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Ramblings

First broadcast from 19980419 to 20100318.

Clare Balding visits the extremities of the United Kingdom, from the Scilly Isles to the Orkneys, and walks with people for whom these places are just 'home'.

174 episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Description
207C	01	Bryher In The Isles Of Scilly	20070720		Clare arrives by helicopter and then motor launch to the most westerly of the Isles of Scilly for a gentle stroll around its perimeter. The resident artist and his wife, Richard and Caroline Pearce, tell of shipwrecks in days gone by and of the joys, frustrations and quirks of island life today when debris washed up is still seen as treasure.
09	02			20081226	Clare Balding walks the Northumbrian coast with walking magazine editor Jonathan Manning. Clare Balding walks the Northumbrian coast with Jonathan Manning. As editor of a walking magazine, Jonathan is evangelical about encouraging people to experience our countryside on foot. He takes Clare on what he considers the perfect walk. Clare Balding walks Northumbria's coast with Jonathan Manning. As editor of a walking magazine, Jonathan is evangelical about encouraging people to see our countryside on foot.
09	03			20090102	Clare Balding walks in the West Country with Beryl Griffiths, founder of Granny Treks. Clare Balding walks in the West Country with Beryl Griffiths, founder of Granny Treks. Beryl has raised huge sums for her local children's hospice through sponsored walks. She takes Clare on the route that is has become the annual Granny Trek around Charlton Farm in Wraxall, Somerset.
11	01		20081114		In the first of a new series, and to mark Armistice Day last Saturday, Clare Balding meets Geoffrey Wellum, who flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain. Now 86, he takes Clare to some of the areas near his home in Mullion, Cornwall, where he was able to find the isolation and solitude he needed after returning from war.
11	02		20081121		2/6: Clare Balding joins the annual Market Weighton School walk in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a 14-mile walk around the area that offers a chance for staff and pupils to bond.
11	03	Cornish Coast	20081128		Clare Balding walks along the Cornish coast in the company of novelist Patrick Gale. Clare Balding walks along the Cornish coast in the company of novelist Patrick Gale, who explains how the area has been the inspiration and setting for many of his books and why walking forms a vital part of his creative process.
11	04	Gloucestershire	20081205		Clare Balding joins the Bristol Walk and Talk group on a 7-mile hike in Gloucestershire. Clare Balding joins the Bristol Walk and Talk group on a seven-mile hike from the village of Sherston to Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire.
11	05	Mither Tap	20081212		Clare Balding climbs Mither Tap, part of Bennachie, a range of hills east of Aberdeen. She is joined by a group of anthropologists from Aberdeen University, who tell her about the people who have lived and worked on the hill over the centuries.
11	06 LAST	Forvie Dunes	20081219		Clare Balding walks along the River Ythan in Aberdeenshire to the Forvie dunes in the company of local naturalists.
12	01		20090523	20090528	Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, body and soul. Clare joins The Times' music critic Richard Morrison, who shares with her the inspirational landscape of Benjamin Britten's Suffolk - journeying from the rich sounds of the ocean crashing on the shingle beach at Aldeburgh to the watery reed beds of Snape Maltings, the site of the annual Aldeburgh Festival. Britten would often walk this land, consuming the sights and sounds and composing great works that were later notated at his piano back at The Red House, the Aldeburgh home that he shared with partner and collaborator Peter Pears. It was at this house that, as a student, Richard first met Britten, shortly before his death in 1976. Travelling along the historic Sailor's Path, infused with the sounds of Britten's Peter Grimes, Richard recalls this first meeting and discusses the relationship between music, mind and the landscape. Clare Balding joins The Times' music critic Richard Morrison in Suffolk.
12	02		20090530	20090604	Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, body and soul. Clare joins blind walker Rob Davies at Hulne Park - part of the Duke of Northumberland's estate - where he shares his love of birdsong. Rob regularly joins Alnwick Health Walks in Northumberland and delights fellow walkers by sharing his extensive knowledge of birdsong, something he developed through an online group called 'blind-birders'. Clare joins blind walker Rob Davies at Hulne Park, on the Duke of Northumberland's estate.
12	03		20090606	20090611	Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, body and soul. Clare walks in Wiltshire with the 'modern-day Troubadours' who have been singing for their supper as they tramp the length and breadth of Britain. After studying The Canterbury Tales from his university desk, Will decided he needed to experience the route on foot, a journey that has now expanded to walking across Britain with school friends Ed and Ginger. It is a full time expedition, in which they travel on foot and live outside, getting them right to the soul of the land. They hope the folk music of yesteryear they play will ancient rekindle memories and knowledge. Clare Balding walks in Wiltshire with 'modern-day Troubadours'.
12	04		20090613	20090618	Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, body and soul. Clare meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, as they embark on the training route that got Garth back on his feet as he recovered from ME. Garth had been a keen long distance walker since the late 1960s, trekking across the Isle of Wight east to west in a day. In the early 1990s, however, he suffered a series of traumas and was diagnosed with the energy-depleting condition ME, leaving him unable to even sweep the leaves up in his garden. Walking played a huge role in his recovery. His son Craig, who is a postman, would finish work at lunchtime and walk Garth down to Poole harbour, a little bit further each day to try and build up his confidence. Garth would look across at the Purbeck Hills and think that he would never feel them under his feet again, but with a little help he did. He now regularly walks what he calls his 'training circuit', even conquering the 210 hillside steps of Jacob's Ladder to enjoy the stunning views across Dorset's Jurassic coast. Clare joins father, son and friends as they all complete the seven-mile circuit. Clare Balding meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.
