Coast and Country
By BBC Radio 4
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Podcast Description
Countryside magazine featuring people, walks and wildlife from rural Britain. Clare Balding’s ‘Ramblings’ and ‘Open Country’ with Matt Baker and Helen Mark join forces to bring you a weekly tour of the best of the British countryside. In ‘Ramblings’ Clare joins her guests on a country walk that’s been significant in their lives. ‘Open Country’ travels to a different corner of the British Isles every week, seeking out the wildlife, the landscapes and the controversies that excite the passions of local people. Each twenty-five minute programme is broadcast on Saturday at 6.07am and repeated on Thursday at 3pm. New episodes are added every Saturday morning.
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Country: 310512 Ramblings Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team | Alex Lyons is a dog handler with the Tavistock-Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team. He and several members of his team - and their dogs - take Clare for a wild, wet and windy walk on Dartmoor. Clare sees how the rescue dogs work, and asks why anyone would... | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings 240512: Stuart Jessup and Poppy the Springer Spaniel | Stuart Jessup and his springer spaniel, Poppy, started an 8 month, 2,500 mile walk around the English coast in October 2011. Occasionally joined by Stuart's wife, Kate, Stuart is walking as part of a campaign to reduce the stigma associated with... | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 170512 Navigation in Snowdonia | Helen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills.... | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 100512 Rural Farm Vet | Jules Hudson explores how the job of the farm vet has changed in recent years and their role in the country landscape.... | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 030512 Inspirational Northamptonshire | Richard Uridge is in the Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire as a source of inspiration.... | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 260412 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal | Helen Mark explores the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal which is celebrating its 200th anniversary... | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 190412 Herefordshire Churches | Helen Mark explores the churches of rural Herefordshire... | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 050412 Drought | Jules Hudson is in the South of England looking at the effects of the drought on rivers and wildlife... | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 29 Mar 12 Flatholm | Helen Mark explores the most southerly island in Wales, Flatholm... | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 220312 Dickens Kent | Helen Mark investigates the impact of the Kent landscape on Dickens life and work.... | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 150312 Ramblings Sir Andrew Motion | Clare Balding is joined by the former poet laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, in his childhood village of Stisted in Essex... | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 080312 Ramblings Brecon Beacons | Clare Balding walks part of the Beacons Way in the Brecon Beacons National Park... | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings Kinder Scout | Almost 80 years since the Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout, Clare Balding joins ramblers from Manchester and Sheffield to mark this inspirational moment in walking history.... | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 230212 Ramblings Cornwall | Clare Balding joins poet and writer, Annamaria Murphy, on a storytelling journey in Cornwall... | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 160212 Ramblings Northern Ireland | Clare Balding joins walkers from the Wee Binnians Walking Club to climb to the summit of Slieve Binnian in Northern Ireland.... | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 090212 Ramblings Kent | Clare Balding joins Dame Fiona Reynolds, Director General of the National Trust, to walk a section of the new Octavia Hill Centenary Trail.... | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 020212 Bronze Age Fens | Jules Hudson is in East Anglia finding out about a Bronze Age landscape buried deep beneath the fens... | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: STANTA 26 Jan 12 | Jules Hudson visits an Afghan Village at an army training base in Norfolk... | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 19 Jan 12 | Helen Mark investigates the latest in the debate on hunting with dogs.... | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 12 Jan 12: Olympics | Helen Mark visits Weymouth and Portland to find out if the area is ready to host the sailing events of the London 2012 Olympics.... | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 05 Jan 12: Knockando | Helen Mark looks at the rebirth of a tiny Scottish mill which has survived for more than two hundred years.... | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 29 Dec 11: Gansey | Helen Mark looks at an unusual way of safeguarding Scotland’s fishing heritage.... | 12/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 22 Dec 11: Farnes | Jules Hudson visits the largest colony of grey seals in England.... | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 151211 SARDA | Helen Mark joins a very special training weekend in Snowdonia with the Search and Rescue Dog Association Wales.... | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 081211 Shale Gas | Jules Hudson is in Lancashire to find out about a special type of rock that lies deep beneath the landscape.... | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 01 Dec 11: Locks | Jules Hudson visits Caen Hill Locks in Devizes to learn how to be a lock keeper for the day.... | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Jersey 24 Nov 11 | Richard Uridge visits jersey to explore the resistance during the Second World War.... | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 17 Nov 11: Herm | Richard Uridge visits the island of Herm