Alderley Edge - Alan Garner

Ramblings

BBC

Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Science

4.5 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2011

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Alan Garner spent his early childhood in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, and he remains associated with the area. Many of his works, including The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, are drawn from local legends and locations. Clare Balding walks with him to hear more about the area and how it inspired his writing.

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0:00.0	11 climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2.
0:06.4	It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history.
0:09.9	Rock falls, avalanches.
0:11.6	Huge pieces of ice.
0:12.9	All are big enough to kill you.
0:14.3	He just flew out into Devoid, and he was gone.
0:17.3	How did it all go so wrong?
0:19.2	And is it really worth risking death to feel alive?
0:22.3	Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death zone on vacation?
0:27.3	Extreme.
0:28.2	Peak Danger.
0:29.3	With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella.
0:31.7	Listen to the full series now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.8	You're listening to a podcast from BBC Radio 4.
0:37.8	This is Ramblings with me, Claire Boulding.
0:40.6	It was strange to find an inn there on that road.
0:44.3	Its white walls and stone roof had nestled into the woods for centuries, isolated with no other house in sight.
0:51.9	A village inn, without a village.
0:54.9	Colin and Susan came to it after a mile and a half of dust and wet tar in the heat of the day.
1:00.6	It was named the wizard and above the door was fixed a painted sign which held the children's attention.
1:08.3	The painting showed a man dressed like a monk with long white hair and beard.
1:14.9	And I'm standing now on that road, a mile and a half from Alderly Edge, four and a half miles
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