12	05		20090620	20090625	Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, body and soul. Clare walks in Cromarty, a name that conjures the dulcet tones of the Shipping Forecast and prompts images of storm-battered ships wrestling with the sea on a cold, dark night. Perched at the top of the Black Isle, a peninsular stretching north from Inverness, Cromarty is a small, picturesque town of tiny streets and Georgian cottages, with a harbour flanked by the Sutors: two hills that are believed to be the slumbering forms of two giant shoe makers who protected Cromarty from ancient invaders. In their heyday, at night, oil platforms would light up the shoreline. Clare walks with Douglas Willis, a retired geography teacher and author who brings to life the spirit of Cromarty's most famous son, Hugh Miller - stone mason, chronicler of life on the Black Isle, church reformer and pioneering, self-taught geologist. Born in 1802 and standing at over 6ft tall with a shock of red hair, his fossil collection of over 6,000 specimens became the founding core of what is today's Scottish national collection in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. Clare Balding walks on the Scottish peninsular of Cromarty with author Douglas Willis.
12	06 LAST		20090627	20090702	Clare joins polar explorers Caroline Hamilton and Zoe Hudson to walk in Scotland's picturesque Wester Ross. Caroline is a record breaking polar explorer who led the first all-female teams to have trekked to the North and South Pole. Clare walks with Caroline and Zoe in what they both describe as the landscape of their heart, the remote outpost of Lower Diabaig. Isolated and wild, with sweeping expanses of sky, it is a landscape of extremes - with soaring mountains and deep sea lochs, it is a place of space that begs to be explored. Look north and you can almost taste the cold air of the North Pole, a place that Caroline still longs for. Walking from the tiny harbour dotted with white cottages, and through the rocky headland towards views of the Isle of Skye, Caroline and Zoe share their memories of polar adventures at minus 50 degrees celsius, self-sufficient living and wearing hats that look like mountains.
13	01		20090919	20090924	Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. The first section of the route takes Clare from Holy Island to St Cuthbert's Cave. She is joined by local clergyman Michael Mountney, the creator of the route, who conceived the idea as a millenium project for his parish. They are joined by long-distance walking expert Jenny Walters, who offers Clare advice on how to keep her feet in shape for the miles ahead and the kit she needs to keep on track. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, alog the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. Clare walks the first section of the route, from Holy Island to St Cuthbert's Cave.
13	02		20090926	20091001	Clare walks the second section of the route, from Belford to Beadnell, via Bamburgh Castle Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. The second section of the route takes Clare from Belford to Beadnell in the company of Iain Robson and Tom Cadwallender, who guide Clare through the highlights of this stretch of the route. Iain and Tom both help to maintain the area for the Northumberland National Park, and the two long-distance paths on their patch help to ensure that a steady stream of enthusiastic walkers visit the county. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, alog the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people.
13	03		20091003	20091008	Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. Clare walks the third stretch of the route, from Alnmouth to Warkworth, in the company of local artisit Sue Fenlon and photographer Barbara Aitchison. They explain why they find this part of the Northumberland coast so inspiring. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, alog the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. Clare walks the third stretch of the route, from Alnmouth to Warkworth. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people.
13	04		20091010	20091015	Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. On the fourth leg of the route, Jon Monks explains to Clare why he believes St Oswald's Way is the thinking man's walking route. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. Clare continues her journey in the company of a group of local walkers, led by Jon Monks.
13	05		20091017	20091022	Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. Former hill shepherd Russell Tait, Northumberland's answer to George Clooney, is Clare's guide as she walk's the fifth leg of the route from Rothbury to Simonside. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. Clare Balding walks the fifth leg of St Oswald's Way, from Rothbury to Simonside.
13	06 LAST		20091024	20091029	Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. Clare walks the final part of the route in the company of the men who were responsible for designing and looking after the path, Gary Cambell and Martin Paminter. They explain how the route was launched three years ago and their plans for its future. Clare is also, once again, joined by walking expert Jenny Walters, who wants to discover if the advice she gave Clare 90 miles ago has helped her remain fit and healthy throughout her journey. St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. Clare Balding walks the final stage of St Oswald's Way.
14	01		20100206		Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking. For 25 years a group of Yorkshire friends have been meeting every few months for a hike through the countryside of northern England. Clare joins them on their silver jubilee walk. The group first met as anxious parents watching their sons play rugby at Bradford Grammar School; when their sons left home they decided to keep in touch by organising regular rambles. Since then the walkers have helped each other through all that life can throw at you, using the healing powers of friendship, stunning landscapes and a good walk. Clare meets up with the group as it tackles one of its favourite routes across the horse racing gallops of Middleham in Wensleydale. Clare Balding discovers the joys of group walking. First stop, Wensleydale.
14	01			20100211	Clare Balding discovers the joys of group walking. First stop, Wensleydale.
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14	02		20100213	20100218	Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking. Clare walks with artists Richard and Tom Keating, and Kel Portman. They all lead guided walks in the area, encouraging their companions to enjoy the landscape by drawing and painting what they see as they go. The artists use their knowledge of the area and of creating art to assist the other walkers in the work, suggest different techniques or views and to generally encourage and support. Clare Balding walks Laurie Lee's Slad Valley with a group of artists inspired by the area.
