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Aug 2, 2023
Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors.
Fresh air and nature, wonderful views and uplifting chat, each week Clare hikes in a different part of our glorious countryside. Walking side by side is the perfect way to cover a huge range of subjects: literature, art, wildlife, nature, taking on personal or physical challenges, dealing with grief, confronting preconceptions about the kind of people who love to ramble.
The conversations are as varied as the landscapes we find ourselves in. If there's a recurring theme, it's the accepted truth that 'solvitur ambulando' - 'it is solved through walking': The sense of wellness, the benefits to mental health, easy companionship, or sometimes just the sense of solitude that being alone in nature brings.
Few things are better than going for a good walk. That's what we aim to share each week on Ramblings with Clare Balding.
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The Gower Peninsula to Antarctica
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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India in the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler and Raj Pal
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Whispering Rocks with Anjana Khatwa
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Nick Wilson - the Disabled Adventurer
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Crime and Punishment in the Peak District
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Walk for Wendy - Chater Valley
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Clare Balding's in Town!
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Camino Memories with the Ciao Ciao Girls
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Camino Memories in Penicuik
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Arriving in Santiago de Compostela with Sharon, Shirley and friends
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Camino Inglés with Jannine and Sally
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Living on the Camino de Santiago
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Camino Francés with Maggie McLean
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May 29, 2025 |
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Camino de Santiago with Manni Coe
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May 22, 2025 |
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Rerouting the Shropshire Way
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Capel y ffin and the Twmpa
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Fife - Clatto Reservoir to Pitscottie
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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60-60-60 in the Southern Pentlands
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Trees in Winter near Abergavenny
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Clare's 25th Year! Bakewell with the RamSoc
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Chief Scout Dwayne Fields in Epping Forest
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The Old Lags - Bristol
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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River Itchen - Hampshire
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Lise Wortley - Woman with Altitude
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Alan Titchmarsh on the Isle of Wight
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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GM Ringway - a new 200-mile walking route
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Arsenic and Fish Weirs on the Edge of Dartmoor
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Amar Latif - President of the Ramblers in North Yorkshire
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Surrey - from Oaks Park to Kingswood
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Every Body Outdoors in Gloucestershire
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Donegal with rock climber and mountain guide Iain Miller
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Donegal with Nikki Bradley - Adaptive Adventurer and Amputee
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Blowy Bamburgh Beach with David Almond
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Painting Bluebells in Shropshire
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Kingfishers on the River Frome with Nadeem Perera
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Walking at Night on the South Downs near Seaford
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Creaking Trees and a Full Rainbow at Innerleithen
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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On the Hoof with Hannah and Chico
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The Wild Cliffs of St David's
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Walking with resistance bands on the South Downs with Julie Ford
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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We in Front!
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Clare's Highlights
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Hope Valley with Anita Sethi
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Boxing on the beach at Ainsdale
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Oldbury on Severn and Inside Planet Earth
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Out of Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Into Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Sandstone Trail
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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WalKington, Herefordshire
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Training for Kilimanjaro in Cheshire
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Tree to Tree Trekking
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Riverside Rambling near Reading
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Brotherly Love in Burton Bradstock
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ashdown Forest
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May 25, 2023 |
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The Thames Path in Oxfordshire with Freddie
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May 18, 2023 |
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Great Alne, Warwickshire
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Hiking with Hounds
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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To the Ring of Brodgar
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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High Winds & Hail on Orkney
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Four Waterfalls Walk, South Wales
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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An Art Walk in the Forest of Dean
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Villagers' Walks around Timsbury
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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The Icknield Way
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The Hills are Alive! Commoners Choir in Calderdale
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Trundle Sussex with Harriet Thomas
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Halifax Hikers
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Epsom Downs & Langley Vale Wood
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Nightjar Impressions near the Hampshire Hangers
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Dovedale with Caravan
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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A Stunning Hike around Malham Cove
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Tresco with Mike Nelhams
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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St Mary on the Isles of Scilly with Will Wagstaff and Lucy McRobert
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Happy Valley
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May 26, 2022 |
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Bloody Bridge
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May 19, 2022 |
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Mousehole to Lamorna with Jane Johnson and Abdel Bakrim
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May 12, 2022 |
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Oliver Jeffers in Outer Space
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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The Saxon Shore Way in Kent
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Old and New Winchelsea with historian Dr Matthew Green
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Around Dulwich Woods with Floella Benjamin
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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95 Ethels in the Peak District
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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After Eunice - Guarlford, Worcestershire
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Walking in all weathers with nature writer Melissa Harrison.
