Clare chooses some favourite moments from her Ramblings year:
Join brothers Manni and Reuben Coe who amble down to Hive Beach in Dorset on a calm summer's day. On the way they recall the emotional story of how Reuben, who has Down's Syndrome, was nurtured back to health partly by walking that very route. Head to Orkney where Clare battles 60mph winds in one of the wildest episodes we've yet recorded. Hike up Shutlingsloe with Frank Milner, in training to climb Kilimanjaro on his 82nd birthday. Hear David and Iain recall some youthful misadventures as they stroll along the cliffs towards Portpatrick on the remote Rhins of Galloway. And meet Sam and Roger by the waterfall in south Wales where their romance began thanks to an online walking group.
Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba leads his Commoners Choir in song as they march up to Gaddings Dam in Calderdale. On the Thames Path, Tina and Cas share how their adopted son's way of coping with the world is by long distance hiking. The inspirational Halifax Hikers lead Clare on their favourite local route. And Ali Allen, in Herefordshire, takes time out from running her tiny walking shop to march with Clare up to a section of the Offa's Dyke footpath.
Please scroll down to the 'related links' box on the Ramblings page of the Radio 4 website for links to all these individual episodes.
Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor
York
Black Men's Walking for Health Group
Crouch End to Bloomsbury, London
Aberlady Bay
Greens Norton, Northamptonshire
Stanton Moor and Robin Hood's Stride from Winster
Listeners' Walks: Stoke-on-Trent
Listeners' Walks: Isle of Man, Kallow Point
Listeners' Walks: Isle of Man, Glen Dhoo
Overton Hill, The Ridgeway
Listeners' Walks: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Listeners' Walks: Cornwall
The Nidderdale Way: Brimham Rocks to Pateley Bridge
The Nidderdale Way: Birstwith to Thornton Moor
The Nidderdale Way: Bewerley to Dacre Banks
The Nidderdale Way: Gouthwaite to Bewerley
The Nidderdale Way: Scar House Reservoir to Ramsgill
The Nidderdale Way: Pateley Bridge to Scar House Reservoir
Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth
Isaac's Tea Trail, Allendale
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