Ramblings

Last Edited: 31-Mar-2015 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date Title Cast Parameters
28- May-2000 to
02-Jul-2000 		History in the Landscape
  1. Hadrian's Wall from Housesteads to
    Once Brewed
  2. The Cleveland Way from Ravenscar
    to Robin Hood's Bay
  3. Lincolnshire - Wellingore, crossing
    the Viking Way
  4. The Icknield Way - Steeple Morden
    to Therfield Heath
  5. Roundway Down - the Wessex Ridgeway
    near Devizes
  6. The Pilgrims' Way - Shere in Surrey
    
12-Nov-2000 to
17-Dec-2000 		Artists' Ways
  1. The Lake District - a walk round
    Buttermere
  2. The Malverns from Upper Wyche to
    British Camp
  3. Laugharne, Camarthenshire, along
    the Taf estuary
  4. The South Devon coast from
    Thurlestone to Hope Cove
  5. Dorset - Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford
  6. The Wittenham Clumps near the
    Thames in Oxfordshire
    
30-Mar-2001 to
18-May-2001 		The Countryside in our Towns
  1. London - Wimbledon Common
  2. Birmingham - the Cole Valley
  3. No programme
  4. Edinburgh - Holyrood Park
  5. Shrewsbury - a river walk
  6. Rugby - a town trail
  7. Liverpool
  8. Leeds - Meanwood Valley trail
    
26-Oct-2001 to
30-Nov-2001 		Personal Routes
  1. Wast Water - Lake District
  2. St Cuthbert's Way - Wooler, Northumberland
  3. The Simon Evans Way -
    Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
  4. Macmillan Way - Bruton to Castle Cary,
    Somerset
  5. Tennyson Trail - Isle of Wight
  6. A listener's walk - Eynsford to
    Shoreham, Kent
    
05-Apr-2002 to
17-May-2002 		City Escapes
  1. The Giant's Causeway - Belfast
  2. Clydesdale - Edinburgh and Glasgow
  3. The Irwell Valley - Manchester
  4. The Clwydian Range - Liverpool
  5. Cannock Chase - Birmingham
  6. Oakley, Stevington and Harrold -
    London and Bedford
  7. Brighton and Hove - Berwick to
    Glynde (a listener's walk)
    
23-Aug-2002 to
04-Oct-2002 		Holiday Hikes
  1. Grazalema Natural Park, Spain
  2. La Axarquía, Spain
  3. Gorges du Tarn, France
  4. Puycelsi, France
  5. St Brides Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  6. Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
  7. Jersey, Channel Islands
    
07-Feb-2003 to
14-Mar-2003 		Walking with a Purpose
  1. Newquay, Cornwall
  2. Fairbourne to Llwyngwril, Gwynedd, Wales
  3. Calderdale, West Yorkshire
  4. Lardon Chase, Goring Gap, Berkshire
  5. Hartland Point to Clovelly, Devon
  6. Glen Ogle, Scotland
    
09-May-2003 to
13-Jun-2003 		A Boot into the Past
  1. Lulworth Ranges - South Dorset
  2. Erewash Valley - Derbyshire
  3. The Basingstoke Canal - Hampshire
  4. Southern Upland Way - Scottish Borders
  5. Blythburgh to Walberswick - Suffolk
  6. Tegg's Nose - Cheshire
    
03-Oct-2003 to
07-Nov-2003 		Childhood Walks
  1. Bengairn Hill, Kirkcudbrightshire
  2. Kilburn to Hawnby -
    Herriot Country, North York Moors
  3. The Lickey Hills, near Birmingham
  4. Chesham - the Chiltern Hills
  5. Langdale - the Lake District
  6. Greenock
    
20-Feb-2004 to
26-Mar-2004 		Artists' Ways
  1. The Tarka Trail, North Devon
  2. Deuchary Hill, Perthshire
  3. St David's, Pembrokeshire
  4. Bradford to Shipley Glen
  5. Peddar's Way, Norfolk
  6. East Lomond
    
14-May-2004 to
18-Jun-2004 		Group Walks
  1. Haytor Rocks, Dartmoor
  2. The Lizard, Cornwall
  3. Hambledon, Hampshire
  4. No programme
  5. Epping Forest, Wanstead
  6. Loch Katrine, the Trossachs
    