14	03		20100220	20100225	Clare Balding joins members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor Club for a coastal walk on Anglesey. Many of the members joined the group because they wanted to meet like-minded people in a relaxed and positive environment. Pete Burling hopes the group is an antidote to the gay clubbing scene and finds that it offers a non-threatening and supportive atmosphere to those taking the first steps in coming out. Keen birdwatcher Jane Prosser helps Clare look for some of the rare chough that can be found around the cliffs of Anglesey. Identifiable as a member of the crow family with its black plumage, it has a startling red bill and legs, making it look more exotic than the usual gulls that you expect on a coastal walk. Jane grew up near here and says that her father was a botanist and was for ever dragging her through hedges, and it seems to have rubbed off on her. Clare Balding walks on Anglesey with members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor Club.
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14	04		20100227		Clare Balding walks the first section of the proposed Gustav Holst trail near Cheltenham.
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14	04			20100304	class="blq-clearfix"> Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking. Clare joins the volunteers from the Holst Birthplace Museum who take her from Cranham through the Cotswolds, a landscape that inspired Holst to compose some of his best known and loved pieces. Clare Balding walks the first section of the proposed Gustav Holst trail near Cheltenham.
14	05		20100306	20100311	Clare Balding meets members of the Shropshire Bereavement Walking Group for a therapeutic ramble. Clare Balding meets members of the Shropshire Bereavement Walking Group. class="blq-clearfix">
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198B	01		19980419		Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel as he sets off for a walk in the countryside. 1: Dr Alex Boyce on the Heart of England Way feels that knowing the local landscape helps her understand her patients.
198B	02		19980426		Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel as he sets off for a walk in the countryside. 2: Geologist Dr Joe Cartwright of Imperial College, London, sets off along the cliffs of Lulworth Cove in Dorset to discover why the area has been such an inspiration for so many artistic endeavours.
198B	03		19980503		Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 3: Military historian Julian Humphreys explains the long-term effect of war on the landscape as he starts his walk at the Stiper Stones in Shropshire.
198B	04		19980510		Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel as he sets off for a walk in the countryside. 4: Naturalist Margaret Grindle sets off along the shifting sands of Spurn Point at the top of the Humber Estuary, a refuelling stop for thousands of migrating birds.
198B	05		19980517		Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel as he sets off for a walk in the countryside. 5: Riding master Christopher Barker reveals the secrets and surprises of woodland ramblings, from Helmsley to Rivaulx.
198B	06		19980524		In this final programme of the series, Jeremy Jessel walks Oxfordshire's Windrush Valley from Burford to Minster Lovell with landscape historian Tom Hassal.
198D	01		19981129		Four more walks in the countryside. 1: Jeremy Jessel joins walking guide Louise Thomas in Snowdonia, where their attempts to escape to the peace of the mountains are thwarted by policemen and schoolchildren.
198D	02		19981206		Jeremy Jessel walks from Steventon to Micheldever, Hampshire, in the company of forestry expert Professor Julian Evans and asks how the woodlands have changed since Jane Austen trod this favourite route.
198D	03		19981213		To improve his map-reading skills, Jeremy Jessel is joined by cartographer Sarah Hague in the Peak District.
198D	04		19981220		The effect of the Industrial Revolution on the landscape is revealed as Jeremy Jessel joins retired electrical engineer Peter Giles on a walk from Bradford on Avon.
199C	01		19990822		In the first of a six-part series, Jeremy Jessel strides over Ilkley Moor in the company of novelist Charlotte Cory
199C	02		19990829		In the second of six programmes, Jeremy Jessel walks from Snape to Orford with geographer Andrew Bennett, who talks about the impact of the Suffolk landscape on the music of Benjamin Britten
199C	03		19990905		In the third of six programmes, Jeremy Jessel joins geologist Hazel Pritchard to walk across Unst - the most northerly island of Shetland.
199C	04		19990912		Naturalist Joan Daniels explains the importance of bringing mosses back to life, and the beauty of bogs, to Jeremy Jessel in Shropshire.
199C	05		19990919		The landscape is the richest historical record we have. Jeremy Jessel is given a lesson on how to read it as he joins landscape archaeologist Mick Aston in north Somerset.
199C	06		19990926		Dick Ballharry has been responsible for the conservation of vast areas of Scotland's natural heritage. He explains his vision for the future of the countryside to Jeremy Jessel as they walk through the Muir of Dinnet Nature Reserve.
201A	01	Putney To Wimbledon	20010330		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns. From her own front door in Putney, London, Clare sets out to experience the wonders of Wimbledon Common in the company of Roger Tagholm and Mounted Ranger Bill Rowland.
201A	02	Cole Valley, Birmingham	20010406		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. She walks in south Birmingham, along a river valley which inspired Tolkien and which is a breeding ground for bats and birds. Her guide is Peter Bennett.
201D	01		20011026		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives. In this first programme, she heads for Wasedale in Cumbria.
201D	02	St Cuthbert's Way	20011102		She takes a small section of this walk with Ron Shaw.
201D	03		20011109		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives.
201D	04		20011116		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives. She walks part of the Macmillan Way, from Bruton to Castle Cary in Somerset.
