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Sound Escape 58: the soothing lullaby of raindrops falling on a pond
Season 11
It hadn’t rained for a week, but just as the garden was beginning to show its thirst, a single drop falls. Then two more. The sky releases a long, sl…
4 years, 6 months ago
142. Tales from the riverbank part 1: a relaxing day's angling in Somerset
Season 11 Episode 11
Angler and writer Kevin Parr leads a gentle day's angling on the River Isle. Plodcast host Fergus joins Kev to learn the art of coarse fishing in the…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sound Escape 57: relax to spring birdsong by a woodland pool deep in the New Forest
Season 11
Where the heath meets the woods by a pool, deep in the New Forest, the warm spring sun stirs many birds into song. A marsh tit sings and then a stock…
4 years, 6 months ago
141. Rewilding could transform the countryside for wildlife and people, says Rebecca Wrigley
Season 11 Episode 10
Head for a wander around RSPB Otmoor in Oxfordshire in late winter with Rebecca Wrigley from Rewilding Britain argues the case for huge change across…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sound Escape 56: relax to the sounds of waves on a hidden cove on Shetland
Season 11
It's high tide on the northern coast of mainland Shetland – a bitterly icy day but the sun is out, puffins are on the water offshore and fulmars are …
4 years, 7 months ago
140. Meet Alix Chiddley-Uttley on her magical family farm at lambing time
Season 11 Episode 9
Alix Chiddley-Uttely helps run her family's 100-acre farm in the stunning Shropshire Hills. In this episode, she invites Plodcast host Fergus to meet…
4 years, 7 months ago
Sound Escape 55: soothing woodland birdsong and the chanting of herons
Season 11
A day of rain has left the river running high and fast. The path on the bank is muddy. The air dank and cold. It could be deepest winter, if not for …
4 years, 7 months ago
139. The magic of eBiking through the Forest of Dean
Season 11 Episode 8
Why eBikes can make a huge difference to how you explore the countryside. Plodcast host Fergus enjoys a day's cycling in the Forest of Dean in the de…
4 years, 7 months ago
Sound Escape 54: the soothing conversations of a flock of house sparrows
Season 11
The happy, mesmerising chirping of a colony of house sparrows. As crocuses bloom in a small front garden, a dozen sparrows bubble with an incessant c…
4 years, 7 months ago
138. How the people of Langholm took control of their local countryside
Season 11 Episode 7
Meet Angela Williams and Jenny Barlow who are helping the people of Langholm in south west Scotland make the most of their purchase of 5,200 acres fr…
4 years, 7 months ago