Episode #203 - Neville Harris of Woods Hole Hostel
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2020
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
We're almost at the end of my series on hostels, so Neville Harris, the owner of my favorite hostel on the trail, Woods Hole, was a great person to chat with. The interview took me in an entirely unexpected direction, but it revealed Neville to be a true AT character, flaws and all.
You can learn more about the hostel by visiting http://woodsholehostel.com/
Neville's photos by Lisa VonLuehrte. Find Lisa on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/livonphotography/
We also spoke with Matthew "Odie" Norman in advance of the publication of his much-awaited Hiker Year Book for 2019. It is particularly much-awaited by yours truly, as I'll be in it, having missed out on the 2014 edition!!
Check out Odie's page at https://hikeryearbook.com/
And we introduced you to Hiker Medals, who you can learn about at https://www.hikermedals.com/. Thanks so much for the support, guys. Check out my own medal, below.
Finally, Paul Stutzman has reached the last two states, normally the crowning glory of a northbound hike. Yet Paul's experience turned out to be a very soggy time indeed.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.3 | about hikers for everybody. |
| 0:28.8 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi guys, and thanks as always for coming back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:40.6 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:45.2 | This week and for the next couple of weeks we are sponsored by Hiker Medals. |
| 0:47.2 | I'll tell you about them in a moment. |
| 0:51.1 | Today we've got a very interesting guest with Neville Harris, |
| 0:53.9 | proprietress of my favourite hostel on the trail, Woods Hole. |
| 0:59.4 | This was going to be another of those 15-minute chats about a hostel, but as you're here, |
| 1:03.5 | Neville had other ideas, and while I had her on the mic, we just talked. |
| 1:08.5 | Those of you who visited Woods Hole last year must have noticed that Neville wasn't happy, |
| 1:11.4 | and in this chat she not only tells the history of the hostel but also her development into a hostel owner and the impact that it has had on her life. |
| 1:16.9 | I've got to warn you though, Neville is very direct so you may want to keep little ears away from |
| 1:21.7 | time to time. Neville will be on soon. Also today I've got another special guest who has something to tell you, |
| 1:28.1 | but I'll let you wait to find out who that is. But I will give you a clue. This person is known |
| 1:33.2 | by just one name, like Elvis or Madonna. Finally, Paul Stutzman is into the whites, that extraordinary |
| 1:42.2 | clump of exciting mountains in New Hampshire. |
| 1:45.1 | Unluckily for Paul, the weather sucks. By the way, what I think of Paul, he has graciously |
| 1:49.4 | agreed to come along to my local AT club, the Appalachian Trachy Club of Florida, to talk to our |
| 1:54.2 | members in February. We are really looking forward to that. Now, before I go on, as most |
| 1:59.9 | of you already know, I went on my first AT hike in 2014. |
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