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Sound Escape 131: Bask in the afternoon sun beside the sea
Season 16
After a sunny afternoon of exploring the rock pools you take a seat and listen to the waves crash gently against the rocky shorefront. Down the beach…
3 years, 1 month ago
208: Walking St Patrick's Way 3: a quest to climb the Mourne Mountains
Season 16 Episode 17
Enter the wild worlds of Narnia and Game of Thrones as Plodcast host Fergus and local outdoorsman John Keating seek out the great Mourne Wall deep in…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sound Escape 130: Start the day in a wild woodland
Season 16
It's early morning and as the sun breaks through the canopy of leaves and the wrens, blue tits, robins begin their cheerful chatter.
A new day is comi…
3 years, 2 months ago
207: Conversations between a poet and his birds – on the Isle of Seil
Season 16 Episode 16
Island poet Kenneth Steven reveals the wildlife marvels on his doorstep – the Isle of Seal in the Inner Hebrides – and introduces us to a range of av…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sound Escape 129: Paddle your way gently down the River Wye
Season 16
This week we're paddleboarding on the River Wye, Leave all your worries on the riverbank and be lulled by the gentle, rhythmic swish of the paddle bl…
3 years, 2 months ago
206: Walking St Patrick's Way Part 2: The wildlife of the Newry Canal
Season 16 Episode 15
In the second part of our exploration of the St Patrick's Way pilgrimage in Northern Ireland, Plodcast host Fergus Collins and guide Peter Rafferty w…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sound Escape 128: Wild winds and calm waters in the Highlands
Season 16
We're in Beinn Eighe (Ben Ay) in the Scottish Highlands
The mountains this morning are ill-manner; the trails rough, the gullies deep, the mist consum…
3 years, 2 months ago
205. A quest for one of Britain's rarest birds in the Cairngorm mountains
Season 16 Episode 14
This week we’ve invited a former Plodcast guest to take the reins. Back in episode 199, I met James MacDonald Lockhart to hear the songs of skylarks …
3 years, 2 months ago
Sound Escape 127: The delicious patter of rain on a tent – on the Pembrokeshire coast
It’s night in a tent on the coast of Pembrokeshire. At some point during the dark hours, you stir. The rain is still falling, and there are layers to…
3 years, 2 months ago
204: Adventure into the Welsh hills on an electric bike
Season 16 Episode 13
This week we’re heading back to early spring in the Welsh hills. But for the second Plodcast in a row, we’re not on foot. Following last week’s paddl…
3 years, 2 months ago