Countrystride Podcast
1) #160: Vicars of the fells
...in which we pull up a pew at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, for a wide-ranging chat about faith in the hills, fell-running and the day-to-day life of the rural vicar. Opening the podcast, we reflect...Show More
2) #159: Blackwell – Arts & Crafts in Lakeland
...in which we head south over a snowy Dunmail Raise to immerse ourselves in the world of Arts and Crafts at Blackwell. In the company of Niall Hodson, Keeper of Collections at Lakeland Arts, we star...Show More
3) #158: Haystacks – How Wainwright changed our lives
...in which we embark on a memorial walk to Innominate Tarn on Haystacks to ask the question: How did fell-walker Alfred Wainwright impact on so many lives? Closing a year of AW anniversaries – inclu...Show More
4) #157: A Cumbrian Christmas Cracker – December 2025
...in which we select the best bits from our second Cumbrian Christmas Cracker, a celebration of all things festive in the historic counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire north-of-the-Sand...Show More
5) #156: Kurt Schwitters – From the international avant-garde to exile in Ambleside
...in which dazzling autumn light illuminates a breezy walk between Ambleside and Elterwater in the company of art historian Dr Lizzie Fisher, where we discuss the remarkable life of the groundbreakin...Show More
#156: Kurt Schwitters – From the international avant-garde to exile in Ambleside
50:53 | Dec 5th, 2025
6) #155: The Lakeland Angler – On Derwent Water with Eric Hope
...in which we spend a perfect autumn day 'gone fishing' on Derwent Water with angler-author Eric Hope. Setting out from Lodore, we cast our minds – and line – back to Eric's Lancashire childhood, an...Show More
7) #154: Rory Stewart: 'Middleland' – Letters from Britain’s most rural constituency
...in which we are joined by broadcaster, author, long-distance walker and former MP for Penrith and the Border, Rory Stewart, to discuss his new book, Middleland – Dispatches from the Borders. In a ...Show More
#154: Rory Stewart: 'Middleland' – Letters from Britain’s most rural constituency
1:02:03 | Oct 31st, 2025
8) #153: Monasteries, mining and manhunts – A 10,000 year history of Seatoller
...in which we congregate in autumnal Upper Borrowdale to explore the history of Seatoller. In the company of Steve Uglow – author of Seatoller: History of a Hamlet – we ascend the flanks of High Doa...Show More
#153: Monasteries, mining and manhunts – A 10,000 year history of Seatoller
59:35 | Oct 10th, 2025
9) #152: The Lost Paths – Jack Cornish from The Ramblers
...in which we're joined by Jack Cornish, author, long-distance walker and Head of Paths at The Ramblers to talk about his book The Lost Paths, and the deep history of England and Wales' extensive pat...Show More
10) #151: Eycott Hill – Landscape in recovery
...in which we open Series 2 of Countrystride by exploring Eycott Hill in the northeast corner of the Lake District National Park – a landscape in recovery. In the company of Kevin Scott, Northern Res...Show More