06-Aug-2004 to
17-Sep-2004 		Battlefield Ramblings
  1. Boudicca - Norwich
  2. Hastings - East Sussex
  3. Pilleth - Radnor, Wales
  4. The Armada - South West Coast
  5. Naseby - Northampton
  6. The Boyne - County Louth
  7. Culloden - Inverness
 Muriel Gray
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
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25-Feb-2005 to
01-Apr-2005 		Walks with a Purpose
  1. Sheffield
  2. Middleton Cheney, Warwickshire
  3. Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
  4. Walberswick, Suffolk
  5. No programme
  6. Castleton, Peak District
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
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20-May-2005 to
24-Jun-2005 		 
  1. Suffolk
  2. North Lincolnshire
  3. Tackley Oxfordshire
  4. Lepton West Yorkshire
  5. Llanberis North Wales
  6. Cranbourne Chase, Dorset
 Clare Balding
  1. Produced by Mark Smalley
  2. Produced by Mark Smalley
  3. Produced by Kate McCall
  4. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  5. Produced by John Byrne
  6. Produced by John Byrne
  
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02-Sep-2005 to
07-Oct-2005 		 
  1. Upper Teesdale National
    Nature Reserve
  2. Utterslev Mose near Copenhagen
  3. Swaledale, Yorkshire
  4. Pen Llyn Peninsula, North Wales
  5. Ribbledale, Yorkshire
  6. Liverpool
 Clare Balding
  1. Produced by Benjamin Chesterton
  2. Produced by Nicola Humphries
  3. Produced by Benjamin Chesterton
  4. Produced by Benjamin Chesterton
  5. Produced by Benjamin Chesterton
  6. Produced by Benjamin Chesterton
  
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03-Mar-2006 to
07-Apr-2006 		 
  1. Avon Estuary Walk, Devon
  2. Cookham, Berkshire
  3. Hollingbourne, Kent
  4. Lowsonford, Warwickshire
  5. Wanborough, Swindon
  6. Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire
 Clare Balding
  1. Produced by Karen Gregor
  2. Produced by Nicola Humphries
  3. Produced by Karen Gregor
  4. Produced by Karen Gregor
  5. Produced by Karen Gregor
  6. Produced by Karen Gregor
  
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26-May-2006 to
23-Jun-2006 		Walks with a Purpose
  1. Iddesleigh, Devon
  2. Harbottle Crags in Northumberland
  3. Patterdale, Cumbria
  4. Lady Bower Reservoir, Sheffield
  5. Exmoor National Park, Devon
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
28:05, 26342, S
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15-Sep-2006 to
20-Oct-2006 		Family Walks
  1. Islay, Scotland
  2. Jura, Scotland
  3. Enid Blyton. The Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
  4. Tryfan, Snowdonia, Wales
  5. Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
  6. Hexworthy, Yelverton, Devon
 Clare Balding
  1. Produced by Lucy Lunt
  2. Produced by Lucy Lunt
  3. Produced by Nicola Humphries
  4. Produced by Karen Gregor
  5. Produced by Karen Gregor
  6. Produced by Karen Gregor
  
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02-Mar-2007 to
20-Apr-2007 		Iconic Walks
  1. The Ulster Way
  2. The West Highland Way
  3. Glyndwr’s Way
  4. Home: Kingsclere in Hampshire
  5. The Pennine Way
  6. no programme
  7. Offa’s Dyke National Trail
  8. The Cotswold Way
 Clare Balding
  1. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  2. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  3. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  4. Produced by Lucy Lunt
  5. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  6. --
  7. Produced by Sandra Sykes
  8. Produced by Bathan Bell
  
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20-Jul-2007 to
24-Aug-2007 		Walks in the Extremes of the UK
  1. Bryher, Isles of Scilly
  2. The Howgills in Cumbria
  3. Glen Afric
  4. Bosigran to Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall
  5. Ludham Bridge, Norfolk Broads
  6. Rackwick to the Old Man of Hoy, on
    the Isle of Hoy, in the Orkneys
 Clare Balding
Produced by Sandra Sykes 		 
27:56, 26199, S
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23-Nov-2007 to
21-Dec-2007 		Walking Together
  1. Glen Tilt, Scotland
  2. The Northumberland Coast
  3. GrannyTrek, Wraxhall, Somerset
  4. Pushchair Walk, Betws-y-Coed
    in North Wales
  5. Forfar ramblers, Edzell, Scotland
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
27:28, 25754, S
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28-Mar-2008 to
25-Apr-2008 		Walking through Time
  1. Ridgeway Track, Wiltshire-Oxfordshire
  2. Ley Lines, Black Mountains, Wales
  3. Severn Estuary, Welsh Coast
  4. Howarth, West Yorkshire
  5. Pilgrimage to the Pips,
    Herstmonceaux Castle, Sussex
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt
  1. Joined by Jim Lee, Corrie Corfield,
    Alice Arnold, Carolyn Brown,
    Charlotte Green,  Neil Sleet,
    Alan Smith, Zebeddee Soanes,
    Diana Speed, Annie Mckie,
    Peter Donaldson, Harriet Cass,
    David Miles, Brian Perkins,
    Susan Rae, Chris Aldridge, and
    Rory Morrison
 
