A Walking Revolution in Scotland - How a Couple's Passion for Walking Helped to Inspire a National Movement

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Euan McIlwraith chats with Helen and Paul Webster of the website Walkhighlands.

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0:00.0	He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.
0:09.3	I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.
0:17.6	What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.
0:22.0	Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.
0:26.3	She was a born soldier.
0:27.4	She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.
0:29.9	The brand new series of History's secret heroes.
0:32.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.2	The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.
0:45.0	Hello and thanks for choosing this podcast.
0:48.7	I'm Ewan McElwraith.
0:50.2	If you've ever looked up a walking route in Scotland on a search engine,
0:54.5	I can guarantee that top of the results page is Walk Highlands.
0:59.7	The website was the brainchild of Helen and Paul Webster,
1:03.6	who founded it 15 years ago after taking a career break
1:07.7	and going for a very long walk in Europe.
1:11.3	It's grown and grown and now hosts over 2,000 walking routes.
1:16.6	I met up with them recently on the banks of the spay at Cromdale,
1:20.6	not too far from their home.
1:22.5	And I asked them with a bit of a revolution in walking in recent times,
1:26.5	how is the interest in their offering evolved?
1:29.6	In terms of numbers to the website, it's just rocketed phenomenally.
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