Summary
This series of Ramblings is themed 'waterways' and in the second of two programmes based on the banks of the River Wye, Clare Balding walks with Nadia Smith on the Doward, near Ross-on-Wye.
Nadia has a grown-up son with cerebral palsy; when he was younger she needed to lift him a great deal, something she thinks contributed to osteoarthritis, which eventually led to two partial hip-replacements.
She fought having these metal-hips for a long time, fearful that she would lose fitness and mobility. However, following the first operation, she followed a programme of gentle exercise and learned to adapt her walking posture. Nadia now feels as fit and active as before. Join Clare and Nadia as they walk along a stretch of the Wye close to Nadia's home.
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. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm standing in a wood in the middle of nowhere outside a pale pink cottage with sea green window frames and door. |
| 0:52.8 | And I say in the middle of nowhere, |
| 0:54.4 | because I promise you, if you tried to get here, |
| 0:56.3 | you would never find it. |
| 0:57.7 | We're about six miles from Rossonois, |
| 0:59.5 | four miles from Monmouth, |
| 1:00.9 | in an area known as the Doward. |
| 1:03.3 | And Nadia Smith and Roger Smith live in this cottage. |
| 1:07.0 | And you are completely isolated, aren't you, Nadia? |
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