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18-Jul-2008 to
15-Aug-2008 		Holiday Walking Routes
  1. Borrowdale in the Lake District
  2. Guernsey
  3. Alderney
  4. Mullaghmore Head, County Sligo, Ireland
  5. Leitrim Way, County Leitrim, Ireland
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
27:50, 26105, S
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03-Oct-2008 to
31-Oct-2008		 a series of 5 repeated episodes    
14-Nov-2008 to
19-Dec-2008 		 
  1. Mullion Cove, Cornwall
  2. School Walk, Market Weighton, Yorkshire
  3. Minack Theatre, Land's End, Cornwall
  4. Westonbirt Arboretum, Wiltshire
  5. Bennachie, Aberdeenshire
  6. sand dunes of Forvie, Aberdeenshire
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt 		 
27:51, 26115, S
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23-May-2009 to
27-Jun-2009 		Walks that are good for the mind,
body and soul
  1. Benjamin Britten Country, Aldeburgh
    to Snape Maltings, Suffolk
  2. Hulne Park, Alnwick, Northumberland
  3. Wiltshire with the modern-day Troubadours
  4. the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset
  5. Cromarty, Scotland
  6. Wester Ross, Scotland
 Clare Balding
produced by Nicola Humphries		  
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19-Sep-2009 to
 24-Oct-2009		 St Oswald's Way
  1. from Holy Island to St Cuthbert's Cave
  2. from Belford to Beadnell
  3. from Alnmouth to Warkworth
  4. from Warkworth to Rothbury
  5. from Rothbury to Simonside
  6. Great Wittington to Heavenfield
 Clare Balding
produced by Lucy Lunt		  
24:42, 23173, S
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06-Feb-2010 to
13-Mar-2010 		Walking with Groups
  1. Middleham, Wensleydate, Yorkshire
  2. Stroud, Gloucestershire
  3. Camaes Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
  4. the proposed Gustav Holst trail near
    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  5. Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury
  6. Peak District, Sheffield
 Clare Balding
  1. produced by Alasdair Cross
  2. produced by Lucy Lunt
  3. produced by Lucy Lunt
  4. produced by Lucy Lunt
  5. produced by Lucy Lunt
  6. produced by Lucy Lunt
  
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22-May-2010 to
26-Jun-2010		 South Downs Way
  1. Eastbourne
  2. Ditchling Beacon to Devil's Dyke
  3. Bramber to Washington
  4. Amberley to Bignor Hill at full moon
  5. South Harting
  6. East Meon to Winchester
 Clare Balding
produced by Maggie Ayre 		 
24:35, 23054, S
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18-Sep-2010 to
23-Oct-2010		  
  1. Hampstead Heath
  2. Brinkworth in Wiltshire
  3. Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
  4. Peak District
  5. the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh
  6. the Glasgow Necropolis
 Clare Balding
produced by Maggie Ayre 		 
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05-Feb-2011 to
12-Mar-2011 		City Skyline Walks
  1. National Trust Bath Skyline walk
  2. Belfast
  3. Lancaster
  4. Cardiff
  5. Manchester, Pennine Walk
  6. the Lickey Hills near Birmingham
 Stuart Maconie
  1. produced by Maggie Ayre
  2. produced by Maggie Ayre
  3. produced by Helen Chetwynd
  4. produced by Maggie Ayre
  5. produced by Maggie Ayre
  6. produced by Maggie Ayre
  
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21-May-2011 to
25-Jun-2011		 Walks with a Literary Theme
  1. Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
  2. the Black Hill near to Hereford
  3. Long Mynd, Shropshire
  4. Quantock Hills, Somerset
  5. Fowey, Cornwall
  6. Alderley Edge, Cheshire
 Clare Balding
  1. produced by Maggie Ayre
  2. produced by Maggie Ayre
  3. produced by Maggie Ayre
  4. produced by Helen Leonard
  5. produced by Helen Leonard
  6. ?
  