201D	05	On The Lips Of Living Men	20011123		Clare Balding takes walks across the country. `On the Lips of Living Men'. Elizabeth Hutchings' favourite walk is the Tennyson Trail on the Isle of Wight.
201D	06		20011130		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives.
202B	01		20020405		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land. This programme visits the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Antrim, an extraordinary geological wonder.
202B	02		20020412		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land. This programme visits Clydesdale, a beautiful part of southern Scotland largely unknown to tourists.
202B	03		20020419		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land. Today's programme visits the Irwell valley, only a few miles from Manchester.
203A	01		20030207		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives. This edition finds her in with a group of Canadians in Cornwall.
203A	02		20030214		Clare Balding joins Parkinson's Disease sufferer Tom Isaacs between Barmouth and Aberdovey, as he nears the end of his 4,500-mile walk around Britain's coastline.
203A	03	Walking For Inspiration	20030221		Clare joins Yorkshire writer Glynn Hughes on a walk through Calderdale.
203A	04	Walking For Health	20030228		Clare strides out with Veronica Reynolds, who runs a Walking for Health group.
203A	05	Walking For Spiritual Renewal	20030307		Clare is in North Devon with Satish Kumar, who recalls his 8000-mile walk from India to America in the 60s to protest about nuclear arms.
203A	06		20030314		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land.
203D	01	Kirkcudbright	20031003		Clare Balding presents the series exploring people's childhood walks. Jack Fortune and Lindsay Cannon relive their very different experiences of climbing Bengairn.
203D	02	Kilburn To Hawnby	20031010		Jim Wight and Rosie Page do a walk much loved by their father, who wrote the James Herriot vet stories. For a factsheet visit the Radio 4 website or call the helpline on 08700 100 400 [national rates]
203D	03	The Lickey Hills, Worcestershire	20031017		3/6. The Lickey Hills, Worcestershire. A short journey west of Birmingham lies an area that has been a favourite walking spot for locals since the early 1900s. / A short journey west of Birmingham lies an area that has been a favourite walking spot for locals since the early 1900s.
203D	04	Chiltern Hills	20031024		For sisters Angela Kay and Brenda Forty, the area around Chesham, Bucks, where they were brought up and still live -is full of paths that conjure up memories of childhood walks. They explore some of them with Clare Balding
203D	05	Langdale	20031031		Clare Balding presents the series exploring people's childhood walks. Miss Gornall, an inspiring English teacher at Nottingham Girl's High School, took groups of pupils to the Lake District each year to study poetry. Four members of the group who went with her in 1967 meet up again for the first time in thirty five years to take Clare Balding along a route that changed their lives.
203D	06 LAST	Greenock	20031107		A stroll in the hills above Greenock, west of Glasgow, with poet Thomas A Clark, author of ""In Praise of Walking"".
204A	01	The Tarka Trail	20040220		Clare Balding presents the series exploring people's childhood walks. In the first episode she walks the Tarka Trail in Barnstaple, where walking, poetry and music are an ideal combination.
204A	02		20040227		Cameron Murray and his daughter Polly have walked the Deuchary Hill in Perthshire for decades. Its "man-high bracken" and nests of adders are the stuff of Polly's childhood, and, as she tells Richard Uridge, inspired later adventures on Everest.
204A	03	St David's	20040305		Richard Uridge joins illustrator Jackie Morris for her daily inspirational walk around St David's in Pembrokeshire.
204A	04	Bradford	20040312		Musician Aki Nawaz takes a stroll through his home town of Bradford through to the rural retreat of Shipley Glen.
204A	05	Peddars Way	20040319		Artist Liz MacGowan and story-teller Hugh Lupton take Richard Uridge on a wet and windy walk along the Peddars Way in Norfolk.
204A	06 LAST	Fife	20040326		Playwrights David Greig and Alan Wilkins lead Clare Balding up the steep slopes of East Lomond in Fife.
204B	01	Charity Challenge Haytor, Dartmoor	20040514		The contrast between the Tors of Dartmoor and the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro couldn't be starker. Clare Balding discovers this when she joins a group of walkers who completed the challenge to climb Africa's highest mountain last year.
204B	02	Friends And Family - The Lizard, Cornwall	20040521		Over 30 years ago four men set out on the Cleveland Way in jeans, oilskins and industrial boots. Since then the three survivors have been joined by their families and other friends to walk most of the long distance paths of the British Isles. Clare joins them on part of the South-West Coastal Path to hear about that first walk and other adventures.
204B	03	Scout Hike - Hambledon, Hampshire	20040528		The largest group so far encountered by Clare in this series are 30 scouts and their leaders. The pack from the First Park Gate Cubs and the newly-formed Sea Scouts walk through Hambledon, the home of English Cricket, on a walk to test their land skills.
205A	01	Sheffield	20050225		Clare Balding explores the reasons why people walk. She joins a group of refugees and asylum seekers in Sheffield as they improve their English and discover more about their new home.
205A	02	Warwickshire	20050304		Children's author Meg Harper finds that walking offers peace and space for prayer and contemplation.
205A	03	Shropshire	20050311		Clare joins a group who have discovered that walking can benefit those with mental illnesses.
205A	04	Suffolk	20050318		Sports journalist Simon Barnes explains to Clare Balding why walking allows him to indulge in his lifelong love of birds, while walking along the Suffolk coast from Walberswick to Dunwich. But can Simon turn someone who has difficulty distinguishing a Peregrine Falcon from a duck, into a birdwatcher?
