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

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Ramblings: Anneka Rice on the Thames Path in London

Anneka Rice on the Thames Path in London

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Anneka Rice on the Thames Path in London

Anneka Rice shares her favourite Thames-side walk with Clare Balding.

Anneka Rice shares her favourite Thames-side route with Clare Balding in the first of a new series.

Anneka Rice is a self-declared obsessive rambler who says she feels out of sorts if she doesn’t walk every day. Today she takes Clare on her favourite route along the banks of the Thames where she discusses how the river ‘tethers’ her, something she needs following a childhood that left her feeling ‘untethered’.  Anneka became a household name in the 1980s thanks to the TV series Treasure Hunt, which followed her zipping about in a helicopter and racing against the clock to find clues on behalf of studio-bound contestants.  Next came Challenge Anneka where she led groups of volunteers in the creation of community-based projects.  At the height of her TV success, she took time out to study at Chelsea College of Art and now spends much of her time painting.   
 
Clare and Anneka start the walk at approx Grid Ref: TQ215764, and walk along the Thames Path in the direction of Kew Gardens, then return on the opposite side of the river ending at Dukes Meadows Bandstand,  Grid Ref: TQ214767

Producer: Karen Gregor

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