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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To the World's End, north Wales
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The Golden Road, Pembrokeshire
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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The Slate Island of Seil
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Off the Beaten Track on the Island of Iona
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Slippy Rocks and Otter Spotting on the Island of Mull
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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The Turquoise Sea and White Sands of Ardnamurchan
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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White Stags and Kidney Donation in Fife
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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A Sunny Stomp on the Pentland Hills
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Urban Ambling in Cultural Coventry
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Mallerstang in Cumbria with Debbie North.
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Tales of International Adventure on a Walk in Somerset
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May 27, 2021 |
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Screenwriter Kay Mellor at Harewood in Leeds
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May 20, 2021 |
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Rhiane Fatinikun of Black Girls Hike in the Peak District
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May 13, 2021 |
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Cressida Cowell in West Sussex
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May 06, 2021 |
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Stained Glass in Minsmere with Arabella Marshall
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Walking in Sound: Ellie Williams in North Somerset
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Big Cats! Rick Minter in Gloucestershire
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Reading the Landscape with Mary-Ann Ochota: Pegsdon Hills
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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From Solicitor to Sculptor: Simon Gudgeon in Dorset
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Oscar winner Gareth Ellis-Unwin on his local riverside route in Berkshire
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Anneka Rice on the Thames Path in London
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Anita Rani on Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Beachcombing on the Isle of Sheppey
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Buckinghamshire with Professor David Wilson
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Barry Farrimond, who plays Ed Grundy, on Dartmoor
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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The Mendips with Professor Alice Roberts
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Gloucestershire with Dom Joly
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlights Part 6: Extreme Walking
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlight Part 5: Walking Advice
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlights Part 4: Singers & Writers
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlights Part 3: Landscape
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May 28, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlights Part 2: Health and Happiness
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May 21, 2020 |
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Joyful Highlights Part 1: Friends and Family
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May 14, 2020 |
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Herefordshire Interfaith Group on the Malverns
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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A brand new waymarked walking route in South Wales
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Outdoor Counselling in Derbyshire
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Up to the labyrinth on St Catherine's Hill, Winchester
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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The Wilberforce Way with Inderjit Bhogal
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Glastonbury Tor with Druids
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Steve Backshall & Helen Glover on Winter Hill
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Ninebarrow in Dorset
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Walking The Pipe in Shropshire
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Beeley Edge with David Blunkett
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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The Highest Hill in the Cotswolds
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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LGBT+ Outdoor Adventures Group
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Ricky Ross and Lorraine Mcintosh of Deacon Blue in Fife
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Going Dutch in Dorset
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Going Wild in the West Country
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Proud, Resilient & Native American in the UK
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Clare gets lost in Lancashire
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May 30, 2019 |
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Here Comes the Summer - Feargal Sharkey
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May 23, 2019 |
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An Aussie Walkabout... in Norfolk
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May 16, 2019 |
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To the Lighthouse!
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Walking a Poem on The Malverns
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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A Creative Soldier
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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A Cow Parsley Tattoo - Cambridgeshire
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Long dresses, cloaks and bonnets. Cumbria.
