Ramblings Podcast
Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors. Fresh air, nature, gorgeous views and uplifting chat all while exploring the countryside
Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors.
Fresh air and nature, wonderful views and uplifting chat, each week Clare hikes in a different part of our glorious countryside. Walking side by side is the perfect way to cover a huge range of subjects: literature, art, wildlife, nature, taking on personal or physical challenges, dealing with grief, confronting preconceptions about the kind of people who love to ramble.
The conversations are as varied as the landscapes we find ourselves in. If there's a recurring theme, it's the accepted truth that 'solvitur ambulando' - 'it is solved through walking': The sense of wellness, the benefits to mental health, easy companionship, or sometimes just the sense of solitude that being alone in nature brings.
Few things are better than going for a good walk. That's what we aim to share each week on Ramblings with Clare Balding.
Episodes to download
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To the Ring of Brodgar
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Clare discovers Orkney's standing stones are as impressive and mysterious as Stonehenge.
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High Winds & Hail on Orkney
Thu 9 Mar 2023
Clare explores the wild and stormy west coast of mainland Orkney.
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An Art Walk in the Forest of Dean
Thu 2 Mar 2023
Clare does a walk with an art group in the Forest of Dean
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Four Waterfalls Walk, South Wales
Thu 23 Feb 2023
Clare meets two people who met and fell in love through walking.
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Villagers' Walks around Timsbury
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Clare walks with a group who have created walks around North Somerset.
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The Hills are Alive! Commoners Choir in Calderdale
Thu 2 Feb 2023
Boff Whalley and Commoners Choir take Clare for a hike and a sing in Calderdale.
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The Trundle Sussex with Harriet Thomas
Thu 6 Oct 2022
Clare joins listener Harriet Thomas on her favourite walk.
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Halifax Hikers
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Clare meets the Halifax Hikers, who walk together twice a week for fitness and wellbeing.
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Epsom Downs & Langley Vale Wood
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Clare walks beyond the familiar racecourse to discover the countryside beyond.
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Nightjar Impressions near the Hampshire Hangers
Thu 15 Sep 2022
A sunny hike, with added party tricks, in the pretty countryside around East Worldham.
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Dovedale with Caravan
Thu 8 Sep 2022
Clare walks with Caravan, who spent six years living homeless in the Peak District.
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A Stunning Hike around Malham Cove
Thu 1 Sep 2022
Join Clare in the breathtaking scenery of North Yorkshire
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St Mary on the Isles of Scilly with Will Wagstaff and Lucy McRobert
Thu 9 Jun 2022
The second of two walks on the Isles of Scilly.
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Tresco with Mike Nelhams
Thu 2 Jun 2022
In the first of two walks on the Scilly Isles, Clare walks on the island of Tresco.
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Happy Valley
Thu 26 May 2022
Clare is heading steeply uphill in the second of two back-to-back hikes in the Mournes.
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Mousehole to Lamorna with Jane Johnson and Abdel Bakrim
Thu 12 May 2022
Clare walks in Cornwall and hears about Jane and Abdel's unusual meeting.
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Oliver Jeffers in Outer Space
Thu 5 May 2022
Much-loved children's author Oliver Jeffers rambles with Clare in Derry-Londonderry.
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The Saxon Shore Way in Kent
Thu 31 Mar 2022
A group of friends walk from Hamstreet to Appledore in Kent.
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Old and New Winchelsea with historian Dr Matthew Green
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Young 'walking' historian Dr Matthew Green shows Clare a lost city on the Sussex coast
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Around Dulwich Woods with Floella Benjamin
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Clare Balding joins Baroness Floella Benjamin on a walk in a favourite London greenspace.
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95 Ethels in the Peak District
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Clare walks with two ex fell-runners who are passionate about the Peak District.
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After Eunice - Guarlford, Worcestershire
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Clare explores a rural route near the Worcestershire village of Guarlford.
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To the World's End, north Wales
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Clare walks with two very different characters in the Eglwyseg Valley, Denbighshire.
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Walking in all weathers with nature writer Melissa Harrison.
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Clare Balding joins writer and walker Melissa Harrison for a walk on Dartmoor.
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Off the Beaten Track on the Island of Iona
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Walking guide, David Allaway, takes Clare away from the tourist hub on this famous island
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Slippy Rocks and Otter Spotting on the Island of Mull
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Clare takes on a challenging coastal route from Lochbuie to Carsaig.
Clare's top 30
Listen to a selection of favourite walks from Ramblings.