The Ramblers Podcast
A podcast exploring assorted topics, including interviews and walks across the Cranborne Chase National Landscape catchment area. Our goal is to create a platform that educates, inspires all.
The Ramblers Podcast
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Garston Wood: Flint Blades, Tithe Maps and a Hidden Earthwork (W23)
A soggy morning in RSPB Garston Wood, the ancient woodland on the Dorset–Wiltshire border near Sixpenny Handley. We find worked flint blades underfoot, Iain explains what old tithe maps can tell us, and we stumble on a huge bank and ditch hidde...
Ludwell & the Coombes: A Neo-Norman Church and Hidden Valleys (W31, Pt 2)
Part two of our walk around Ludwell and the Coombes, just east of Shaftesbury. Iain digs into the church on the route and the rare Victorian taste for Norman-style architecture, we follow the hidden valleys of the Coombes past thatched cottages...
Ludwell & the Coombes: Floods, Footpaths and Village History (W31, Pt 1)
Part one of our walk around Ludwell and the Coombes, just east of Shaftesbury. There's surprisingly little written about Ludwell, so we set out to find its story on foot: the village's history and its recent flooding, invasive plants, butterfli...
How Your Pet's Flea Treatment Reaches the River: Lindsey Death, Wessex Rivers Trust
Did you know the flea treatment on your dog can end up in your local river? Lindsey Death from Wessex Rivers Trust joins us to talk about the chalk streams of Cranborne Chase, why they matter globally, and the surprisingly small changes at home...
Bringing Back the Great Bustard: Drones, Nests and Salisbury Plain, with Siobhan Lewis
The great bustard vanished from Britain nearly two centuries ago, and now it's back on Salisbury Plain. Siobhan Lewis joins Nigel to talk about the project bringing back one of the world's heaviest flying birds, and how drones are helping to fi...
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