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Last broadcast on Thu, 5 Nov 2009, 23:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Writer Robert Macfarlane walks the length of the South Downs, exploring its chalk path and its ghosts.
The Downs have often prompted dreams of flight. Reaching the Cuckmere Valley and the Seven Sisters, Robert re-imagines the life of artist Eric Ravilious, who was fascinated by the 'pure design' of the South Downs - their paths, ridges and light. Ravilious's passion for aerial landscapes eventually led him northwards, to Norway and Iceland. He disappeared off the coast of Iceland in September 1942 while on a rescue flight.
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Thu 5 Nov 200923:00
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