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Sound Escape 141: Pause beside a roaring and refreshing mountain stream
Season 17
We're following a narrow mountain path through thickets of inpenetrable birch. It's been a long, hot, footsore day and so you are easily seduced by t…
2 years, 11 months ago
218: Spend an evening in the company of a deer stalker in southern England
Season 17 Episode 5
It’s dusk in a valley somewhere in Dorset. Plodcast regular Kevin Parr has joined a local deer stalker to talk about why – and how – he culls these l…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sound Escape 140: The dreamy sound of the autumn meadow
Season 17
We're resting on a field gate. Late summer warmth spills into the autumn. The sun slow to rise but blazing when it does.
The overnight dew clings on i…
2 years, 11 months ago
217: Hear the mysterious and magical songs of trees – with musician Tiny Leaves
Season 17 Episode 4
In our latest quest seeking tales from the British landscape, musician Tiny Leaves takes Plodcast host Annabel Ross onto a mysterious hill in Shropsh…
3 years ago
Sound Escape 139: Relax to the patterning of rain on autumn leaves
Season 17
We’re on a small, wooded hill in Herefordshire. Sullen clouds gather over the trees, which cloak the brooding ramparts of an ancient hillfort. It’s s…
3 years ago
216: Dark tales from a hillfort in deepest Herefordshire
Season 17 Episode 3
Come with us to a mighty hillfort, all but forgotten on a wooded hill deep in the Herefordshire countryside – and discover tales of dark deeds long a…
3 years ago
Sound Escape 138: Take a wander around a bustling harbourside
Season 17
It’s early autumn and the sunshine has brought bustle to a small harbour on the south coast. There is a light breeze and the air is soft.
Families fi…
3 years ago
215: Into the Deep Dark Wood with children's author Julia Donaldson
Season 17 Episode 2
Wander through a Sussex woodland with Julia Donaldson for a joyous mix of story-telling, mushroom foraging and Gruffalo-reenactment! Relive Julia’s j…
3 years ago
Sound Escape 137: Enter a trance-like state to the song of a cicada in a French garden
Season 17
We’re in the garden in a small village in Picardy in Northern France. The early evening warmth teases sweet scent from the lavender bushes and myrtle…
3 years ago
214: A quest to find a mysterious standing stone in a Welsh desert
Season 17 Episode 1
Welcome to a new season of Plodcasts, a new series of quests to explore overlooked corners of countryside where folklore and mystery create curious t…
3 years ago