The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon
Ramblings
BBC
4.5 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2013
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Clare Balding walks in Somerset as the guest of The Tuesday Walkers of North Devon. Meeting at the village of Exford on Exmoor, they set out on a six mile circular route, which, like all of the group's walks, begins and ends at a pub. All the members are retired and take their Tuesday hike as an important weekly date in their diaries. While enjoying the scenery, the company and the exercise all have good advice to offer Clare, on how to ensure a fit, healthy, active and happy retirement. Producer: Lucy Lunt.
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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. |
| 0:45.6 | So we need to look out for some deer. |
| 0:47.0 | We can see some deer here. |
| 0:53.0 | Basically, we're going to walk down here from the car park along the river to Cork Farm. |
| 0:56.8 | Then we're going to walk through along a bridal park. this brand new series of ramblings i am starting my walking by joining a group of retired friends who all live in and around |
| 1:04.4 | devon and we are in the village of xford right in the middle of x more we're heading off on a |
| 1:09.5 | six-mile walk across the more, I think. |
| 1:12.2 | And as Jan was explaining there, we've got a bit of river as well, which would be lovely. |
| 1:15.8 | Jan is rather extravagantly titled, The Grand Walking Officer of the Tuesday Walkers. |
| 1:23.1 | Jan, you better just explain your title. |
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