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Last broadcast on Thu, 25 Feb 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Clare Balding joins members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor Club for a coastal walk on Anglesey.
Many of the members joined the group because they wanted to meet like-minded people in a relaxed and positive environment. Pete Burling hopes the group is an antidote to the gay clubbing scene and finds that it offers a non-threatening and supportive atmosphere to those taking the first steps in coming out.
Keen birdwatcher Jane Prosser helps Clare look for some of the rare chough that can be found around the cliffs of Anglesey. Identifiable as a member of the crow family with its black plumage, it has a startling red bill and legs, making it look more exotic than the usual gulls that you expect on a coastal walk. Jane grew up near here and says that her father was a botanist and was for ever dragging her through hedges, and it seems to have rubbed off on her.
Clare with members of The North WalesGay Outdoor Club at the ruins at Porth Wen Brickworks
Clare joined members of the North Wales Outdoor Club on Anglesey for a five and a half mile circular walk from Camaes Bay.
Starting Grid Ref 373 935 OS Explorer 262.
This is a wild and dramatic section of the coast. The footpaths are adequate but a short section crosses an exposed coastal slope which some could find intimidating. Some steep and rocky sections.
Mark and Clare share a joke over a tea stop
Porth Wen Brickworks
Brick works.
Clare and members of the group
Uphill
Meeting in the car park.
Clare and Alan
Broadcasts
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Sat 20 Feb 201006:07
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Thu 25 Feb 201015:00
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