Anneka Rice on the Thames Path in London

Ramblings

BBC

Science, Nature, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Anneka Rice is a self-declared obsessive rambler who says she feels out of sorts if she doesn’t walk every day. Today she takes Clare on her favourite route along the banks of the Thames where she discusses how the river ‘tethers’ her, something she needs following a childhood that left her feeling ‘untethered’. Anneka became a household name in the 1980s thanks to the TV series Treasure Hunt, which followed her zipping about in a helicopter and racing against the clock to find clues on behalf of studio-bound contestants. Next came Challenge Anneka where she led groups of volunteers in the creation of community-based projects. At the height of her TV success, she took time out to study at Chelsea College of Art and now spends much of her time painting. Clare and Anneka start the walk at approx Grid Ref: TQ215764, and walk along the Thames Path in the direction of Kew Gardens, then return on the opposite side of the river ending at Dukes Meadows Bandstand, Grid Ref: TQ214767

Producer: Karen Gregor

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0:38.1	sounds BBC sounds music radio podcasts this is the sort of day i think in Scotland they call it
0:48.2	dreek it's grey and misery and it probably will rain but the joy of walking is that as soon as you get out it doesn't really matter and I am today joined by an icon of the television
1:04.0	Anna Carice I call the weather sort of soft do you you? Okay, that's nice.
1:12.0	Because actually it's not cold?
1:14.0	Well, it is cold, Claire.
1:16.1	We've got so many layers on.
1:19.0	People are looking at us as we all walk along.
1:23.1	What happened to those two people who used to look so good on the television?
1:26.6	As we're layered up.
1:28.2	I've got a little beanie hat.
1:29.4	I'll put it on if I need it.
1:35.1	Now we're walking a section of the Thames path from Barnes to where are you going to take me to?
1:36.8	Well, let's see how far we go.
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