The Pilgrims Way
Ramblings
BBC
4.5 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Clare Balding explores part of The Pilgrims Way in the company of Canon Clare Edwards, who, as a member of the clergy at Canterbury Cathedral has the job of looking after all pilgrims en route from Winchester to Canterbury or Canterbury to Rome. They're joined by Jackie McAll who intends to complete the one hundred and thirty mile walk this month in gratitude for five years of sobriety, following years of alcoholism. She explains to Clare how she managed to overcome her addiction and find a new and fulfilled life. Canon Clare gives advice on the route which is not always as well signposted as she would like. As always, on Ramblings, there is much talk of food, weather and suitable clothing. This walk can be found on OS Landranger map 187, Dorking and Reigate , or Explorer 146. The starting grid reference is TQ 16986 503 Producer: Lucy Lunt.
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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. |
| 0:11.5 | Two dogs are swimming across the river. |
| 0:13.5 | You join us this afternoon on Ramblings in the middle of the river mole. |
| 0:17.5 | And two pointers have just swung their way across. |
| 0:23.6 | Because we are going to take the root of the stepping stones. It's quite an adventurous start to our walk. |
| 0:26.6 | We're walking a section of the Pilgrim's Way and I'm in the company of Canon Claire Edwards, |
| 0:31.6 | who part of her remit at Canterbury Cathedral is to look after pilgrims who are doing the whole of the Pilgrims way and Jackie McCall who's planning to take on the big challenge in September so Jackie this is a sort of mini recie for you it is absolutely yes yes lovely to see what this section is like and we're walking from Dorking to Ryegate so we're in we're in Surrey we are oh gosh, half a mile of the M25. |
| 0:55.0 | Yep. |
| 0:55.5 | If you listen, you could just vaguely hear cars in the distance, |
| 1:01.6 | but immediately it feels as if we've escaped. |
| 1:04.0 | So, we better hop across these stepping stones. |
| 1:09.8 | Whoa, you're right, Jackie. |
| 1:11.6 | Yes, that one's face it. |
| 1:12.6 | Okay. |
| 1:17.6 | So having survived the stepping stones just, because Jackie, you've got a wet foot, haven't you? |
| 1:21.6 | I've got a wet foot, yes. |
| 1:22.6 | It's a good start, isn't it? |
| 1:24.6 | Yeah, well, it'll walk off in a squelchy sort of a way. |
| 1:28.2 | We're now into a wide, sandy path through the trees. |
| 1:32.2 | Claire, how many people take on the Pilgrim's Way every year? |
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