<p>Clare joins three walkers from the village of Timsbury in Somerset who have created several books detailing100 walks for local people to enjoy in the area. Peter Bradshaw,  Larry Cunningham and Sue Fraser stress the books are very much a community project with any proceeds going back into the village.  On an extremely wet and windy winter day they take Clare from the village centre around the valley to explore the area's little known coal mining history.  All the former mines are obviously closed and the slag heaps are now covered over rich green hillocks which make for safe and easy walking.</p><p>Producer: Maggie Ayre</p>

An Art Walk in the Forest of Dean

Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors.Fresh air and nature, wonderful views and uplifting chat, each week Clare hikes in a different part of our glorious countryside. Walking side by side is the perfect way to cover a huge range of subjects: literature, art, wildlife, nature, taking on personal or physical challenges, dealing with grief, confronting preconceptions about the kind of people who love to ramble. The conversations are as varied as the landscapes we find ourselves in. If there's a recurring theme, it's the accepted truth that 'solvitur ambulando' - 'it is solved through walking': The sense of wellness, the benefits to mental health, easy companionship, or sometimes just the sense of solitude that being alone in nature brings.Few things are better than going for a good walk. That's what we aim to share each week on Ramblings with Clare Balding.