Summary
Clare Balding walks from the famous dragon at Bures on the Essex/Suffolk border to Assington in Suffolk. Joining her is a group of volunteers from the Colchester branch of the Samaritans charity. It's a supportive walking-group which helps volunteers to bond and decompress, something that's necessary in an emotionally challenging although rewarding role.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a BBC Radio 4 download. |
| 0:02.5 | You're listening to me. |
| 0:03.6 | Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings. |
| 0:08.5 | You join us on a windy day in South Suffolk, |
| 0:11.6 | and I'm walking down a track just to the edge of a ploughed field |
| 0:14.6 | that drops down steeply to the left to a hedgerow. |
| 0:17.8 | It is winter, but it's actually quite mild. |
| 0:20.1 | The wind has got a tiny bit of chill to it, but it's been such a relativelygerow. It is winter, but it's actually quite mild. The wind has got a tiny bit of chill to it, |
| 0:22.3 | but it's been such a relatively warm winter that, frankly, you're finally expecting a bit of cold and it comes. |
| 0:29.6 | Now, I'm with Sue Dixon and Virginia Druitt who got in touch with Ramblings to tell us about the walking group that you guys are a part of. |
| 0:40.3 | So Virginia, what is it and what brings you all together? |
| 0:43.4 | Well, we all belong to our Samaritans group. |
| 0:48.6 | Samaritans is a national organisation, as you probably know, but we have a local branch in colchester and a few years ago we decided |
| 0:57.9 | that it would be nice to start a walking group so that some of us could meet in a different place |
| 1:03.7 | from where we obviously carry out our duties now if you want to follow us on the map we are on the |
| 1:10.0 | suffolk essex border but the whole walk is in Suffolk |
| 1:13.6 | isn't it? Yes. |
| 1:14.8 | So we're on OS Explorer 196 |
| 1:18.1 | which is Sudbury Hadley and Dedden Vale |
| 1:20.9 | And I guess if you want a more general idea |
| 1:23.5 | Of where we are we're kind of between |
| 1:25.3 | Sudbury and Ipswich |
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