Villagers' Walks around Timsbury

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Science, Nature, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare joins three walkers from the village of Timsbury in Somerset who have created several books detailing100 walks for local people to enjoy in the area. Peter Bradshaw, Larry Cunningham and Sue Fraser stress the books are very much a community project with any proceeds going back into the village. On an extremely wet and windy winter day they take Clare from the village centre around the valley to explore the area's little known coal mining history. All the former mines are obviously closed and the slag heaps are now covered over rich green hillocks which make for safe and easy walking.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
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0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
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0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
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0:38.8	Would you like some cake?
0:40.6	Oh, my word, Peter.
0:42.1	Those, the dream words, yes, please.
0:44.8	I've got to be honest, the rain is pouring down.
0:49.1	It's one of those really dark, just grim, grey days.
0:54.1	But we're going to do what every walker should do,
0:57.5	which is slightly delay our exit into the weather and enjoy some coffee and cake first.
1:02.7	And I'm going to do that in the company of Peter Bradshaw, Larry Cunningham and Sue Fraser.
1:07.1	We are in Timmsbury, the village of Timbsbury, which you can give me the exact coordinates,
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