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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199. A quest for skylark song in the Cotswold Hills with James MacDonald Lockhart
Sound Escape 121: A dreamy dawn chorus in a remote Scottish valley
198. A wander in a bird of prey sanctuary with Megan McCubbin
Sound Escape 120: Soothing waves rising and falling on a beach in Wester Ross
197. Why rewilding can save Britain's wildlife – an interview with Isabella Tree at Knepp Wildlands
Sound Escape 119: An astonishing nightingale duet in a Dorset woodland
196. A quest for nightingales at Knepp Wildlands in Sussex
Sound Escape 118: Relax to spring birdsong in a Dorset garden
195. A quest for peace with Charlotte Church in deepest Wales
Sound Escape 117: Celebrate the stunning dawn chorus at Knepp Wildlands
194. A quest to find St Patrick in Northern Ireland
Sound Escape 116: A stream sparkles through Silent Valley
193. An unlikely pilgrimage with Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
Sound Escape 115: Wistful mistle thrushes and willow warbers in a Mendips vale
192. A quest for rare wildflowers in the Avon Gorge – with Mike Dilger
Sound Escape 114: Skylarks ascending over a field of barley
Sound Escape 113: Enjoy the stirring cacophony of a rook colony
191. Introducing season 16 of the Plodcast – getting out into nature
Sound Escape 112: Relax to the gentle babble of spring in the Lake District
Sound Escape 111: Eerie birdcalls from the Avalon Marshes
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