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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Outdoor Counselling in Derbyshire
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Psychotherapist Dr Ruth Allen explains how outdoor counselling works.
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Up to the labyrinth on St Catherine's Hill, Winchester
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Clare Balding visits the mysterious labyrinth on top of St Catherine's Hill in Winchester.
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The Wilberforce Way with Inderjit Bhogal—Series 41
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Inderjit Bhogal takes Clare Balding for a walk along part of the Wilberforce Way.
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Steve Backshall & Helen Glover on Winter Hill—Series 41
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Steve Backshall and Helen Glover walk with Clare Balding on Winter Hill in Berkshire.
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Beeley Edge with David Blunkett
Thu 10 Oct 2019
David Blunkett takes Clare Balding for a walk across Beeley Edge in the Peak District.
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Walking The Pipe in Shropshire
Thu 3 Oct 2019
Clare Balding walks part of the Elan Valley water pipeline that runs into Birmingham
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The Highest Hill in the Cotswolds
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Clare Balding heads to the highest point in the Cotswolds, the top of Cleeve Hill.
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LGBT+ Outdoor Adventures Group
Thu 19 Sep 2019
Clare is with a group of young LGBT+ ramblers walking to Chorlton Water Park nr Manchester
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Ricky Ross and Lorraine Mcintosh of Deacon Blue in Fife
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Clare Balding is joined by Ricky Ross and Lorraine Mcintosh of Deacon Blue in Fife.
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Going Dutch in Dorset
Thu 20 Jun 2019
Clare Balding joins a unique family ramble in Dorset, from Osmington Mills to Weymouth.
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Going Wild in the West Country
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Clare Balding walks with two sisters and their children in Somerset
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Proud, Resilient & Native American in the UK
Thu 6 Jun 2019
Clare Balding walks with a group of Native American women who live in the UK.
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Clare gets lost in Lancashire
Thu 30 May 2019
Two extraordinary sisters, both WWII code-breakers, walk near Dolphinholme in Lancashire.
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Here Comes the Summer - Feargal Sharkey
Thu 23 May 2019
Clare Balding joins singer Feargal Sharkey for a river walk.
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An Aussie Walkabout... in Norfolk
Thu 16 May 2019
Clare Balding goes walkabout with a group of Australians called The Norfolk Broads.
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To the Lighthouse!—Series 41
Thu 28 Mar 2019
Clare Balding hears some unlikely stories about lighthouses on a walk around Plymouth.
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Walking a Poem on The Malverns—Series 41
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Clare Balding and the newly appointed Troubadour of the Hills take a poem for a walk
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A Creative Soldier—Series 41
Thu 14 Mar 2019
Clare Balding walks across Dartmoor with the former head of the Royal Marines.
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A Cow Parsley Tattoo - Cambridgeshire—Series 41
Thu 7 Mar 2019
A cow parsley tattoo, hibernating ladybirds, and a lurcher called Annie.
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Long dresses, cloaks and bonnets. Cumbria.—Series 41
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Why climb a snowy Cumbrian hill in a long dress, cloak and bonnet? Clare Balding finds out
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Gentle Slopes not Rolling Hills - Suffolk—Series 41
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Clare Balding and her fellow walkers take in the delights of rural Suffolk
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Old Maps and New Routes - Oxfordshire—Series 41
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Clare Balding walks with a committed listener who creates her own walking routes.
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Aviemore, Scotland—Series 40
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Clare Balding joins a group of recent graduates on the Speyside Way
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Dartmoor, Devon—Series 40
Thu 11 Oct 2018
Dartmoor is the walking territory of writer Tom Cox, author of 21st Century Yokel
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Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway—Series 40
Thu 4 Oct 2018
Walking the Whithorn Way in south west Scotland
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Centurion Way, Chichester—Series 40
Thu 27 Sep 2018
This is the uplifting story of how walking helped a young man recover from a brain injury.
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The Hoo Peninsula, Kent—Series 40
Thu 20 Sep 2018
Clare Balding is walking in someone else's shoes for this edition of Ramblings.
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Herefordshire—Series 40
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Clare Balding walks in Herefordshire with Dr Kate Harding who has a moving story to tell.
Clare's top 30
Listen to a selection of favourite walks from Ramblings.