Clare's Highlights

Ramblings

BBC

Science, Nature, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Clare chooses some favourite moments from her Ramblings year:

Join brothers Manni and Reuben Coe who amble down to Hive Beach in Dorset on a calm summer's day. On the way they recall the emotional story of how Reuben, who has Down's Syndrome, was nurtured back to health partly by walking that very route. Head to Orkney where Clare battles 60mph winds in one of the wildest episodes we've yet recorded. Hike up Shutlingsloe with Frank Milner, in training to climb Kilimanjaro on his 82nd birthday. Hear David and Iain recall some youthful misadventures as they stroll along the cliffs towards Portpatrick on the remote Rhins of Galloway. And meet Sam and Roger by the waterfall in south Wales where their romance began thanks to an online walking group.

Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba leads his Commoners Choir in song as they march up to Gaddings Dam in Calderdale. On the Thames Path, Tina and Cas share how their adopted son's way of coping with the world is by long distance hiking. The inspirational Halifax Hikers lead Clare on their favourite local route. And Ali Allen, in Herefordshire, takes time out from running her tiny walking shop to march with Clare up to a section of the Offa's Dyke footpath.

Please scroll down to the 'related links' box on the Ramblings page of the Radio 4 website for links to all these individual episodes.

Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.7	Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.
0:08.4	I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.
0:11.4	But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.
0:15.4	I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into
0:19.2	a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to
0:25.2	give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole
0:30.0	new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories
0:34.2	that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC
0:38.1	Sounds BBC Sounds music radio podcasts I have to say I absolutely love walking in the winter
0:48.7	you can't be heading out on a crisp winter's morning with those orangey blue skies, the frost crunchy grass, the ice puddles to crack.
0:59.2	It's one of my favourite times of year to record ramblings because often we're the only people braving the elements, even on the most popular routes.
1:09.0	So today, I thought it would be a great opportunity to look back
1:13.0	over some of my favourite episodes from the past few months. We've been out in all wethers and
1:18.3	landscapes with some brilliant people who've been generous enough to share both their favourite walk
1:23.8	and their personal stories with me, side by side, open-hearted, slightly out of breath,
1:31.4	but always good fun.
1:35.8	Right, Reeves, are you okay to go for a walk? Yeah? Make you good sleep tonight?
1:41.1	Oh, yeah, you? Yeah, you've got them out.
1:45.0	There we go.
1:48.1	The voices of devoted brothers,
1:49.8	Mani and Ruben Co.
	...

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