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Sound Escape 53: the soft trilling of greenfinches on the edge of an overgrown farm
Season 11
Relax to the gentle trilling of a party of greenfinches. Walking an old footpath on the edge of a town, you stumble across a ruined farmhouse. Trees …
4 years, 7 months ago
137. Wild moors and wild moods: how walking in nature can inspire stunning art
Season 11 Episode 6
Enjoy a wild winter's walk around the town of Mossley in Greater Manchester where the surrounding moors, woods and crumbling industrial heritage insp…
4 years, 7 months ago
Sound Escape 52: Make yourself comfortable and cosy beside an open fire
Season 11
After a cold and wet day in the hills, you light a fire in the stove and make a welcome cup of tea. You settle into a favourite armchair to watch the…
4 years, 8 months ago
136. A beautiful and relaxing walk on the Isle of Seil with poet Kenneth Steven
Season 11 Episode 5
Poet and BBC Radio regular Kenneth Steven takes us on a gentle winter's walk through the lanes and fields of his home island of Seil in the Inner Heb…
4 years, 8 months ago
Sound Escape 51: Relax to the soft chatter of starlings on a Wiltshire dairy farm
Season 11
A horde of starlings descends on a dairy farm in the Vale of Pewsey to forage among the piles of gently steaming fodder and manure while cattle shelt…
4 years, 8 months ago
135. Getting lost among hillforts and ravens on a winter's walk in Monmouthshire
Season 11 Episode 4
Setting out to give voice to forgotten lowland landscapes of Monmouthshire overlooked by visitors, plodcast host Fergus instead get lost as the littl…
4 years, 8 months ago
Sound Escape 50: a gentle walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal in Wiltshire
Season 11
It's a cold, clear day with frosted grass and glass. You're walking beside the very-full Kennet and Avon canal and water rushes noisily through a loc…
4 years, 8 months ago
134. Enjoy a walk with the boss of the Countryfile TV show: Jane Lomas
Season 11 Episode 3
Take a wander in wooded coombe near Bristol with the Jane Lomas, series producer of the Countryfile TV show. The Sunday evening programme is one of t…
4 years, 8 months ago
Sound Escape 49: soothing waves crashing on an empty beach in Devon
Season 11
Be soothed by the gentle rise and fall of waves. On the north coast of Devon, where the high cliffs of Hartland plunge into the Atlantic Ocean, is th…
4 years, 8 months ago
133. Explore the greatest music inspired by the British countryside – while wandering in the Cotswold Hills
Season 11 Episode 2
Discover how the British countryside has inspired great composers over the centuries – and how their music helps us evoke landscapes and their wildli…
4 years, 8 months ago