Guest presenter Toyah Willcox joins listener Cathy Dreyer in Oxfordshire as she completes yet another circuit of a short local route that she has chosen to walk 365 times.
This week's walk is a little unusual. The guest, Cathy Dreyer, wrote to the programme to suggest we join her on a short, local route which she has chosen to walk 365 times.
Cathy began her project after reading the first few pages of Robert Macfarlane's book, 'The Old Ways'. She was filled with envy at his freedom to walk in exciting, far flung places. But rather than moan about her domestic responsibilities, Cathy thought she'd respond by doing a very short walk, 365 times over.
Cathy says she is using the walk to examine "what's really there" in both the natural world and in her domestic life as a parent which is repetitive and intimate, going over and over the same worn but wonderful ground. Motherhood and work means it's taking longer than a year to complete the project, something Cathy is chronicling in a blog www.walkinginacircle.wordpress.com
The theme of this series of Ramblings is listeners' walks, and this week's presenter is a previous Ramblings' guest: the broadcaster, actor and musician, Toyah Willcox.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
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Presenter, Toyah Willcox with the guest, Cathy Dreyer
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Toyah Willcox |
| Interviewed Guest | Cathy Dreyer |
| Producer | Karen Gregor |
Broadcasts
- Thu 17 Oct 2013 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 19 Oct 2013 06:07Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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