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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Lyke Wake Walk—Series 30
Thu 4 Jun 2015
Clare Balding undertakes a section of the Lyke Wake Walk on the North York Moors.
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Old Birds, Pegsdon Hills—Series 30
Thu 28 May 2015
Clare walks in the Pegsdon Hills with a group of female birders.
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Royal Greenwich Park—Series 30
Thu 21 May 2015
Clare Balding walks with a group of parents who each have children with special needs.
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Derbyshire - Family Walk—Series 29
Thu 26 Mar 2015
Clare Balding walks with a group of families in Derbyshire.
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Nordic Walking in Bramcote Park, Nottingham—Series 29
Thu 19 Mar 2015
Clare Balding joins a group of Nordic walkers in Bramcote Park, Nottingham.
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Hertfordshire - Bell-Ringers—Series 29
Thu 12 Mar 2015
Clare Balding walks with a group who share a passion for bell-ringing.
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Cardiac Walkers—Series 29
Thu 5 Mar 2015
Clare Balding walks with a group of retired medics who have all suffered a 'cardiac event'
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Philip Marsden, Truro, Cornwall—Series 29
Thu 26 Feb 2015
Clare Balding walks with writer Philip Marsden from his home on the River Fal in Cornwall.
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Bonding Walks: Stiperstones, Shropshire—Series 29
Thu 19 Feb 2015
Clare Balding walks to the top of the Stiperstones in Shropshire with a men's group.
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The Dales Way, Part Six—Series 28
Thu 23 Oct 2014
Clare walks the final leg of her journey with Colin Spearman, designer of the route.
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The Dales Way, Part Five—Series 28
Thu 16 Oct 2014
Clare Balding walks from Dent to Sedbergh on her fifth leg of the Dales Way.
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The Dales Way, Part Four—Series 28
Thu 9 Oct 2014
Clare Balding walks from Buckden to Beckermonds with John Sparshatt and Randal Metzger.
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The Dales Way, Part Three—Series 28
Thu 2 Oct 2014
Clare Balding walks from Grassington to Kettlewell on the third leg of the Dales Way.
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The Dales Way, Part Two—Series 28
Thu 25 Sep 2014
Clare Balding embarks on the second leg of her journey along the Dales Way.
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The Dales Way, Part One—Series 28
Thu 18 Sep 2014
Clare Balding sets off to walk the Dales Way, one of England's most-loved walking routes.
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The Diamond Ramblers, Otterton—Series 27
Thu 26 Jun 2014
Clare Balding has a sparkling day out, walking in Devon with the Diamond Ramblers.
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Arundel, West Sussex—Series 27
Thu 19 Jun 2014
Clare walks near Arundel in West Sussex with Tristan Gooley.
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Fingle Bridge to Castle Drogo—Series 27
Thu 12 Jun 2014
Clare Balding walks from Fingle Bridge to Castle Drogo in South Devon.
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The Doward—Series 27
Thu 5 Jun 2014
Clare walks on the Doward with Nadia Smith, who has had two partial hip replacements.
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Hay-on-Wye—Series 27
Thu 29 May 2014
Clare Balding walks near Hay-on-Wye with a group who met while horse-trekking in Mongolia.
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Thundersley, Essex—Series 27
Thu 22 May 2014
Clare Balding finds some hidden walking gems around Thundersley, near the Thames Estuary.
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Over the Hill walkers, Windsor Great Park—Series 26
Thu 20 Mar 2014
Clare Balding walks with the 'Over the Hill club', a group of veteran hockey players.
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Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight—Series 26
Thu 13 Mar 2014
Clare Balding revisits Tennyson Down on the Isle of Wight to meet Elizabeth Hutchings.
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Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury—Series 26
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Clare Balding walks with a mental health walking group in Shrewsbury.
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Hopetoun with the Monday Walkers—Series 26
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Clare visits the Hopetoun Estate, just west of Edinburgh, to rejoin the Monday Walkers.
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Rachael Kiddey, Avon Estuary—Series 26
Thu 20 Feb 2014
Clare Balding walks with Rachael Kiddey and her mother, Rosie Barrett, in Devon.
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Tom Isaacs, Chorley Wood—Series 26
Thu 13 Feb 2014
Clare Balding walks along the river Chess with Tom Isaacs who has Parkinson's disease.
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John McCarthy walks with volunteer rangers on the South Downs—Series 25
Thu 24 Oct 2013
John McCarthy walks with volunteer rangers on the South Downs.
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The Same Walk 365 Times—Series 25
Thu 17 Oct 2013
Guest presenter Toyah Willcox joins listener Cathy Dreyer for a walk in Oxfordshire.
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Newbiggin on Lune to Kirkby Stephen—Series 25
Thu 10 Oct 2013
Dougie Vipond meets 10-year-old Annabelle Asher, walking the 190-mile 'Coast to Coast'.
Clare's top 30
Listen to a selection of favourite walks from Ramblings.