Ramblings
Hosted by Clare Balding · BBC Radio 4
4.9from 198 ratings
- 313
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 198
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2010
- First episode
About Ramblings
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.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Sept 2010
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 313 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Columban Way from Newcastle to Dundrum
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Upper Swaledale, North Yorkshire
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Seatoller to Castle Crag
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Columban Way from Newcastle to Dundrum
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But Columbanus was born, we believe, in 543 AD on the shadow of Mount Leinster in County Carlow. Then he came to Bangor, where he spent about 20 to 30 years with the Abbot Congol. He didn't want Columbanus to leave, but Columbanus had this great urge, really, to take Christianity to the continent. […]
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- Brigid Watson
- Deborah Girvan
- Charlie Reid
- Karen Skeel
- Jamie Stott
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 151 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 47 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Ramblings?
Clare Balding host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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