205A	05 LAST	Derbyshire	20050401		Travel writer David Else takes Clare to the Peak District.
205B	01	Suffolk	20050520		Clare Balding takes a walk in the company of writer and environmentalist Roger Deakin. On his home patch near Diss, they encounter the legend of St Edmund along an ancient droving road, rich in the season's flora and fauna.
205B	02	North Lincolnshire	20050527		Clare Balding strides out along the North Lincolnshire coast in the company of Sir Tim Rice and two friends, as they approach the end of an impressive odyssey. For nearly ten years, they've been walking the routes that link England's cardinal points, north, south, east and west. Clare finds out what it means to them to achieve this long standing personal goal.
205B	03	Tackley, Oxfordshire	20050603		Clare Balding visits a small hamlet to accompany writer and poet Kim Taplin on the walk she has enjoyed in all weathers every day for the past 40 years.
205B	04	Lepton, West Yorkshire	20050610		Clare Balding takes a walk with local historian George Redmonds, discovering the intriguing meanings and stories behind the names of places and people.
205B	05		20050617		5/6. Llanberis The classically trained Chinese artist and Director of the Black Environment Network, Judy Ling Wong takes Clare Balding for a tour in Snowdonia.
205B	06 LAST	Cranbourne Chase, Dorset	20050624		Clare Balding joins writer and poet James Crowden for a walk on the chalk downs and cheese-making lowlands of Thomas Hardy country.
206C	01		20060915		1/6. Clare Balding visits Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland, famous for spectacular scenery, walks and distilleries. Clare is joined by a group of locals born and bred in the area.
206C	02		20060922		Clare Balding travels to Jura in the Western Isles to walk with Donald Euan Durrock and his teenage children. They start on the coast at Inver.
206C	03		20060929		Clare Balding discovers the stories of Enid Blyton through the landscape of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. For more than 20 years, the beauty spot was the Blyton family's holiday destination.
206C	04		20061006		4/6. Clare Balding and guests attempt to scale Tryfan, one of Snowdonia's more challenging mountains, and known as a training ground for Everest hopefuls.
206C	05		20061013		Clare Balding explores the nature of village life with Caroline Friend and Dale Morris. They walk around the outskirts of the Oxfordshire village of Stonesfield.
206C	06 LAST		20061020		Arctic explorer Pen Hadow takes Clare Balding on one of his favourite Dartmoor walks which serves as a training ground for his polar adventures. His wife Mary and daughter Freya (on horseback) accompany them.
207A	01	The Ulster Way	20070302		For this series Clare Balding celebrates 100 editions of Ramblings with a series of iconic walks. Clare takes the coastal pathway from the Giants Causeway to White Park Bay, perhaps the most dramatic section of the 560-mile Ulster Way in N Ireland. Against the spectacular scenery, there is a plethora of myth and history including sunken Armada ships, fairy tale castles, and reputedly the world's tiniest church.
207A	02	The West Highland Way	20070309		Clare sets out from the Bridge of Orchy on the West Highland Way with well-known folk singer Jimmie MacGregor. The route passes through stunning scenery, rich in history and wildlife.
207A	03	Glyndwr's Way	20070316		The newest of the Welsh national trails is named after 15th-century nationalist hero Owain Glyndwr. Clare covers the spectacular middle section between Dylife and Glaslyn.
207A	04		20070323		She takes her favourite walk near her family home in Hampshire. She reminisces about walks past and the people she has met along the way.
207A	05	The Pennine Way	20070330		Clare is in the dramatic landscape of Upper Teesdale to walk the section of the Pennine Way between two spectacular waterfalls, Cauldron Snout and High Force. The dark cliffs of the Great Whin Sill border onto heather moorland, wide open pastures and river meadows rich in arctic alpine flora, with clusters of rare juniper trees scattered amongst the whitewashed cottages and farms.
207A	06	Offa's Dyke	20070413		Clare walks the section of Offa's Dyke from the Severn Estuary to Brockweir, taking in Chepstow, Devil's Pulpit and Tintern Abbey.
207A	07 LAST		20070420		She walks a section of the Cotswold Way, starting at Coaley Peak, meandering through the hilly woodlands and finishing in the village of Dursley with a pint of local beer in one of Gloucestershire's oldest pubs.
207C	02		20070727		Clare Balding is accompanied by Alison O'Neill for a walk in the Howgills in Cumbria, a range of 40 peaks situated between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales.
207C	03		20070803		Clare Balding visits one of the last remaining strongholds of the Caledonian Forest in the majestic Glen Affric. She is guided by Sandra Reid of the Forestry Commission and by Alan Watson Featherstone, the founder of Trees for Life, an organisation which has seen the planting or natural regeneration of over a million native trees in the last decade.
207C	04		20070810		Clare Balding experiences the wildness of Cornwall on the South West Coast Path between Bosigran and Gurnard's Head. She is accompanied by naturalist David Chapman and his wife Sarah, who can trace her family back to the early 17th century, all from this region.
207C	05		20070817		Clare Balding explores an area of the Norfolk Broads, walking along the river Ant. Her companion is locally born naturalist Simon Partridge
207C	06 LAST		20070824		Clare Balding visits the Orkneys and walks the spectacular coast path from Rackwick to the Old Man of Hoy. Born and bred on the islands, writer Morag MacInnes shares her knowledge and love of the area as does David Lea, formerly of the RSPB.
