Summary
Clare Balding heads for the Clwyd Hills in North Wales as she joins the county's Archaeologist, Fiona Gale, to find out more about the many Iron Age hill forts that are so prevalent along the range. They start at Moel Arthur , walking along to Penycloddiau, one of the largest sites. They are joined by two of Fiona's colleagues. David Shiel and Helen Mrowiec, all three of whom are passionate about the area and the leisure opportunities it offers. While they all discuss the marks left on the landscape by past generations, Clare and her companions become united in their hatred of a twenty first century scar, the plastic dog poo bag, filled and left hanging on branches or in bushes. Clare is now on a mission to eradicate these eyesores from the countryside. You can follow the walk on Explorer no 265 Clwydian Range/Bryniau Clwyd. Starting grid ref , SJ146657 Producer Lucy Lunt.
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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. This is a BBC Radio |
| 0:36.5 | for download. |
| 0:38.3 | You're listening to me. |
| 0:41.0 | Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings. |
| 0:47.2 | The sign ahead says cattle and sheep for one mile. |
| 0:48.5 | Pictures of both of them. |
| 0:51.7 | And I'm just going to pop through this gate to the right of a cattle grid because waiting for me up ahead are three people, two of them in dark green and grey, sort of camouflaged against the fields and the other one in a very bright green jacket. |
| 1:04.9 | And I'm in North Wales and the fluid range on the edge of Mulvama Country Park. |
| 1:10.9 | And the three people waiting for me are Fiona Gail, Helen Moroviac and David Sheal. |
| 1:16.2 | Morning. |
| 1:17.2 | Good morning. |
| 1:18.2 | Hi, how are you all? |
| 1:19.4 | Right up against the chill. |
| 1:21.9 | Against the chill. |
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