Flamborough Head to Bridlington

Ramblings

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4.5 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2012

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare Balding is walking with dogs (and their owners) in this new series of Ramblings.

Programme 1: Flamborough Head to Bridlington with Stuart Jessup, Kate Atkin and Poppy the springer spaniel.

Stuart Jessup and his springer spaniel, Poppy, started an 8 month, 2,500 mile walk around the English coast in October 2011. Occasionally joined by Stuart's wife, Kate, Stuart is walking as part of a campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, and to raise money for Sane and Anxiety UK. Clare Balding joined Stuart, Kate and Poppy for a stretch of the walk from Flamborough Head to Bridlington on the Yorkshire Coast, to hear more about his adventures. Poppy has been central to the success of the walk; her friendliness encourages conversations between Stuart and other walkers, who often reveal their own problems with depression - both parties leaving the encounter enriched. Producer Karen Gregor.

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0:59.2	Hidden skylarks are singing up in the clouds above, the waves crashing below,
1:03.8	and in front of me a happy spring of Spaniel with her tail wagging
1:07.1	as trying to discover new smells amidst the grass
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1:12.7	high chalk cliffs at Flambra Head on the east coast of Yorkshire it gets its own special section
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