Beeley Edge with David Blunkett

Ramblings

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Science, Nature, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

David Blunkett takes Clare Balding for a walk across Beeley Edge in the Peak District. Joining them are his wife, Margaret, and his guide dog, Barley. Despite being blind from birth, Lord Blunkett has always been a keen rambler and is President of his local Ramblers group.

En route they encounter half a dozen cattle, which have to be navigated carefully as David once had three ribs broken by a cow which, he recalls, came towards him with a 'primeval bellow' and knocked him over. They also pass the lakes that supply the extraordinary gardens at Chatsworth House, including the Emperor Fountain built to impress a visiting Russian Czar... who didn't turn up.

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Location Producer: Tom Bonnett Producer: Karen Gregor

Transcript

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0:00.0	Eleven climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2.
0:06.0	It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history.
0:10.0	Rock falls, avalanches.
0:11.0	Huge pieces of ice. All are big enough to kill you.
0:14.0	He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone.
0:17.0	How did it all go so wrong?
0:19.0	And is it really worth risking death to feel alive? Why would
0:23.2	somebody pay to go to a place called the death cell on a vacation? Extreme, peak danger. With me,
0:29.9	Natalia Melman Petrazella. Listen to the full series now. First on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds Music, radio, podcasts.
0:39.3	Barley, do you want to just have a look at this microphone so you know what it is, my love?
0:43.3	There you go, see? That's great.
0:45.3	That's a very good idea because I did have a dog that went wild with mics, but you're all right with it, aren't you?
0:52.3	Not for you too.
0:53.3	My guest on ramblings today, apart from Bali, the guide dog,
0:56.0	is David Blunkett, Lord Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough.
1:00.0	Very welcome to Bealey and to my cottage.
1:03.0	We're just going to put the boots and the Anorak on
1:06.0	and get up onto the Beely Ridge,
1:09.0	which I hope will be both interesting for listeners and very enjoyable for us.
1:15.4	I'll let you put your boots on.
1:16.8	I'll do that.
1:18.2	Get my socks.
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