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Ramblings

Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside

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Heptonstall - Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Heptonstall - Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Clare Balding is back with a new series of walks with a literary theme, beginning in Heptonstall, the childhood home of ... Read more

21 May 2011

24mins

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Windsor Great Park with Bill Bryson

Windsor Great Park with Bill Bryson

Clare Balding heads out across Windsor Great Park in the company of writer and prolific walker, Bill Bryson. He explains... Read more

22 Sep 2015

24mins

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The South Downs Way

The South Downs Way

Clare Balding walks the The South Downs, from Bo Peep to Alfriston, in the company of writers June Goodfield and Lynne T... Read more

13 Oct 2016

24mins

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Crouch End to Bloomsbury, London

Crouch End to Bloomsbury, London

Clare Balding joins archaeologist, Charlotte Frearson and her dog, Indy, on their daily, five mile walk to work. A few y... Read more

8 Mar 2018

24mins

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Black Men's Walking for Health Group

Black Men's Walking for Health Group

Clare Balding walks in the Peaks with Maxwell Ayamba, who founded a rambling group for other black men, from Sheffield, ... Read more

16 Mar 2018

24mins

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The Dales Way, Part One

The Dales Way, Part One

Clare Balding embarks on her first leg of The Dales Way, in the company of Sarah Howcroft. Sarah, an enthusiastic walker... Read more

18 Sep 2014

24mins

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The Nidderdale Way: Brimham Rocks to Pateley Bridge

The Nidderdale Way: Brimham Rocks to Pateley Bridge

Clare Balding sadly says goodbye to The Nidderdale Way as she embarks on the last leg of this fifty three mile circular ... Read more

22 Jun 2017

24mins

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The Cotswold Way

The Cotswold Way

Clare Balding joins Graham Hoyland and his partner, Gina Waggott, as they retrace the steps they took in 2015 along the ... Read more

16 Jun 2016

24mins

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Storytelling in Cornwall

Storytelling in Cornwall

In the third in a series of inspirational walks for Ramblings, Clare Balding is in Cornwall where she is joined by write... Read more

23 Feb 2012

24mins

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Church Stretton

Church Stretton

Clare Balding is off to Little Switzerland in this week's programme, but she's not travelling far: Church Stretton, in S... Read more

31 May 2018

24mins

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Ninebarrow in Dorset

Ninebarrow in Dorset

Clare walks with Jon Whitley and James (Jay) La Bouchardiere, two childhood friends born and bred in Dorset who moved b... Read more

28 Oct 2019

24mins

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Hembury Fort, Honiton

Hembury Fort, Honiton

A chaotic and lively dog-walk on Hembury Fort near Honiton in Devon kicks off the new series. Nigel, the rebellious Gold... Read more

17 May 2018

24mins

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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

An unusual urban walk to finish the series: Clare Balding is in London on the Isle of Dogs for a ramble along the banks ... Read more

31 Mar 2016

24mins

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The Malvern Hills

The Malvern Hills

Clare Balding joins Team Zulu, a group of walkers, led by Tarquin Shaw- Young, who prepare for long distance charity wal... Read more

11 Jun 2015

24mins

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Devon - Hope Cove to Salcombe

Devon - 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 H... Read more

22 Oct 2011

24mins

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The Diamond Ramblers, Otterton

The Diamond Ramblers, Otterton

Clare Balding has a sparkling day out joining The Diamond Ramblers for a circular walk from the South Devon village of O... Read more

26 Jun 2014

24mins

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Reigate, Surrey

Reigate, Surrey

Today Clare is walking in Surrey with a group of asylum seekers who are former detainees of the Gatwick Immigration Remo... Read more

24 May 2018

24mins

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Lincolnshire - The Wolds

Lincolnshire - The Wolds

In the fifth of this series of listener's walks, Clare Blading sets out three people who live in Lincolnshire and share ... Read more

15 Oct 2011

24mins

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Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury

Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury

This series of Ramblings is themed 'Ramblings Revisited' as Clare catches up with people she walked with once before.In ... Read more

6 Mar 2014

24mins

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The Nidderdale Way: Birstwith to Thornton Moor

The Nidderdale Way: Birstwith to Thornton Moor

Clare Balding nears the end of her walk along The Nidderdale Way, a fifty three mile route, that starts and finishes in ... Read more

15 Jun 2017

24mins

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