to find out what life is like for the 58 residents who all live and work for the same company.... | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 10 Nov 11: Sudden Oak Death | Helen Mark visits the South West to find out the latest in the fight against a disease which is ravaging forests across the UK.... | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 051111 Horseback UK | Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside to find out about Horseback UK... | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 29 Oct 11: Dark Peak | Jules Hudson discovers the tragic but little known aviation history of the Dark Peaks in Derbyshire.... | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 22 Oct 11: Hope Cove to Salcombe | Clare Balding joins Gordon and Caroline Luff and their son, Sam, to walk a section of the South West Coastal Path from Hope Cove to Salcombe.... | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 151011 Ramblings Lincolnshire Wolds | Clare Balding walks a stretch of the Viking Way in the Lincolnshire Wolds... | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 081011 Kent - Chilham to Wye | Clare Balding joins a group of retired friends to walk from Chilham to Wye in Kent... | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 011011 Dales Way | In a series of walks suggested by listeners, Clare Balding joins Colin Speakman, creator of the Dales Way, to walk a section of this iconic long distance footpath.... | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 240911 The Roaches | Clare Balding is in Staffordshire discovering some of the myths and legends of the Peak District... | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings John Jones TX170911 | Clare Balding joins folk artist John Jones of the Oysterband for the first in a new series of walks suggested by listeners.... | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: OC Heather Moorland TX 100911 | Jules Hudson is in the North York Moors discovering one of our rarest habitats, heather moorland.... | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 030911 Neptune's Army Skomer | Richard Uridge visits the Skomer Marine Nature Reserve with Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners to find out how volunteers are vital to wildlife above and below the waves.... | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: TX270811 Devil's Beeftub | Helen Mark explores the turbulent times of 17th Century Scotland through the landscape of the Borders.... | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 20 Aug 11 Island Revival | The Isle of Ulva is determined to bounce back from the Highland Clearances. Helen Mark reports.... | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 130811 Barbel on the Wye | Richard Uridge searches for the wildlife of the River Wye, including the elusive Barbel fish... | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 060811 Kent Coast of Conflict | Helen Mark explores the Kent coastline to discover how the landscape was mapped and transformed in order to protect the country from invasion.... | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 300711 Dale Farm | Helen Mark visits Dale Farm in Essex to hear from the Travellers why they feel they belong in the countryside... | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 230711 Northumberlandia | Jules Hudson is in Northumberland to find out about a new and very unusual landmark.... | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 1600711 South Downs Music | Helen Mark takes a musical journey across the South Downs in Sussex... | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 090711 Trailblaze | Helen Mark is on the South Downs Way finding out about a controversial new project to encourage runners onto the National Trails.... | 7/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 020711 Hay Meadows | Helen Mark finds out about one of our most threatened natural habitats.... | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings Alan Garner TX250611 | Clare Balding walks with author Alan Garner to explore the legend of Alderley Edge.... | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings Du Maurier TX 180611 | Clare Balding walks in Fowey to discover the maritime spirit of Daphne Du Maurier... | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings Darwin TX 110611 | Clare Balding walks the Ancestor's Trail in the Quantock Hills in celebration of Darwin... | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Shropshire Malcolm Saville TX 040611 | Clare Balding walks with the Malcolm Saville Society, exploring the authors love of Shropshire.... | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Black Hill Bruce Chatwin TX280511 | Clare Balding walks on the Black Hill in Hereford, following in the steps of author Bruce Chatwin.... | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings Plath Hughes TX 210511 | On the first of a series of literary walks Clare Balding walks in Heptonstall, visiting Ted Hughes birth place and the resting place of Sylvia Plath.... | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 140511 Foot and Mouth | Ten years after the Foot and Mouth crisis of 2001, Helen Mark visits Cumbria.... | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 070511 Welsh Highland Railway | Helen Mark journeys through Snowdonia from Caernarvon to Porthmadog on the Welsh Highland Railway... | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Barra 300411 | Helen Mark visits the island of Barra to hear how the islanders have survived in the past and now fear new threats to their livelihoods.... | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: OpenCountry23Apr11 | Richard Uridge has a cinematic experience in the heart of the Herefordshire countryside... | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 160411 Horseback UK | Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire to find out about Horseback UK.... | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Sherwood 090411 | Richard Uridge finds out that there's more to Sherwood Forest than Robin Hood... | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:OpenCountry02Apr11 | Helen Mark discovers the Durham Heritage