Hertfordshire - Bell-Ringers

Ramblings

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The theme of this series of Ramblings is 'bonding' and this week Clare walks with a group who bond, not just through walking, but through their shared passion for bell-ringing. Twice a year, Janet Betham and a fellow Janet organise what have become known as "Janets' Jaunts", where a number of bell-ringers gather together for a ramble between two churches. They ring bells at the start of the walk, stop for a pub-lunch mid-way, and ring again at their destination bell-tower. Join Clare Balding for one of her most unusual Ramblings to date.

Producer: Karen Gregor.

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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. You're listening to me, Claire Boulding,
0:39.4	with another edition of Ramblings. Welcome to Ramblings. I've just hopped off the train at St Margaret
0:46.7	Station, Hertfordshire, which is halfway between Hartford and Harlow. And I'm joining up today
0:51.9	with a group of friends who are all bell ringers.
0:55.7	Well, a group of bell ringers who are all friends.
0:57.3	I'm not sure which way around would be accurate.
0:58.9	We'll find out about 18 or 20 of them, and they always start their walks near public transport,
1:05.9	which is why I've left a car where we're going to finish and taken the train to get here.
1:09.3	Hello.
1:10.3	Janet, yes, very train to get here. Hello. Janet.
1:15.0	Yes, very nice to meet you again. Thank you very much. All our bell-ringing friends.
1:18.9	I just was saying, I don't know whether your bell ringers who are friends or friends who are bell-ringers.
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