Landmarks

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Robert Macfarlane

Duncan Minshull

Penny Leicester

Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane: Episode 1

Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane

Episode 1

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Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.

4 Extra Debut. Robert Macfarlane on vivid places and the words they conjure up: happy days in Suffolk at the home of a famous swimmer. From 2015.

Robert Macfarlane visits some inspiring places, to meet the people and 'collect' the words that evoke the area. 

In this opening episode, he recalls happy days at Walnut Tree Farm, Suffolk, home to a famous swimmer of moats and ponds, lakes and rivers.

Abridged for radio by Penny Leicester

Readers: Tobias Menzies and the author

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015

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