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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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'.
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Durham with Maggie and Keith Bell—Series 25
Thu 3 Oct 2013
Clare Balding walks around the city of Durham with Maggie and Keith Bell.
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Werca's Folk, Warkworth in Northumberland—Series 25
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Clare Balding walks with Werca's Folk, a women's choir from Warkworth in Northumberland.
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The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon—Series 25
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Clare Balding walks in Somerset with the Tuesday Walkers of North Devon.
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Tara Bariana recalls his long walk home to India—Series 24
Thu 27 Jun 2013
Clare Balding walks with Tara Bariana, who recalls his extraordinary walk home to India.
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West Highland Way from Balmaha—Series 24
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Clare Balding walks with twin sisters Pauline Walker and Fiona Rennie.
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In Search of the Old Ways—Series 24
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Clare Balding walks in Cambridgeshire with author and academic Robert Macfarlane.
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In Search of Love—Series 24
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Clare Balding meets those who have found love and companionship through walking.
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George Monbiot in search of the wild—Series 24
Thu 30 May 2013
Clare Balding walks in search of the wild with environmentalist George Monbiot.
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Chilterns American Women's Club hiking group—Series 24
Thu 23 May 2013
Clare Balding joins a hiking group for ex-pat American and international spouses.
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Michael Weltike - Barefoot Walker—Series 23
Thu 14 Mar 2013
Michael Weltike tries to persuade Clare Balding of the benefits of barefoot walking.
Clare's top 30
Listen to a selection of favourite walks from Ramblings.