Simon Calder owes his love of travel to his parents, Nigel and Liz – and in particular their decision to move to Crawley, a new town in Sussex. He was born beside the A23 on Christmas Day, 1955. By the time he was six, he realised that there was likely to be more to life than this. Fortunately, that summer he joined the Crawley branch of the Woodcraft Folk (woodcraft.org.uk). They promptly organised a camping trip to the Lake District, and Simon was hooked. In this interview we discus, Covid 19 and the future of travel, spiritual places to visit and his love of hitch hiking.