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Countrystride #57: Helvellyn
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
...in which we tackle one of Lakeland's most iconic fells via the rocky arête of Swirral Edge. In the company of Tom Hayek from the John Muir Trust – the charity which manages Glenridding Common – we discuss people pressure in a post-lockdown world; we discover how locals are nursing sub-alpine plants for the high fells; we hear about Tom's journey bagging the Nuttalls; we take in Mark's panorama from this finest of felltops; and we consider why, when undertaking landscape-scale work, we must be prepared to make change we’ll not live to see.
You can find out more about the Trust's work on Glenridding Common at www.johnmuirtrust.org/about-us/where-we-work/glenridding-common
Follow Tom on Twitter at twitter.com/hayektom
You can find out more about the Trust's work on Glenridding Common at www.johnmuirtrust.org/about-us/where-we-work/glenridding-common
Follow Tom on Twitter at twitter.com/hayektom
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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