Summary
Today on Ramblings, Clare Balding walks with a group of women who met while on a horse-trekking trip in Outer Mongolia. Firm friendships were formed on that adventure, and since then the group has met many times. For the past five years they've been walking Offa's Dyke bit-by-bit, and they've now reached the section that runs close to Hay on Wye, which is where Ramblings is based this week.
The theme for this series of Ramblings is 'water ways'. This week and next, we explore two different sections of the River Wye.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 11 climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2. |
| 0:06.4 | It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history. |
| 0:09.9 | Rock falls, avalanches. |
| 0:11.6 | Huge pieces of ice. |
| 0:12.9 | All are big enough to kill you. |
| 0:14.3 | He just flew out into Devoid, and he was gone. |
| 0:17.3 | How did it all go so wrong? |
| 0:19.2 | And is it really worth risking death to feel alive? Why would |
| 0:23.1 | somebody pay to go to a place called the death zone on 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 |
| 0:36.4 | for download. |
| 0:38.3 | You're listening to me. |
| 0:40.9 | Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings. |
| 0:46.4 | The birds are in good song today, |
| 0:48.6 | and the sunlight is coming through the tree branches, |
| 0:51.3 | giving a dappled effect on a single-track path with tree roots underfoot. |
| 0:53.5 | And it's a bit muddy and squelchy, |
| 0:55.2 | but if we take our time, we can enjoy the thrill of being here in springtime. |
| 1:00.3 | We can hear the river. |
| 1:01.7 | We can just see glimpses of it through the branches. |
| 1:04.1 | The river Wye is down to my right, |
| 1:06.4 | because today I've come to Hay on Y, |
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