is across the world. i mean, you ask anybody around the world. a ten year old canadian boy, or a ten year old russian boy, or an australian boy, what is a lion, they will give you some kind of description. itjust has that impact on the world. everyone knows what it is. so to lose it in its wild existence, it would be a massive loss. it s only when you see a lion feeding that you get an idea or you start to understand just how powerful they are. i mean, it s so impressive. and that lion is only three years old! those are memories of ade s trip to southern africa back in 2015. now for something completely different the busy english channel. the tenacious is the first tall ship in the world to be fully adapted for a disabled crew. it s run by thejubilee sailing trust, which claims that its adventures can provide life changing experiences
luckily, i m not going first, though. it s kind of amazing. in fact, it is mad. oh, god. for some of the folk who don t quite get what we do to start with, this is the point where generally they all get it. oh, my god, you were amazing. how do you feel? 0h, great! were you scared? no. you re amazing. right, you re definitely going to be the best at this, alex. because you have seen it like five times now. am i? well, i m glad you have confidence.
i can t really explain it. it s hard to get up there but once you re up there, my god, it s amazing, it s like you re a bird. you can see everything. it s weightlessness, as well, so you re just free, and i ve never had that, ever. and it s really, really high just to make that point clear. it s very high. but it s very nice. i didn t want to come down, but it was beautiful. you want to do it again? i ll go again now, you guys? yeah, is that all right, yeah? after almost a week at sea, finally land is in sight. 0ur destination, poole harbour. we can see land. i miss land quite a bit. overall, though, it s been. actually been amazing. it s been hard, as i keep saying, but it s been worth it. as a person who s in a chair, especially in my case, it s
that s simon platts at mount etna on sicily. still to come. ade s nerves of steel in zimbabwe. that s the female? that s the female standing up. she s massive! and how to get yourself up a mast in a hurry. it s amazing. it s like you re a bird. you can see everything. so don t go away. welcome back to the beautiful little town of kas on the south coast of turkey. but, actually, we re going to zimbabwe next all the way back to 2015 when ade was there in search for lions. he ended up meeting up with a breeding programme that returns the lions the wild in hopes of restoring their numbers and he ended up getting really, really close. now i ve come to the lion encounter programme, which is right next to victoria falls in zimbabwe, because they say they re doing important work here trying to rebuil
because you actually go on board and you get to do that stuff and go on the sea, which is lovely. i ve been up a mast, which i don t do every day so that was actually amazing, really. i ve never, ever thought i could do that. that s alex taylor having occasional bursts of fun on board the tenacious. well, that s all for this week. but coming up next week. ade s back, looking at another big issue in travel this time revealing some of the inner workings of how travel s been made affordable. and the story behind those complicated covid 19 refunds. remember, you can watch all of our recent episodes on the bbc iplayer, and we re on all the regular social media platforms, too, so make sure to check us out there. but for now from me, mike corey, here in kas, turkey keep planning those next adventures