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Gentle Slopes not Rolling Hills - Suffolk
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Old Maps and New Routes - Oxfordshire
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Aviemore, Scotland
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Dartmoor, Devon
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Centurion Way, Chichester
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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The Hoo Peninsula, Kent
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Herefordshire
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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Cairngorms
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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Laugharne
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Up to the Dashwood Mausoleum
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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Church Stretton
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May 31, 2018 |
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Reigate, Surrey
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May 24, 2018 |
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Hembury Fort, Honiton
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May 17, 2018 |
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Purton, Gloucestershire
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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York
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Black Men's Walking for Health Group
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Mar 16, 2018 |
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Crouch End to Bloomsbury, London
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Aberlady Bay
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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Greens Norton, Northamptonshire
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Stanton Moor and Robin Hood's Stride from Winster
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Listeners' Walks: Stoke-on-Trent
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Listeners' Walks: Isle of Man, Kallow Point
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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Listeners' Walks: Isle of Man, Glen Dhoo
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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Overton Hill, The Ridgeway
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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Listeners' Walks: Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Listeners' Walks: Cornwall
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Brimham Rocks to Pateley Bridge
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Birstwith to Thornton Moor
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Bewerley to Dacre Banks
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Gouthwaite to Bewerley
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Scar House Reservoir to Ramsgill
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May 25, 2017 |
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The Nidderdale Way: Pateley Bridge to Scar House Reservoir
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May 18, 2017 |
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Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Isaac's Tea Trail, Allendale
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Hampshire Jane Austen
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Clwyd Hillforts
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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Great Hucklow, Derbyshire
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Derrigimlagh, Ireland
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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The Doolough Famine Walk, County Mayo
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Suffolk with Geoff Nicholson
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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The South Downs Way
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Ripon to Ripley
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Hebden Bridge
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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The Pilgrims Way
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Passionate Walkers: David Nicholls
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Sep 15, 2016 |
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Northumberland: Bothy Bagging
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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The Cotswold Way
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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Severn Way with Lucy Newcombe
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Jun 09, 2016 |
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Wayfarers Walk with Nigel Clifford
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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The Essex Way
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May 26, 2016 |
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Glyndwr's Way with Ursula Martin
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May 19, 2016 |
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Isle of Dogs
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Mar 31, 2016 |
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Eyam, Derbyshire
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Mar 24, 2016 |
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Oxfordshire: In Memory of Catherine
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Mar 17, 2016 |
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Trent, Dorset
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Mar 10, 2016 |
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Samaritans
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Mar 03, 2016 |
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Loughrigg Fell - Simon Ingram
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Feb 25, 2016 |
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Walking with a Purpose: The Surrey Hills
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Feb 18, 2016 |
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Artists' Ways - North Somerset
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Oct 22, 2015 |
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Artists' Ways - Wiltshire
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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Nun Appleton House, North Yorkshire
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Oct 14, 2015 |
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Artists' Ways - Falkirk
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Oct 01, 2015 |
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Windsor Great Park with Bill Bryson
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Sep 22, 2015 |
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Artists Ways: Louise Ann Wilson, Warnscale
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Sep 17, 2015 |
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Edge Hill
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Jun 30, 2015 |
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The Red Ramblers in Dorset
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Jun 30, 2015 |
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The Malvern Hills
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Jun 11, 2015 |
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Lyke Wake Walk
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Jun 04, 2015 |
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Old Birds, Pegsdon Hills
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May 28, 2015 |
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Royal Greenwich Park
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May 21, 2015 |
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Derbyshire - Family Walk
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Mar 26, 2015 |
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Nordic Walking in Bramcote Park, Nottingham
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Mar 19, 2015 |
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Hertfordshire - Bell-Ringers
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Mar 12, 2015 |
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Philip Marsden, Truro, Cornwall
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Mar 09, 2015 |
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Cardiac Walkers
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Mar 05, 2015 |
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Bonding Walks: Stiperstones, Shropshire
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Feb 19, 2015 |
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The Dales Way, Part Six
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Oct 23, 2014 |
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The Dales Way, Part Five
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Oct 16, 2014 |
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The Dales Way, Part Four
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Oct 09, 2014 |
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The Dales Way, Part Three
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Oct 02, 2014 |
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The Dales Way, Part Two
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Sep 25, 2014 |
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The Dales Way, Part One
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Sep 18, 2014 |
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The Diamond Ramblers, Otterton
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Jun 26, 2014 |
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Arundel, West Sussex
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Jun 19, 2014 |
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Fingle Bridge to Castle Drogo
