Summary
A joyful hike up Castle Hill near Huddersfield with We In Front, an inspirational group of walkers.
Leading the way is Errol Hamlet who, having retired, felt bored, unhealthy and wanted a new challenge. He spotted a neighbour out walking during the pandemic and decided to join her. Then, one by one, more people joined until they eventually had a decent sized group. Most are senior citizens from the local West Indian community and they can often be heard singing as they disappear into the countryside surrounding Huddersfield.
As they walk Clare hears about Carriacou, the Caribbean island where nine of the walkers spent at least some of their childhood. Apparently everyone on that island knows someone in Huddersfield... the two places are closely linked. There's also an unexpected conversation about the niche hobby of bottle-top collecting...
The group started today's walk at grid reference SE155152 from where they followed a circuitous route up to Castle Hill.
Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 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 sounds |
| 0:38.5 | BBC sounds music radio podcasts now then everyone listen up feel where we're going to go |
| 0:48.8 | Castle Hill casle hill look after each other on the way there's a lot of of us. Make sure everybody gets over them, stars, safe. |
| 0:56.9 | I'm going to do a count, headcount. |
| 0:58.8 | One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. |
| 1:03.6 | That is the voice of Errol Hamlet, and we are meeting outside his house in Huddersfield, |
| 1:08.5 | in West Yorkshire, to join the group that he set up, |
| 1:12.7 | we in front. |
| 1:14.5 | We are in front. |
| 1:15.8 | We in front. |
| 1:17.7 | Walking for better health. |
| 1:19.3 | This is where we started walking. |
| 1:20.8 | I started walking right here in the pandemic. |
| 1:23.8 | 220. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in -405 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.