Paddy and Chris: Freeway Tripping

• Episode one, Sweden – Paddy and Chris head to Sweden, considered one of many healthiest, most ‘outdoorsy’ areas on earth.
• Episode two, Greece – For the second leg of their European nicely being journey heart aged mates Paddy McGuiness and Chris Harris contact down on the rocky Greek island of Ikaria, nicknamed the island of longevity.
• Episode three, Switzerland – For his or her final journey, Paddy and Chris are heading to Switzerland to find its multi-million-pound wellness commerce.

Watch Paddy and Chris: Freeway Tripping on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Sunday 29 September at 8pm. Add to your Watchlist now

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Paddy and Chris: Freeway Tripping Trailer

What can you inform us about this new sequence?

Chris and I head out on a freeway journey collectively all through Europe (with not loads home in our car I ought so as to add). We’re on a mission to find the entire different methods our continental neighbours develop earlier gracefully. We’re at some extent in our lives the place we have to profit from our years ahead, so we take a look at as many experiences as we’re capable of to learn the way a number of of the oldest and successfully preserved people on the planet are doing it!

What experiences do you every rise as much as?

We’ve truly tried to faucet into every the traditional and classy methods of ‘residing successfully’ that is adopted by each of the nations we go to. From Swedish saunas, to milking goats, mountaineering, and even visiting a ‘gentleman’s clinic’…you title it and we try it!

Was there a favourite place you visited?

I truly liked the experiences on the Greek island of Ikaria, seeing people go away the entire points of up to date day life and experience behind, and easily getting in the marketplace and having enjoyable with each half life has to provide.

Have you ever ever learnt one thing about your self alongside the best way by which?

There are some moments the place we every truly do some soul wanting and consider how we’re capable of profit from the years ahead of us.

Have you ever ever learnt one thing regarding the completely different specific individual?

I’d level out many points regarding the enigma that is Chris Harris, nevertheless alongside the entire laughs and banter, we genuinely research moderately loads about ourselves and each other on this journey, which has been eye-opening. I’ve moreover learnt, however, that Chris has horrible type in music and can in no way be given administration of the car radio as soon as extra!

Are there any lifestyle habits you might want to determine up or lose, due to the journey?

I undoubtedly assume taking our nicely being considerably is a gigantic issue we’ve every learnt. We’re not as youthful as we as quickly as have been, and the science undoubtedly tells us that!

Who had administration of the car radio on the journey? Any favourite freeway journey songs?

You can’t beat somewhat little bit of Johnny Cash on a freeway journey. Luckily for Chris, he was travelling with Bolton’s biggest karaoke performer too, so the hours on the freeway merely melted away!

What are your favourite go to freeway journey snacks?

You can’t beat the British classics regarding car snacks? Mini Cheddars, Barr Shandy and a Fry’s Peppermint Cream, certain please!

Any vital journey objects you always take away with you?

It’s purchased to be the holiday swimming trunks. I’m not talking about your regular ‘merely popping to the native leisure centre’ pair of trunks, nevertheless the brightly coloured, novelty patterned ones that solely come out yearly in an effort to out-dad all the other dads on the resort pool.

Interview with Chris Harris

What can you inform us about this new sequence?

Paddy and I head to Europe in a search of life’s secrets and techniques and methods for an prolonged and full life. On excessive of that, we now need to maintain residing in each other’s pockets all through the freeway journey…so it’s undoubtedly going to be entertaining!

What experiences do you every rise as much as?

We try to get beneath the pores and pores and skin of each of the nations we go to and do a deep-dive into the secrets and techniques and methods of human longevity. We embrace the great out of doors in Sweden, log on and mountaineering throughout the Greek Island of Ikaria, and go to a ‘gentleman’s clinic’ in Switzerland, learning moderately loads about ourselves alongside the best way by which.

Was there a favourite place you visited?

We had plenty of gratifying in your entire nations we visited, so it’s laborious to determine on. I really feel the slower tempo and the ‘simple life’ perspective adopted by the oldsters on the Greek island of Ikaria was truly inspiring. And time talks, as a result of the oldsters there are a number of of the oldest on the earth!

Have you ever ever learnt one thing about your self alongside the best way by which?

Utterly. By the highest of the sequence I come to some pretty massive conclusions based totally on the experiences we’ve had, which the viewers will get to see. I’ve learnt that there are undoubtedly points I can change about lifestyle to boost my nicely being.

Have you ever ever learnt one thing regarding the completely different specific individual?

Paddy and I have been good buddies for a number of years and we now have spent plenty of time collectively, so I assumed I knew him pretty successfully. Nevertheless this soul-searching mission has undoubtedly modified us; we’ve learnt moderately loads about each other and ourselves. It’s been good to experience that with Paddy.

Are there any lifestyle habits you might want to determine up or lose, due to the journey?

100%. I’ve learnt moderately loads about my very personal nicely being in the midst of the journey, a number of of which truly shocked me, so I’ll undoubtedly be taking forward the advice I’ve been given. I’ve moreover learnt that life is for residing, so plan to do a great deal of that as successfully!

Who had administration of the car radio on the journey? Any favourite freeway journey songs?

Sadly for me I don’t get a look in with the radio when Paddy is spherical, so I was caught collectively together with his horrible playlist of 80s power ballads, full with Paddy himself singing alongside.

What are you favourite go to freeway journey snacks?

There was no stage in me searching for one thing I most popular for the freeway journey, as Paddy McGuiness just about always will get to it sooner than I’ve a possibility! He as quickly as threw my mint humbugs out the window, which I’ve nonetheless not forgiven him for. I made him stop the car so I’d go and retrieve them.

Any vital journey objects you always take away with you?

I really feel in all probability probably the most worthwhile merchandise I take away with me when travelling with Mr McGuinness is actually earplugs!