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The poet and broadcaster embarks on a UK road trip, taking in the lives of the locals

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Episode 8: To the Woods, To the Woods

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To the Woods, To the Woods

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Pam Ayres visits the arboretum at Batsford Park and the Forest People's Programme.

Pam Ayres visits the Japanese-influenced arboretum at Batsford Park, Gloucestershire and the Forest People's Programme. From November 2001.

Pam embraces late autumn and falling leaves in the West Country as she visits a charity dedicated to protecting forest tribes across the globe from mineral companies and tourism - and tours a Japanese-influenced arboretum. 

Poet and raconteuse, Pam Ayres is back on the open road, visiting nine more places in Britain to hear tales from the people who live there. 

Producer: Jill Marshall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2001.

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