Join Plodcast host Fergus and adventurer Phoebe Smith as they take a day-long pilgrimage across the Oxfordshire countryside to explore spring nature - and experience the healing power of walking with purpose. It's a beautiful experience among the skylarks and red kites.
Don't miss Phoebe's fabulous new book about her life-changing experiences while on pilgrimage: Wayfarer: Life, Love and Loss and Britain's Ancient Paths
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229. A gentle day's fishing with Will Millard and Kevin Parr on the Mon-Brec Canal
Sound Escape 151. Walk beside a wild river tumbling from the hills
228: Walk in the footsteps of soldiers in bloody combat on a Civil War battlefield near Bath
Sound Escape 150: Be uplifted by a chorus of New Year's robins
227: Tales of birding in wild places with naturalist and author Stephen Moss
Sound Escape 149: Be soothed by the rhythms of the sea rising and falling in a remote Welsh cove
226: Brace yourself for a wild nighttime swim under a full moon in the depths of winter
Sound Escape 148: A morning of gulls and rooks on the Somerset Coast
225: It's the Plodcast Christmas special - join the team for the Christmas quiz and other seasonal silliness
Sound Escape 147: Be calmed by the autumn song of a Welsh mountain river
224. A quest to see salmon leaping in a Welsh mountain stream
Sound Escape 146: Revel in the crackle and murmur of an autumn night's party beside a bonfire
223: Hear the mysterious tales of Orkney's might stone circle: The Ring of Brodgar
Sound Escape 145: Let sea and birdsong transport you to a wild corner of Orkney
222: Follow in the footsteps of St Patrick on the stunning coast of County Down
Sound Escape 144: Relax to the crackle of falling beechnuts in an autumn woodland
221: Experience a night walk in an ancient woodland in a forgotten corner of Gloucestershire
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
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