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Jun 12, 2014 |
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The Doward
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Jun 05, 2014 |
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Hay-on-Wye
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May 29, 2014 |
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Thundersley, Essex
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May 22, 2014 |
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Over the Hill walkers, Windsor Great Park
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Mar 20, 2014 |
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Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight
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Mar 13, 2014 |
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Mental Health Walking Group, Shrewsbury
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Mar 06, 2014 |
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Hopetoun with the Monday Walkers
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Feb 27, 2014 |
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Rachael Kiddey, Avon Estuary
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Feb 20, 2014 |
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Tom Isaacs, Chorley Wood
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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John McCarthy walks with volunteer rangers on the South Downs
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Oct 24, 2013 |
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The Same Walk 365 Times
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Oct 17, 2013 |
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Newbiggin on Lune to Kirkby Stephen
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Oct 10, 2013 |
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Durham with Maggie and Keith Bell
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Oct 03, 2013 |
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Werca's Folk, Warkworth in Northumberland
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Oct 02, 2013 |
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The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon
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Sep 19, 2013 |
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Tara Bariana recalls his long walk home to India
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Jun 27, 2013 |
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West Highland Way from Balmaha
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Jun 20, 2013 |
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In Search of the Old Ways
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Jun 13, 2013 |
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George Monbiot in search of the wild
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Jun 06, 2013 |
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In Search of Love
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May 30, 2013 |
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Chilterns American Women's Club hiking group
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May 23, 2013 |
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Michael Weltike - Barefoot Walker
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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David Sedaris
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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Toyah Willcox
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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Walking with friends
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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Walking for Spiritual Renewal
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Feb 16, 2013 |
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The Walking Book Group
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Feb 09, 2013 |
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Steve Backshall
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Oct 25, 2012 |
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Simon Evans of the Wye and Usk Foundation
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Oct 18, 2012 |
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Samuel West at Rainham Marshes in Essex
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Oct 11, 2012 |
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Dublin Bay with Eanna Ni Lamhna
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Oct 04, 2012 |
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The Wicklow Mountains with Eanna Ni Lamhna
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Oct 04, 2012 |
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Taxidermists in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
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Sep 27, 2012 |
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Richmond Park, London, with Artist Nicola Hicks
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Sep 20, 2012 |
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Whitley Bay with Barry Stone
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Jun 28, 2012 |
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Pen Farthing on Dartmoor
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Jun 21, 2012 |
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Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
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Jun 14, 2012 |
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Alnmouth, Northumberland
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Jun 07, 2012 |
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Dartmoor
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May 31, 2012 |
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Flamborough Head to Bridlington
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May 31, 2012 |
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Sir Andrew Motion
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Brecon Beacons - Art in the Park
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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Kinder Scout
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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Storytelling in Cornwall
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Northern Ireland - The Wee Binnians
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Feb 16, 2012 |
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Kent - Octavia Hill Centenary Trail
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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Devon - Hope Cove to Salcombe
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Oct 22, 2011 |
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Lincolnshire - The Wolds
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Oct 15, 2011 |
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Discovering Kent from Chilham to Wye
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Oct 08, 2011 |
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Dales Way
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Oct 01, 2011 |
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The Roaches and Lud's Church
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Sep 24, 2011 |
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John Jones - Walking & Gigging
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Sep 20, 2011 |
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Alderley Edge - Alan Garner
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Jun 25, 2011 |
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Daphne Du Maurier - Fowey
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Jun 18, 2011 |
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Darwin - Quantock Hills
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Jun 11, 2011 |
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Malcolm Saville - Shropshire
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Jun 04, 2011 |
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Hereford - Bruce Chatwin
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May 28, 2011 |
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Heptonstall - Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
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May 21, 2011 |
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Birmingham - Lickey Hills
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Mar 12, 2011 |
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Manchester - Marsden
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Mar 05, 2011 |
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Wales - Garth
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Feb 26, 2011 |
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Lancaster - Slyne
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Feb 19, 2011 |
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Ireland - Belfast Hills
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Feb 12, 2011 |
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Somerset - Bath Skyline
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Feb 05, 2011 |
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Scotland - Glasgow Necropolis
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Oct 23, 2010 |
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Scotland - Pentland Hills
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Oct 16, 2010 |
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Derbyshire - Wardlow
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Oct 09, 2010 |
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Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean
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Oct 02, 2010 |
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Wiltshire - Swindon
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Sep 25, 2010 |
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London - Hampstead Heath
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Sep 18, 2010 |