Summary
Clare Balding joins Gill Callow, a teacher from York who takes her on a favourite six mile route around the city. Walking has always been an important part of Gill's life; a joy to share with friends, a way to appreciate the wonders of the British countryside, a stress - buster from intense days in the classroom and now vital to help her come to terms with the loss of her partner, Martin. Gill talks to Clare about how she introduced him to the joys of walking , the long distance routes they tackled and the plans they had for the future. She finds walking a good way to remember him and the many happy times they shared. Producer Lucy Lunt.
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| 0:00.0 | Eleven climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2. |
| 0:06.0 | It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history. |
| 0:10.0 | Rock falls, avalanches. |
| 0:11.0 | Huge pieces of ice. All are big enough to kill you. |
| 0:14.0 | He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone. |
| 0:17.0 | How did it all go so wrong? |
| 0:19.0 | And is it really worth risking death to feel alive? |
| 0:22.3 | Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death cell on a vacation? |
| 0:27.4 | Extreme. |
| 0:28.3 | Peak Danger. |
| 0:29.3 | With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella. |
| 0:31.8 | Listen to the full series now. |
| 0:33.4 | First on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.2 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:39.8 | This is a BBC Radio 4 download. |
| 0:42.6 | You're listening to me, Claire Balding, with another edition of Ramblings. |
| 0:48.1 | For the first time this series, I'm wearing long johns under my trousers, obviously, and gloves. |
| 0:57.5 | Jill Callow is my companion and walking guide today we are going to be walking along a disused railway line from york in the direction of selby yes that's right |
| 1:04.6 | to sort of south and a little bit east east yeah this is a route that I do fairly often. |
| 1:13.6 | If I can't get out way into the countryside, I can walk down from my house and start here |
| 1:20.6 | and walk all a big circuit and walk back. |
| 1:22.6 | And it's a gorgeous, clear, crisp day and the leaves have nearly all fallen from the trees. |
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