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
- May 22, 2014 · 24 min
- Mar 20, 2014 · 24 min
Over the Hill walkers, Windsor Great Park
- Mar 13, 2014 · 24 min
Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight
- Mar 6, 2014 · 24 min
Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury
- Feb 27, 2014 · 24 min
Hopetoun with the Monday Walkers
- Feb 20, 2014 · 24 min
Rachael Kiddey, Avon Estuary
- Feb 13, 2014 · 24 min
Tom Isaacs, Chorley Wood
- Oct 24, 2013 · 24 min
John McCarthy walks with volunteer rangers on the South Downs
- Oct 17, 2013 · 24 min
The Same Walk 365 Times
- Oct 10, 2013 · 24 min
Newbiggin on Lune to Kirkby Stephen
- Oct 3, 2013 · 24 min
Durham with Maggie and Keith Bell
- Oct 2, 2013 · 24 min
Werca's Folk, Warkworth in Northumberland
- Sep 19, 2013 · 24 min
The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon
- Jun 27, 2013 · 24 min
Tara Bariana recalls his long walk home to India
- Jun 20, 2013 · 24 min
West Highland Way from Balmaha
- Jun 13, 2013 · 24 min
In Search of the Old Ways
- Jun 6, 2013 · 24 min
George Monbiot in search of the wild
- May 30, 2013 · 24 min
In Search of Love
- May 23, 2013 · 24 min
Chilterns American Women's Club hiking group
- Mar 14, 2013 · 24 min
Michael Weltike - Barefoot Walker