207D	01		20071123		1/5. Clare Balding and Ramblers Association President Chris Smith take theatre director Nancy Meckler for a walk in the beautiful Glen Tilt in Perthshire.
207D	02		20071130		Clare Balding walks the Northumbrian coast with Jonathan Manning. As editor of a walking magazine, Jonathan is evangelical about encouraging people to experience our countryside on foot. He takes Clare on what he considers the perfect walk.
207D	03		20071207		3/5. Clare Balding walks in the West Country with Beryl Griffiths, founder of Granny Treks. Beryl has raised huge sums for her local children's hospice through sponsored walks. She takes Clare on the route that is has become the annual Granny Trek around Charlton Farm in Wraxall, Somerset.
207D	04		20071214		Clare Balding walks around Betws-y-Coed in North Wales with parents, toddlers and pushchairs. Hilary Bradman and her nine-year-old son Joshua have tested walks in the area to ensure that even when encumbered by babies and pushchairs there are still plenty of routes that will guarantee an enjoyable family hike and great views.
207D	05		20071221		Clare Balding visits eastern Scotland to join the Forfar Ramblers on their weekly walk. Led by Evelyn Taylor, this walking club has developed into a social and supportive group that embraces retirement and the freedom it brings.
207D	06		20071228		Clare Balding celebrates 100 editions of Ramblings with a series of iconic walks. She takes her favourite walk near her family home in Hampshire, reminiscing about previous walks and the people she has met along the way.
208A	01	Walking Through Time	20080328		Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 1/5. She walks the Ridgeway in the company of comedian and activist Mark Thomas. A stone circle enthusiast, Mark explains why walking has become so important to him and how he plans the venues for many of his gigs around the ancient sites he wants to visit.
208A	02		20080404		Walking through Time Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 2/5. She joins a group of ley hunters at Llanthony Priory near Abergavenny. Lawrence Main and writer Phil Rickman explain the work of Alfred Watkins, author of The Old Straight Track, as they take a group of enthusiasts on one of the ancient spirit paths that criss-cross Britain.
208A	03		20080411		Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 3/5. She walks along a beautiful stretch of coastline near Cardiff, the site of the proposed Severn Barrage. Scientist Annabel Cartwright and her geologist husband Joe explain what the area will lose and gain from the proposed structure.
208A	04		20080418		Walking through Time Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 4/5. She strides out onto the moors behind Haworth in the footsteps of the Brontes with Ann Dinsdale and Judith Bland. They intend to walk to Top Withins, thought to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights, but they wander a little off course and in doing so forge a much stronger connection to the famous sisters.
208A	05		20080425		Walking through Time Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 5/5. Clare goes on a Pilgrimage to the Pips as she visits Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex. The castle was home to the Greenwich Time signal for over fifty years and Clare discovers the reason as she walks in the company of the Radio 4 continuity team, including Charlotte Green, Brian Perkins and Peter Donaldson. They are using this walk to raise money for a charity close to their hearts.
208C	01		20080718		Clare Balding explores holiday walking routes. 1/5. She visits Borrowdale in the Lake District to discover what it takes to walk over long distances. She meets walking coach Heather Waring, who helps people prepare for tackling sponsored charity walks all over the world. She discusses the importance of preparation, good socks and a cheerful disposition. They are joined by her group the East-End girls, who have walked many miles and raised thousands of pounds for charity.
208C	02		20080725		Clare Balding explores holiday walking routes. 2/6. She visits Guernsey to preview the island's walking festival. In the company of Frances Le Tissier, whose family have lived on the island for generations, and local walking guide Elizabeth Gardener Wheeler, she discovers the island's hidden pathways. The history of the island and its folklore is revealed as they set off inland to explore the miles of green footpaths that dissect the landscape.
208C	03		20080801		Clare Balding explores holiday walking routes. 3/5. Clare walks the rugged landscape of Alderney with the island's harbour master. With a population of only 2,500, there is plenty of space on the most northerly of the Channel Islands to get away from it all, as Clare discovers when she joins a group of local walkers.
208C	04		20080808		She goes to a remote but idyllic part of Ireland to walk round Mullaghmore Head. In the company of two local fishermen, she discovers why this beautiful part of the country is an ideal area for holiday walking.
208C	05 LAST		20080815		Walking from St Hugh's to St Bridget's wells on the shores of Lough Allen in the Republic of Ireland, Clare is joined by a group of local women who have fallen in love with the area. Aedin McCloughlin, the originator of the walk, hopes that the healing properties of these sacred places might give some relief to Clare's bad back.
	04		20040611		Clare Balding joins the Wanstead Walkers for a ramble through an ancient forest, a hidden treasure of East London.
	05 LAST	On The Shores Of Loch Katrine	20040618		Clare Balding joins a group of Asian women from Glasgow as head out into the Scottish countryside.
	06 LAST	Series 14	20100313		Clare heads for the Peak District to join the Sheffield Dog Walking Group. When dog owners Chris Bird and Victoria Cooper discovered that their four-footed friends were not always warmly received by all ramblers clubs they decided to set up their own, where all well-mannered dogs and their owners would be welcome. They enjoy exploring further afield than just the local parks and they discuss with Clare the joys and drawbacks of dogs in the countryside. The Sheffield Dog Walking Group gather to join Clare Balding for a walk in the Peaks.
