Walking at Night on the South Downs near Seaford

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When author Annabel Abbs suffered a series of bereavements she found herself unable to sleep. Eventually she began getting up and walking around her garden and neighbouring fields around 3am. But when she heard about Caroline Whiteman who runs guided walks at night without head torches, she just had to go along on one. Caroline began the walks as an experiment in overcoming her fear of the dark. She has found other people keen to get out at night and experience the dark in a totally different way under her care and supervision. Although Clare is walking on a winter's night with barely any moon visible it's amazing how quickly the landscape lights up and the chalk cliffs stand out against the sea. They walked in a loop starting and ending at South Hill Barn Car Park BN25 4JQ near Seaford

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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0:38.1	Sounds BBC Sounds music radio podcasts now usually on ramblings I'd have a thermal smug of tea before
0:51.7	I set out but this time I'm bringing it with me and not because it's early in the morning because actually this is a thermos mug of tea before I set out, but this time I'm bringing it with me.
0:59.4	And not because it's early in the morning, because actually this is a nighttime walk.
1:05.4	And I was reading a book earlier today, which said, if you're going on a cold walk, which is very good for you,
1:10.2	and if you're walking at night, which is very good for you, make sure you bring a thermos of hot drink.
1:13.4	The book I was reading was by Annabel Abbs,
1:18.0	who's alongside me because we are undertaking one of your recommendations,
1:20.0	a nighttime walk.
1:21.8	We're just on the outskirts of Lewis.
1:26.5	On the south coast, we've got a very chilly winter's night. we can see the lights of Seaford and
1:30.5	beyond that Lewis and ultimately can't see it but I know it's there Brighton
1:35.9	away to our west and what are the benefits of walking up night well there are
1:42.7	money benefits when we move out of the light, we move into the darkness, we start to produce a hormone
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