It's an icy cold morning and you're walking through a once-waterlogged meadow now made crisp by frost. Low winter sun slants across the surrounding hills, picking out shadows and contours, silhouetting lone trees. As you descend into a shallow valley, distant rooks call from an ancient woodland.
BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.
Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty.
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Sound Escape 172. Let the waves of Luskentyre Beach wash all stress away
249. Welsh language and landscape with Julie Brominicks
Sound Escape 171. Relax to the gorgeous melody of a willow warbler
248. A quest for eagles on the Isle of Harris
Sound Escape 170. A peaceful morning in the Devon countryside
247. Explore Heal, an ambitious new rewilding project in Somerset
Sound Escape 169. Relax to a song thrush singing by a beautiful stream
246. A quest for greater access to the countryside for people with disabilities
Sound Escape 168. A misty evening in a Lake District forest
245. A quest to find wild boar in the Forest of Dean with author Chantal Lyons
Sound Escape 167. Relax to the dusk chorus of birdsong deep in the Forest of Dean
244. Enter the Golden Triangle in search of magical wild daffodils
Sound Escape 166. Relax to a reading about nightingales from a new Countryfile book
243. Embark on a pilgrimage to the River Thames with wild wanderer Phoebe Smith
Sound Escape 165. A peaceful meditation among the geese at an ancient Welsh lake
242. A quest to find spring wildlife on Sugar Loaf mountain
Sound Escape 164. Take a mindful moment beside a rushing stream
241. Welcome to spring on the Plodcast - and hear our new theme tune created by Blair Dunlop
Sound Escape 163. Eerie soundscapes from inside a Roman amphitheatre
240. In search of the water wolf - the mighty pike - with TV presenter Will Millard
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