This is a BBC Radio 4 download. You're listening to me. Claire Balding with another edition of Ramblings.

In this series of Ramblings, I've been joining groups, whether they be parents or fanatical followers of the film Zulu or committed trekkers of the like Wake Walk. And it's taken me birding in Bedfordshireshire yonping in North Yorkshire and marching in the

mornvons well today i've come down to the south coast to the dorset village of simmonsbury which is

halfway between lime regis and bridport to join a very large group the largest group certainly of this

series about 30 people ahead of me four black Labrador's as well, and quite a noisy

elderly terrier. So let's find out who they are and why they meet up. Every third Sunday,

I think, is their routine. This is Kay and Steve. Hi there. So why are you a group? What links you

together? The Labour Party. And we started off after the 2005 general election

when there was a great spirit amongst us and we wanted to keep that going and we all obviously

enjoyed walking because we do a lot of that when we're campaigning. And it just seemed a good way of

keeping friends and comrades together. So are you all involved in local politics? Yes.

Certainly involved in campaigning.

We're not all the candidates, but in many ways we're the foot soldiers

that support councillors and MPs or potential MPs.

The group has started drifting away.

I don't want us to get left behind.

But is this the first time you've walked together since the general election?

It is, yes.

And what's the mood?

Obviously we're disappointed, but, you know, there's other battles to fight,

and we're upbeat about moving forward, I suppose.

And do you find when you walk, do you talk about politics?

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