You're beside a stream at the bottom of a wooded valley. You're nearing the end of a long walk so you pause to rest. But soon the rushing water whispers spells and ancient charms of such power that time drifts away.
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.
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
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Sound Escape 143: Be soothed by waves on pebbles in a small Scottish harbour
220: Tales of ancient fossils and fossil hunters in Dorset
Sound Escape 142: Listening to a storm outside while sitting indoors by the fire
219: Meet Mark Beech – the new series editor of the Countryfile TV programme
Sound Escape 141: Pause beside a roaring and refreshing mountain stream
218: Spend an evening in the company of a deer stalker in southern England
Sound Escape 140: The dreamy sound of the autumn meadow
217: Hear the mysterious and magical songs of trees – with musician Tiny Leaves
Sound Escape 139: Relax to the patterning of rain on autumn leaves
216: Dark tales from a hillfort in deepest Herefordshire
Sound Escape 138: Take a wander around a bustling harbourside
215: Into the Deep Dark Wood with children's author Julia Donaldson
Sound Escape 137: Enter a trance-like state to the song of a cicada in a French garden
214: A quest to find a mysterious standing stone in a Welsh desert
Sound Escape 136: The delicious sound of rain on a porch while you shelter inside
213: Join the Plodcast team as they look forward to a new season of adventures in the wild countryside
Sound escape 135: A lazy stroll along a beach of shingle in the sunshine
212: A charity hike through the Wye Valley – on the hottest day of the year
Sound Escape 134: Pure clear water tumbles over a waterfall in a Irish fairy glen
211: War, peace and woodpeckers in France's Ardennes forests
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