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
- Mar 7, 2013 · 24 min
- Feb 28, 2013 · 24 min
Toyah Willcox
- Feb 21, 2013 · 23 min
Walking with friends
- Feb 16, 2013 · 24 min
Walking for Spiritual Renewal
- Feb 9, 2013 · 24 min
The Walking Book Group
- Oct 25, 2012 · 24 min
Steve Backshall
- Oct 18, 2012 · 24 min
Simon Evans of the Wye and Usk Foundation
- Oct 11, 2012 · 24 min
Samuel West at Rainham Marshes in Essex
- Oct 4, 2012 · 24 min
Dublin Bay with Eanna Ni Lamhna
- Oct 4, 2012 · 27 min
The Wicklow Mountains with Eanna Ni Lamhna
- Sep 27, 2012 · 24 min
Taxidermists in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
- Sep 20, 2012 · 24 min
Richmond Park, London, with Artist Nicola Hicks
- Jun 28, 2012 · 24 min
Whitley Bay with Barry Stone
- Jun 21, 2012 · 24 min
Pen Farthing on Dartmoor
- Jun 14, 2012 · 24 min
Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
- Jun 7, 2012 · 24 min
Alnmouth, Northumberland
- May 31, 2012 · 24 min
Dartmoor
- May 31, 2012 · 24 min
Flamborough Head to Bridlington
- Mar 15, 2012 · 24 min
Sir Andrew Motion
- Mar 8, 2012 · 24 min
Brecon Beacons - Art in the Park