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

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Ramblings: Walking at Night on the South Downs near Seaford

Walking at Night on the South Downs near Seaford

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An unlit walk at night across the South Downs.

When author Annabel Abbs suffered a series of bereavements she found herself unable to sleep. Eventually she began getting up and walking around her garden and neighbouring fields around 3am.  But when she heard about Caroline Whiteman who runs guided walks at night without head torches, she just had to go along on one. Caroline began the walks as an experiment in overcoming her fear of the dark. She has found other people keen to get out at night and experience the dark in a totally different way under her care and supervision.  Although Clare is walking on a winter's night with barely any moon visible it's amazing how quickly the landscape lights up and the chalk cliffs stand out against the sea.
They walked in a loop starting and ending at South Hill Barn Car Park  BN25 4JQ near Seaford

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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