Coast... | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:OpenCountry26Mar11 | Richard Uridge explores the Edgelands, forgotten spaces that are neither urban nor rural... | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 190311 Dartmoor Pony | Helen Mark is on Dartmoor to find out about the harsh reality facing some of the moor's iconic ponies... | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings12Mar11 | Stuart Maconie with a group of first time walkers from inner city Birmingham... | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings05Mar11 | Stuart Maconie and guest, poet Simon Armitage walk part of the Pennine Way near to Manchester... | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings26Feb11 | Stuart Maconie walks up the Garth outside Cardiff... | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 190211 Lancaster | Stuart Maconie is in Lancashire for the third of his city skyline walks... | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings12Feb11 | Stuart Maconie takes another city skyline walk in the Belfast Hills... | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings05Feb11 | New series of Ramblings, this time presented by Stuart Maconie, starts a series of six city skyline walks for winter days in Bath... | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Weather in Wiltshire 290111 | Helen Mark is in Wiltshire to find out about our obsession with the weather and its impact on our lives and landscape... | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Portbury Wharf 220111 | Helen Mark visits the developing nature reserve of Portbury Wharf and discovers how local residents in Bristol are making a unique investment to their natural habitat.... | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 150111 Exmoor Yurts | Richard Uridge meets those who are braving the winter to live like nomads in their yurt high up on Exmoor... | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Chiltern Hills 080111 | Richard Uridge explores the landscape that inspired Roald Dahl and Midsomer Murders... | 1/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 010111 | Helen Mark finds out about the transformation of the River Thames... | 12/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:OpenCountry25Dec10 | Owen Sheers visits the Mistletoe Festival at Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire/Herefordshire border... | 12/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Seahorses | Helen Mark visits Studland Bay to learn about a proposed Marine Conservation Zone... | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 11/12/2010 Wildlife Crime | Richard Uridge joins Wildlife Crime Officers and local people on the trail of poachers in Cumbria.... | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Happisburgh Lighthouse 04/12/10 | Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast is home to the UK's only independently run lighthouse .We meet the coastal volunteers who are living out David Cameron's 'big society'.... | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 271110 Ardtornish | Helen Mark visits Ardtornish estate in Morvern, in the western Highlands of Scotland... | 11/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 201110 New Forest Mushrooms | Richard Uridge goes foraging for fungi in the New Forest... | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 131110 Ayrshire | Helen Mark hears how a forest of ten million conifers changed Ayrshire's Whitelee Plateau.... | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Resistance 061110 | Owen Sheers explores Wales' secret military history from World War II... | 11/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Pluckley 301010 | Helen Mark is in Pluckley to find out what life is like in Britain's most haunted village... | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings23Oct10 | Clare Balding takes a walk through the Glasgow Necropolis with a group who are researching the history of women in the city... | 10/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings16Oct10 | Clare Balding is in the Pentland Hills outside of Edinburgh with a group of friends who have been walking together for twenty years... | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: Ramblings09Oct10 | Clare Balding walks with a group of women who've produced a book of their favourite walks in the Peak District... | 10/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings02Oct10 | Clare Balding in the Forest of Dean with a group walking with donkeys as part of the Cultural Olympiad... | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings25Sep10 | Clare Balding walks with a group of people trying to fight the onset of Alzheimers Disease... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country:Ramblings180910 | Clare Balding walks with a group of inner city Londoners on Hampstead Heath... | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 110910 Leeds and Liverpool Canal | Helen Mark explores a stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal... | 9/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Country: 040910 Conservation Grazing | Helen Mark finds out about the debate around Conservation Grazing in Cornwall... | 9/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 91 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
Give it a chance, one of my favorite podcast.
lost in the city
I live just down the river from Washington D.C.but for most of the 70's was lucky enough to live in Arundel, West Sussex. I loved to go on long walks on the South Downs, and never stopped being amazed at the public access given walkers So hearing these podcasts has inspired me to get back over to the UK and start tackling some of the most beautiful walking trails in the world. I look forward to the weekly podcasts and listen to them on my commute, or whenever I start to pine for the countryside. please keep more of these coming, and Claire, you've got one of the great jobs out there.
You're gonna LOVE this!
I love this podcast. Such a variety of locations, topics, all surrounding walks or hikes in Britain. I really must get a British Atlas. Give this a try, if you enjoy all things British, you'll enjoy this. Very well done.
