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Ramblings

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Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors. Fresh air and nature, wonderful views and uplifting chat, each week Clare hikes in a different part of our glorious countryside. Walking side by side is the perfect way to cover a huge range of subjects: literature, art, wildlife, nature, taking on personal or physical challenges, dealing with grief, confronting preconceptions about the kind of people who love to ramble. The conversations are as varied as the landscapes we find ourselves in. If there's a recurring theme, it's the accepted truth that 'so...

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Ireland - Belfast Hills 12.02.2011 24:41

Journalist and keen walker Stuart Maconie is presenting this series of Ramblings and is setting out to find accessible walks that offer great city views, perfect for people who want to get out and walk on these short, dark winter days. Among the cities he has in his sights are Belfast, Bath and Cardiff.

Somerset - Bath Skyline 05.02.2011 24:31

Journalist and passionate hiker, Stuart Maconie hosts this series of Ramblings on Radio 4, embarking on the first of six city skyline walks, perfect for first time walkers or for those who don't want to venture too far on these short winter days, but who still want to enjoy the fresh air. In this first programme, Stuart takes in the stunning views on the Bath Skyline Walk.

Scotland - Glasgow Necropolis 23.10.2010 24:24

Clare Balding walks through the magnificent Glasgow Necropolis, a green oasis in the heart of the city.

Scotland - Pentland Hills 16.10.2010 24:19

Clare Balding walks with the Friends of the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, a group who share a love of what the writer Robert Louis Stevenson referred to as 'the hills of home'.

Derbyshire - Wardlow 09.10.2010 24:29

Clare Balding walks with a group of women who have produced their own book of walks in the Peak District called 'Women's Ways' that celebrates their friendships and the countryside around their home city of Sheffield. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean 02.10.2010 24:18

Clare Balding is in the Forest of Dean with a group who've been walking through the county of Gloucestershire for two months with donkeys. As part of the Cultural Olympiad Sarah Blowers, along with various artists, children and people who've just tagged along, set off to discover the beauty of the countryside at a slow pace, setting camp at the end of each day's walk. Everyone Clare meets as she j...

Wiltshire - Swindon 25.09.2010 24:27

Clare Balding walks through the Wiltshire countryside with a Swindon based group of people with early onset dementia. The support they give one another on their weekly walks means they feel less isolated and more positive about the condition, and so what if they occasionally get lost. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

London - Hampstead Heath 18.09.2010 24:32

Clare Balding takes a walk on Hampstead Heath with a group of inner city Londoners who are being encouraged to discover the green places of their city, often for the first time. The residents of the Harrow Road are mainly non white, so there has been a special drive to help them discover the joys of walking called 'It's My Country'.