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343. Join the Plodcast team for a lazy day's fishing on the Kennet and Avon Canal
Season 19 Episode 44
Join the Plodcast team for a new fishing adventure, this time on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. Writer, angler and naturalist Kevin Parr joi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Sound Escape 265. Stirrings of spring on Llangorse Lake
Season 19
A rare day of sun across the lake transforms late winter into a hint of spring. Canada geese stir and honk, a great white egret chitters overhead and…
7 months ago
342. A journey through time, land and community with country writer Nicola Chester
Season 19 Episode 43
Award-winning countryside writer Nicola Chester joins the Plodcast this week in her home village of Inkpen in Berkshire to talk about her new book, G…
7 months ago
Sound Escape 264. Take the afternoon off by pottering in an allotment
Season 19
After a long day, green fingers are calling. Sat beside a quiet allotment, you take in the gentle breeze. Watching over the freshly sprouting veg and…
7 months, 1 week ago
341. Enjoy the thrill of coldwater swimming in midwinter in the Cotswolds
Season 19 Episode 42
Could you go coldwater swimming in the depths of winter? James Fair attempts to do just that in lake deep in the Cotswolds. He joins his wife Louise …
7 months, 1 week ago
Sound Escape 263. Be lulled by the sounds of a 17th-century mill and water wheel in action
Season 19
Down a windy track in a small valley at the very point where Herefordshire meets Wales, you find a watermill, restored and still working. As water fr…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
340. Discover the healing power of wild plants with Brigit Anna McNeill
Season 1 Episode 41
After serious childhood trauma and a high-octane but destructive life as a model, Brigit Anna McNeill found solace and healing in the company of wild…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sound Escape 262. Be soothed by gentle rain and birdsong
Season 19
Very little is stirring in the deep dark winter woodland. That is until you come to a wide clearing on the edge of the wood, with slumbering farmland…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
339. Hear the extraordinary stories of London's last gas lamplighters
Season 19 Episode 40
Did you know that, even today, some of London's streets are lit by gas? Annabel Ross heading into the city's twilight zone to meet Aran Osman whose j…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Sound Escape 261. Wander through a woodland listening to a stream's song
Season 19
What's normally a gentle brook, winding through a peaceful woodland, has been transformed by many days of rain into a breathtaking torrent. You get y…
8 months ago