	06 LAST	Series 14	20100318		The Sheffield Dog Walking Group gather to join Clare Balding for a walk in the Peaks.
			19990103		Weatherman David Braine discusses the pleasures and perils of coastal walks in Cornwall with Jeremy Jessel.
		Eden Valley	19990110		The peace and beauty of the Eden Valley is explored as Jeremy Jessel joins photographer Val Corbett on one of her favourite routes.
		Holyrood Park, Edinburgh	20010420		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. Roger Smith, a local writer, takes Clare on a walk through Holyrood Park, which is set in the centre of Edinburgh and dominated by an extinct volcano. They climb to the top of Arthur's Seat and walk around the lochs of Dunsapie and Duddingston.
		Shrewsbury River Walk, Shrewsbury	20010427		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. She takes the footpath along the course of the Severn at Shrewsbury, in the company of Pam Powis, who remembers when there was a cattle market in the centre and when the toll bridge was ruled by Gestapo Gertie.
		Rugby	20010504		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. She explores Rugby's town centre and green spaces with Margaret Healey, whose father ran the barber's shop - the centre of town gossip.
		Liverpool	20010511		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. She joins a group of local writers and artists who explore Liverpool on foot in pursuit of inspiration, taking in the architecture, history and green spaces of the city.
		Listener's Walk	20010518		Clare Balding discovers the countryside within our towns and cities. She joins Kate Reed and Johnny May on the Meanwood Valley trail, just a few miles from Leeds city centre, where they roam amongst trees and listen to birds singing and bees buzzing.
			20020503		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks. Cannock Chase in Staffordshire is an area of outstanding natural beauty, but unusually it is also accessible for the disabled.
		The Pilgrim	20020510		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in Britain. Featuring a walk in Bedfordshire believed to mirror Christian's journey in John Bunyan's `The Pilgrim's Progress'.
			20020517		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land. Accompanied by Geoffrey Mead, she takes a walk along the South Downs near Brighton.
		Holiday Hikes	20021004		Clare Balding on holiday destinations for walkers. `Holiday Hikes'. Andrew Syvret, a marine biologist, takes Clare walking on the exposed seabed around Jersey at low tide.
		Dorset Coast	20030509		Clare Balding walks the Dorset coast with Rodney Legg, who spent years fighting for public access to the stunningly scenic Lulworth Ranges.
		Erewash Valley, Derbyshire	20030516		Clare Balding discovers the inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover on a revealing walk through post-industrial Derbyshire.
		Cheshire	20030523	20030613	Tegg's Nose country park is patrolled by ranger Ian Coppack, he shares its beauty and history with Clare Balding
		Waymerks	20030530		Richard Uridge meets the artists behind a unique project linking walking and art through the Scottish Borders.
		Suffolk Ghosts	20030606		From giant black dogs to drowned churches, the folklore of Suffolk is entwined with the countryside. Richard Uridge walks its spooky paths and bridleways.
			20050902		Clare Balding gets under the skin of Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve, where the rocks have some remarkable tales to tell.
			20050909		Clare joins Ghana born Kojo Januah as he walks around the urban oasis of Utterslev Mose, north of Copenhagen. This site inspires Kojo's work researching and writing a book which will explore his ancestors connection with the abolition of slavery and the potential for reconciliation with the past.
			20050916		Wainwright will long be remembered as a legendary figure in walking circles. One man who is partly responsible for the creation of the legend is Derry Brabbs who takes Clare Balding on a walk in Swaledale in Yorkshire. Derry was responsible for many of the photographs that accompanied Wainwright's books and is recognised as one of Britain's great landscape photographers. He takes Clare on a walk that helped shape Wainwright's identity and his own.
			20050923		The Pen Llyn Peninsula in North Wales has long been associated with pilgrims, as it overlooks Bardsey Island. In this walk, poetic priest, writer and publisher Jim Cotter takes Clare Balding on a circular walk around the peninsular exploring why so many people are drawn to pilgrim places in search of their inner selves.
			20050930		Clare Balding joins Jane and Mike Tomlinson for a walk down Ribblesdale in Yorkshire, a ramble they would often take before Jane was diagnosed with terminal cancer five years ago.
			20051007		Clare Balding explores some spectacular walks in our green and pleasant land.
			20060303		Rosie Barrett and her two children, Rachael and Rob, take Clare Balding on their favourite walk around the Avon Estuary in South Devon. It's always been part of their lives, as a route for venting teenage tantrums, or simply as a ramble to the pub, but recently it has taken on a deeper significance. Rosie's other son, Hugh, died of cancer at the age of 19 and while Rosie, Rachael and a hundred others planted trees in his memory on a nearby hillside, Rob's anger at losing his brother drove him to hack a path through a dense area of woodland - creating a new section of the walk.
			20060310		Clare Balding joins the self-named Over the Hill female hockey team in Cookham, who after 15 years walking together have developed enduring friendships off as well as on the pitch. They have hiked all around the British landscape, familiarising themselves with an assortment of YHAs along the way - including an old school with outdoor showers and a mounted Norman castle.
			20060317		Two years ago, Simon Keyes undertook an extraordinary walk. He flew to Budapest, a city he once lived in, and walked back to London. He made few plans, took minimum supplies (not even a tent), and didn't bother with a map. Three months later, he crossed the Channel and headed for home. It's this section of his route, on the north downs of Kent, which he retraces with Clare Balding. On the way, he tells how his adventure affected the relationship with his wife, and changed the direction of his life.
