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Last broadcast on Thu, 22 Oct 2009, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland.
Former hill shepherd Russell Tait, Northumberland's answer to George Clooney, is Clare's guide as she walk's the fifth leg of the route from Rothbury to Simonside.
St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people.
Clare Balding and Russell Tait
Clare walked out of market town of Rothbury up onto Lordenshaws and then onto the Simonside Hills. There is a waymarked path across the moors that can be boggy in places. Clare's walk finished at Harwood.
About 10 miles in all
Broadcasts
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Sat 17 Oct 200906:07
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Thu 22 Oct 200915:00
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