Crouch End to Bloomsbury, London
Ramblings
BBC
4.5 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Clare Balding joins archaeologist, Charlotte Frearson and her dog, Indy, on their daily, five mile walk to work. A few years ago Charlotte was suffering from crippling anxiety, her doctor suggested medication or a dog. After detailed research Charlotte decided a whippet would be better than drugs and she bought Indy, short , of course, for Indiana Jones. Everyday they walk from their home in Crouch End, across London to UCL's Institute of Archaeology in Bloomsbury. It's hard to know who enjoys the walk more as Charlotte has the chance to reflect on the antiquities that might lie beneath their feet and Indy has the chance to hunt out tasty morsels on the pavement. As they take their favourite route from park to park Charlotte explains to Clare how Indy is now being assessed to be a Pet As Therapy dog, not just for her but for the students who sometimes find it easier to talk to him than their tutors. Producer Lucy Lunt.
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| 0:43.5 | Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings. |
| 0:48.8 | It's a crisp, clear morning. |
| 0:51.1 | The sun has just risen. |
| 0:52.7 | Buses are going by. |
| 0:54.0 | Plains are coming into land at various London airports and everybody feels as if they're on the move they're all going to work or they're going to school they're going somewhere and I've come up to Crouch End to join Charlotte Frierson who is an archaeologist at university college London because every day she and her whipet Indy walk to work |
| 1:13.2 | and I'm joining them on their pedestrian commute. |
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