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Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside

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Ramblings: Series 23

Ramblings: Series 23: Episode 5: David Sedaris

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Episode 5: David Sedaris

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American author David Sedaris takes Clare Balding on a litter-picking walk in West Sussex.

Clare Balding is walking for self-improvement. American author and comedian David Sedaris takes Clare on a litter-picking walk in West Sussex.

David Sedaris, the American author and comedian, takes Clare Balding on a litter-picking walk in West Sussex.

When David Sedaris was a child he would clear up around the house, and keep his own bedroom perfectly tidy. This obsession has, in recent years, been transferred to the outdoors and Sedaris is now a devoted daily litter-picker, cleaning the roadside verges of Pulborough and the surrounding area.

Clare imagined that this edition of Ramblings might take her across the South Downs, occasionally reaching for a stray bottle or piece of paper. In reality it involved walking less than two miles, and filling six bin bags full to bursting with all manner of filthy rubbish. All while wearing a fetching hi-viz jacket. A very unusual edition of Ramblings!

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Clare Balding goes on a series of walks for self-improvement

Clare Balding goes on a series of walks for self-improvement, hoping, after six weeks, to be smarter, fitter, calmer and cleverer

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