			20060324		David Carrington-Porter is blind, yet he has cycled from John O'Groats to Lands End and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He is a passionate walker, and with the help of sighted guides, lets nothing stop him from enjoying the countryside. One of his regular guides is Sheila Wooley and on this walk around Lowsonford in Warwickshire she talks him across cattle grids, over gates and stiles, round cow-pats, and across narrow bridges. It's a relationship of complete trust, which they explain to Clare Balding in this edition of Ramblings.
			20060331		In the summer of 2005, Elspeth Owen undertook a unique project. She wanted to make a comment on the contrast between walking and the speed of electronic messages. To do this, she decided to hand-deliver messages and parcels all over the UK between people she knew, and people she didn't. The journey took her from Grantchester to Manchester, Newcastle, Abergavenny and on - until she arrived home three months later. She travelled on foot for much of the way, and occasionally slept rough - quite an experience for a woman in her late 60s. Elspeth takes Clare Balding on the part of her route which took her along the Ridgeway by Wanborough, near Swindon.
			20060407		"The Archers are real, there is no cast" - or so the Archers-addicts would have it. But in this edition of Ramblings, Clare Balding discovers the weird fact that Brian Aldridge and Shula Hebden Lloyd are actually married. Also known as Charles Collingwood and Judy Bennett, they have been married for 30 years, and between them have appeared in the Archers for 66 years. Their only cross words in recent memory came when they decided to move house: Charles wanted to stay in London, Judy wanted to move to the countryside. Judy eventually got her way, but Charles couldn't be happier now they've settled in rural Hampshire. They take Clare for a walk up Old Winchester Hill and talk about their real and imaginary rural lives.
			20060526		Clare Balding goes to the village of Iddesleigh in Devon, the home of author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. Michael often sets off on long walks around the lanes, hillside and woodland of his home patch when he's trying to develop a story. The route he takes Clare on includes a stretch along the River Torridge where one day he met an angler striding out of the water. It turned out to be Ted Hughes and the two became close friends, devising and creating the role of the Children's Laureate.
			20060602		Harbottle Crags in Northumberland is the setting where Clare meets John Monks, who was once a hill shepherd in the area. He realised that his passion for the beauty of the countryside and exploring the land was shared by the hundreds of visitors he met each year asking him for walking routes. This has now become his business as he explains to Clare when she joins Jon and some of his regular walkers on a six mile route that ends up at the ruin of Harbottle Castle.
			20060609		Clare Balding heads to West Yorkshire to walk with Pammy Johal. Pammy's first experience of the countryside was a geography field trip to South Wales when she was 17. She fell in love with the outdoors after trekking in Nepal, India and Canada. Pammy passionately believes that being outdoors can change people's lives, and now leads walks for personal development. Clare joins Pammy and a group of her clients in Patterdale.
			20060616		Clare Balding joins some former and current members of The Rambling Society at the University of Nottingham on a reunion walk in the Peak district.
			20060623		Clare Balding is in Devon walking with Opera singer, Kathryn Harries who has found that long distance walking is the perfect way to inspire friends and associates to sponsor her for charity.
			20081003		Clare Balding follows in the footsteps of those who have made walking a central part of their lives. Walking for Spiritual Renewal Clare walks the North Devon Coast Path with Satish Kumar, who recalls his 8000-mile walk from India to America in the 60s to protest about nuclear arms.
			20081010		Clare Balding presents the series exploring people's childhood walks. 2/5. Langdale Four Nottingham schoolmates from 1967 retrace an inspirational walk in the Lake District with their former teacher.
			20081017		Sheffield Clare Balding joins a group of refugees and asylum seekers in Sheffield as they improve their English and discover more about their new homeland while walking with local residents through the city's many green spaces.
			20081024		Blind walker David Carrington-Porter and his guide Sheila Wooley discuss their unique relationship as they ramble around Lowsonford in Warwickshire.
			20081031		Clare Balding views the landscape with a shepherd's eye as she walks from Harbottle Craggs in Northumberland in the company of Jon Monks.
X	01			19980918	Six walkers, each with different perspectives on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 1: GP Dr Alex Boyce on the Heart of England Way.
X	02			19980925	Six walkers, each with a different perspective on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 2: Geologist Dr Joe Cartwright of Imperial College, London, at Lulworth Cove in Dorset.
X	03			19981002	Six walkers, each with a different perspective on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 3: Military historian Julian Humphreys explains the long-term effects of war on the landscape as he starts his walk at the Stiper Stones in Shropshire.
X	04			19981009	Six walkers, each with a different perspective on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 4: Naturalist Margaret Grindle is Jeremy's guide along the shifting sands of Spurn Point at the top of the Humber Estuary, a refuelling stop for thousands of migrating birds.
X	05			19981016	Six walkers, each with a different perspective on the landscape, join artist Jeremy Jessel on a walk in the countryside. 5: Riding master Christopher Barker guides Jeremy from Helmsley to Rievaulx along the Cleveland Way, revealing the secrets and surprises of woodland ramblings.
X	06			19981023	Artist Jeremy Jessel and landscape historian Tom Hassall walk along the Windrush Valley in Oxfordshire. They journey from Burford to Minster Lovell.