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This is a BBC Radio 4 download. You're listening to me, Claire Balding, with another edition

of ramblings.

It's a Sunday afternoon and there are around 17 families gathered in the garden of a house in Ambergate,

which is just to the north of Derby.

17 families routinely meet up once a month.

The walk is organised by Paul Cotton and he says it's a really good turnout for today.

But the amazing thing is the number of children, I'm guessing, and I'm not great at children's ages,

but I'm guessing ranging in age

for about five or six to about 15th. Who's the youngest? How old are you? Charlie's six. And

who's the oldest? Isabella and you are? 13. Okay. So Charlie, you're definitely the youngest. Do you

enjoy walking? Yeah. Good. Nice wellies, by the way, as well.

He's got wellies with skull and crossbones on them.

So, Paul, was this your idea to get families together, your friends, and neighbours?

It was our idea, yes.

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