Boxing on the beach at Ainsdale

Ramblings

BBC

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Rose Mac moved to the North West from London a year ago and is constantly delighted by the nature and walking possibilities of her new home. Ainsdale Nature Reserve houses a rare species of sand lizard as well as natterjack toads. A walk through the pine woodland close to the town's railway station brings you out into beautiful sand dunes and a massive expanse of beach with views of Blackpool Tower to the North and on a clear day the Isle of Man to the west. Rose enthusiastically shows Clare her new home territory and gives her an impromptu boxing lesson on Ainsdale Beach. She says people are becoming increasingly drawn to exercising on UK beaches. Tai chi and yoga work particularly well outdoors and Rose says there's something magical about watching the sunset whilst exercising. The long walk along the beach is a workout in itself because of the sand underfoot.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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0:14.0	He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone.
0:17.0	How did it all go so wrong?
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0:53.2	It's a lovely, warm day, a fresh breeze coming in off the coast and we were right on the coast.
0:58.0	On the north-west of England, just north of Liverpool, in an area that I have to confess,
1:04.0	I'm not sure we've ever been to before on ramblings. We've walked in the city of Liverpool, but I've never been up on the beaches. And I took the train this morning out to Ainsdale.
1:13.6	So the other benefit of walking this area is there's a really regular train service.
1:17.6	You can do loops from whichever station or you could walk along the beach down south or north,
1:23.6	up to another station and hop back into town.
1:26.6	It's a fantastic area and it is a part of the world
1:31.3	that Rose Mac has been discovering
1:35.3	because you're not originally from here, Rose, are you?
1:38.3	No, I'm from the Midlands originally,
1:40.3	and then I was in London for 10 years,
1:43.3	and now I'm up here
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