Sara Davies

Today I’m joined by entrepreneur, TV personality and crafting queen, Sara Davies.

Sara founded Crafter’s Companion while she was still at university, turning an idea into an international, multimillion-pound crafting business. She went on to become the youngest-ever female investor on BBC One’s Dragons’ Den, was awarded an MBE for services to the economy, and swapped the boardroom for the ballroom on Strictly Come Dancing.

We recorded this episode a few weeks ago in central London, and Sara was such a lovely person to spend time with, with an infectious enthusiasm for travel.

And her travel diaries are full of adventure. We’re heading from the beaches of the Scottish islands in a campervan built by her dad and trekking on the great wall of china to the northern lights in Norway and the backstreets of Kyoto.

Destination recap:

• Yorkshire Dales, England
• Lake District, England
• Isle of Skye, Scotland
• Fidden Farm Campsite, Isle of Mull, Scotland
• Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland
• Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, England
• Wray Castle, Lake Windermere, England
• Ullswater, Lake District, England
• Pooley Bridge, Cumbria, England
• Park Foot Holiday Park, Ullswater, England
• Ullswater Wake & Surf, Cumbria, England
• Tromsø, Norway
• Sommarøy, Norway
• Bergen, Norway
• Alta, Norway
• Ice Hotel, Alta, Norway
• Oslo, Norway
• Denmark
• Lapland, Finland
• Norwegian Fjords, Norway
• Southampton, England
• P&O Cruises Iona, Norwegian Fjords
• Caribbean
• Tokyo, Japan
• Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan
• Kyoto, Japan
• Tokyo Skytree, Japan
• Okinawa, Japan
• Osaka, Japan
• Japanese Alps, Japan
• Great Wall of China, Beijing, China
• Himalayas, India
• Delhi, India
• Brecon Beacons, Wales
• Greece
• Turkey
• Croatia
• Sicily, Italy
• Peligoni, Zakynthos, Greece
• River Ganges, Varanasi, India
• Delhi, India
• Taj Mahal, Agra, India
• West Coast, USA
• Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Sara's new book Crafting For All Occasions is out now. And don’t forget to check out her podcast, Mind Your Business wherever you get your podcasts.

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