Coast and Country
Summary: Countryside magazine featuring people, walks and wildlife from rural Britain. Clare Balding’s ‘Ramblings’ and ‘Open Country’ with Matt Baker and Helen Mark join forces to bring you a weekly tour of the best of the British countryside. In ‘Ramblings’ Clare joins her guests on a country walk that’s been significant in their lives. ‘Open Country’ travels to a different corner of the British Isles every week, seeking out the wildlife, the landscapes and the controversies that excite the passions of local people. Each twenty-five minute programme is broadcast on Saturday at 6.07am and repeated on Thursday at 3pm. New episodes are added every Saturday morning.
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- Artist: BBC Radio 4
- Copyright: (C) BBC 2014
Podcasts:
Helen Mark looks at the rebirth of a tiny Scottish mill which has survived for more than two hundred years.
Helen Mark looks at an unusual way of safeguarding Scotland’s fishing heritage.
Jules Hudson visits the largest colony of grey seals in England.
Helen Mark joins a very special training weekend in Snowdonia with the Search and Rescue Dog Association Wales.
Jules Hudson is in Lancashire to find out about a special type of rock that lies deep beneath the landscape.
Jules Hudson visits Caen Hill Locks in Devizes to learn how to be a lock keeper for the day.
Richard Uridge visits jersey to explore the resistance during the Second World War.
Richard Uridge visits the island of Herm to find out what life is like for the 58 residents who all live and work for the same company.
Helen Mark visits the South West to find out the latest in the fight against a disease which is ravaging forests across the UK.
Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside to find out about Horseback UK
Jules Hudson discovers the tragic but little known aviation history of the Dark Peaks in Derbyshire.
Clare Balding joins Gordon and Caroline Luff and their son, Sam, to walk a section of the South West Coastal Path from Hope Cove to Salcombe.
Clare Balding walks a stretch of the Viking Way in the Lincolnshire Wolds
Clare Balding joins a group of retired friends to walk from Chilham to Wye in Kent
In a series of walks suggested by listeners, Clare Balding joins Colin Speakman, creator of the Dales Way, to walk a section of this iconic long distance footpath.