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17-Sep-2011 to
22-Oct-2011		 Walks Suggested by Listeners
  1. John Jones - Walking and Gigging
  2. The Roaches and Lud's Church
  3. The Dales Way
  4. Discovering Kent from Chilham to Wye
  5. the Lincolnshire Wolds
  6. Devon - Hope Cove to Salcombe
 Presenter: Clare Balding
Producer: Helen Chetwynd		  
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09-Feb-2012 to
15-Mar-2012		 Inspirational Walks
  1. Kent - Octavia Hill Centenary Trail
  2. Northern Ireland - The Wee Binnians
  3. Storytelling in Cornwall
  4. Kinder Scout
  5. Brecon Beacons - Art in the Park
  6. Sir Andrew Motion
 Clare Balding
produced by Helen Chetwynd 		 
  1. 24:34, 22986, S
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  5. 24:06, 22557, S
  6. 24:33, 22972, S
24-May-2012 to
28-Jun-2012		 Walking with Dogs
  1. Flamborough Head to Bridlington
  2. Dartmoor
  3. Alnmouth, Northumberland
  4. Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
  5. Pen Farthing on Dartmoor
  6. Whitley Bay with Barry Stone
 Clare Balding
Produced by Karen Gregor 		 
  1. 24:31, 22948, S
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  3. 24:32, 22963, S
  4. 24:35, 23014, S
  5. 24:20, 22781, S
  6. 24:24, 22840, S
20-Sep-2012 to
25-Oct-2012		 Walking with Dogs
  1. Richmond Park, London, with
    Artist Nicola Hicks
  2. Taxidermists in Boston Spa,
    West Yorkshire
  3. Dublin Bay with Eanna Ni Lamhna
  4. Samuel West at Rainham Marshes in Essex
  5. Simon Evans of the Wye and Usk Foundation
  6. Steve Backshall
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Dichmont,
Karen Gregor
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07-Feb-2013 Walking for self improvement
  1. The Walking Book Group
  2. Walking for Spiritual Renewal
  3. Walking with friends
  4. Toyah Willcox
  5. David Sedaris
  6. Michael Weltike - Barefoot Walker
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor
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23-May-2013 to
27-Jun-2013
 In Search of
  1. Chilterns American Women's
    Club hiking group
  2. In Search of Love
  3. George Monbiot in search of the wild
  4. In Search of the Old Ways
  5. West Highland Way from Balmaha
  6. Tara Bariana recalls his long
    walk home to India
Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Toby
Field, Karen Gregor
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19-Sep-2013 to

 Listeners' Walks
  1. The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon
  2. Werca's Folk, Warkworth in Northumberland
  3. Durham with Maggie and Keith Bell
  4. Newbiggin on Lune to Kirkby Stephen
  5. The Same Walk 365 Times
  6. John McCarthy walks with volunteer rangers
    on the South Downs
Clare Balding, #4 Dougie Vipond,
#5 Toyah Willcox, #6 John McCarthy
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor		 24:49, 23222, S
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13-Feb-2014 to

 Ramblings Revisited
  1. Tom Isaacs, Chorley Wood
  2. Rachael Kiddey, Avon Estuary
  3. Hopetoun with the Monday Walkers
  4. Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury
  5. Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight
  6. Over the Hill walkers, Windsor Great Park
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor		 24:27, 22891, S
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22-May-2014 to
26-Jun-2014
 27 Waterways
  1. Thundersley, Essex
  2. Hay-on-Wye
  3. The Doward
  4. Fingle Bridge to Castle Drogo
  5. Arundel, West Sussex
  6. The Diamond Ramblers, Otterton
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor 		podcasts
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18-Sep-2014 to
 The Dales Way
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor		 podcasts
24:20, 22845, S
23:55, 22448, S
23:57, 22480, S
24:09, 22664, S
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19-Feb-2015 to
26-Mar-2015
 Bonding Walks
  1. Stiperstones, Shropshire
  2. Philip Marsden, Truro, Cornwall
  3. Cardiac Walkers
  4. Hertfordshire - Bell-Ringers
  5. Nordic Walking in Bramcote Park, Nottingham
  6. Derbyshire - Family Walk
 Clare Balding
Produced by Lucy Lunt, Karen Gregor		 podcasts
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