower’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-1-tower-17710438

• Talk about why it took so long to go on honeymoon and where they might have gone eighteen years ago

• Talk about their visit to The Minster & York City Walls https://yorkminster.org

• Discuss the Festive Store Kathe Wolfehart https://www.kaethe-wohlfahrt.com

• We mentioned https://uk.karhu.com/collections/women-ikoni-ortix

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 113 'The Empty Nesters'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 113

We return with the latest episode of our audio show and this is a big one. Following on from our last episode, our daughter Bryony has now left for University and we are 'Empty Nesters'. So how does it feel? And what was the experience like getting her set up on her own? In today's show we let you know.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Discuss the momentous changes that they have now lived through 

• Talk about the move from home to University 

• Discuss the experience of getting her set up in her new place 

• Share with you the highs and lows of moving day

• Talk about how they felt returning home and turning the page on the next chapter of all their lives 

• Share with you the excitement they share for their upcoming honeymoon, 20 years after they got married!

• Talk about the future of 'Bakery Bear Productions' and the changes they can now implement 

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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Episode 112 'University Life'

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 112

We are back with a brand new episode of the Radio Show. Today we are discussing the transition from school life to university life. Our daughter Bryony is getting ready to start university this September. We are currently living through the greatest change to our family life since Bryony was born. In todays show we talk through the highs and the lows of this exciting time.

Join Kay & Dan as they:

• Discuss TV presenters from their childhood

• Take you on a late summer walk to the post office

• Talk about their roses and late summer flowers

• Discuss the word ‘valet’ and ponder do you pronounce the ’t’

• Talk through the change they are currently living through as their daughter transitions from school to university

• Discuss the differing emotions they have both been feeling

• Talk through their excitement they have for the future

• Mention Lions Fruit Pastilles

We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show!

You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here:

• On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com

• On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

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