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

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Ramblings: Series 28

Clare Balding

Colin Spearman

Lucy Lunt

Ramblings: Series 28: Episode 6: The Dales Way, Part Six

The Dales Way, Part Six

Episode 6

Episode 6: The Dales Way, Part Six

Series 28

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Series 28, The Dales Way, Part Six

Clare walks the final leg of her journey with Colin Spearman, designer of the route.

Clare Balding walks the final leg of her journey, from Staveley to Bowness, in the company of Colin Spearman, the man who designed the route.

Clare Balding enjoys the final leg of The Dales Way in the company of one of the men who designed it, Colin Spearman. Colin, joined by his wife Fleur, explains his intention of linking the industrial conurbations of West Yorkshire with the Lake District. As they walk from Staveley to Bowness, Clare reflects on her experience of the route and how much it has meant to her. Colin , Fleur and Clare celebrate the end of the journey with ice cream and a paddle in Lake Windermere.
Producer Lucy Lunt.

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Clare Balding presents a series of countryside walks on a theme.

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