Ramblings
BBC Radio 4
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.
- 308 episodes
- Updated July 2
Episodes308
- July 2 · 23 min
- June 25 · 23 min
Bosham to West Itchenor in West Sussex
- June 18 · 23 min
The Wrekin with Marlon Patrice
- June 11 · 23 min
Mending Footpaths in Eryri
- June 4 · 23 min
Anglesey/Ynys Môn
- May 28 · 23 min
Fetternear, Aberdeenshire
- May 21 · 23 min
Bailies of Bennachie
- February 12 · 23 min
Brockley and Ladywell with Hana Sutch
- February 5 · 23 min
Terminal Hillness in the north Lakes
- January 29 · 23 min
Ghosts of the Farm with Nicola Chester
- January 22 · 23 min
Bredon Hill with Steve Boycott
- January 15 · 23 min
Adventurer Pom Oliver in the Low Weald
- January 8 · 23 min
Walking Back to Happiness
- Nov 20, 2025 · 23 min
The Gower Peninsula to Antarctica
- Nov 13, 2025 · 23 min
India in the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler and Raj Pal
- Nov 6, 2025 · 23 min
Whispering Rocks with Anjana Khatwa
- Oct 30, 2025 · 23 min
Nick Wilson - the Disabled Adventurer
- Oct 23, 2025 · 23 min
Crime and Punishment in the Peak District
- Oct 16, 2025 · 23 min
Walk for Wendy - Chater Valley
- Oct 9, 2025 · 23 min
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