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BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors. Enjoy a new escape into the countryside every Tuesday and wind down with our Sound Escapes on a Friday. Find out more about us at www.countryfile.com/podcast Subscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/print/bbc-countryfile-magazine-subscription

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Hannah Tribe Fergus

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Bizza Walters
Bizza Walters is a young farmer based in Warwickshire, England. She is known for her work on her family's sheep farm, particularly during the lambing season, which is a critical time for farmers. Bizza is an advocate for mental health support within the farming community and actively engages with her audience through social media, including Instagram, where she shares insights into farm life and the challenges faced by farmers. She also has a personal website that provides more information about her work and experiences in agriculture.
Johnny Campbell
Johnny Campbell is a folk singer known for his powerful songs that are deeply rooted in the landscape and the struggles of ordinary people. He is currently walking the Pennine Way, a famous long-distance footpath in Britain, while performing gigs almost every evening. His music reflects themes of nature and access to the outdoors. More information about him can be found on his website www.johnnycampbell.co.uk.
Freddie
Freddie is a friend and walking companion of folk singer Johnny Campbell, who accompanies him on his journey along the Pennine Way. While specific details about Freddie's background are not provided, he plays a supportive role in Johnny's walking and performing adventure.

Topics Discussed

sheep farm Warwickshire sunset lambs countryside relaxation Sound Escapes lambing time mental health support farming community yellowhammer Dorset valley blackbird Pennine Way folk singer Johnny Campbell long-distance footpath nature landscape live music winter spring fieldfares skylarks starlings ravens nature sounds

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Explore the British countryside with us and discover walks, wildlife, foraging, seasonal recipes, nature crafts, latest environmental news, reviews and travel.

Based on the long-running TV series, we also bring you interviews, reports and columns from Countryfile presenters including Matt Baker, Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson.

Visit our website: countryfile.com
See what’s in our latest issue: countryfile.com/magazine
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Explore Britain’s beautiful countryside. Visit countryfile.com. Tag us in your photos 🍂🌿

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on The Plodcast.

0:00 16:05

Sound Escape 218. Dusk settles on a peaceful farmyard

Hosts
Hannah Tribe
Keywords
sheep farm Warwickshire sunset lambs countryside relaxation Sound Escapes
It's early evening on a remote sheep farm in Warwickshire. The orange sunset slants through the trees and the lambs are softly bleating.

BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.

Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe.

Email the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
0:00 57:50

295. Explore a Warwickshire farm at lambing time with Bizza Walters

Guests
Bizza Walters
Keywords
lambing time sheep farm mental health support farming community Warwickshire
This week we're heading to a sheep farm in Warwickshire just south of Birmingham. It's lambing time and young farmer Bizza Walters and her family reveal the ups and downs of this crucial, stressful, delightful few weeks in spring.

Plus we talk about why farmers need mental health support and discuss other big issues facing the farming community.

You can find Bizza on Instagram (@bizza.walters), other social media and her website www.bizzawalters.co.uk/

And now you can get in touch with the Plodcast team via:

The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast group on Facebook & BBC Countryfile Magazine's Instagram page.

UK Plodcast listeners can take advantage of a special subscription to BBC Countryfile Magazine where you can receive you first 3 issues for just 6. Head to www.ourmediashop.com/plodcast25

The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022.

If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: [email protected].

If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.

The Plodcast is produced by Jack Bateman and Lewis Dobbs. The theme tune was written and performed by Blair Dunlop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
0:00 18:53

Sound Escape 217. Enjoy the zipping song of a yellowhammer at the bottom of the garden

Hosts
Hannah Tribe
Keywords
yellowhammer Dorset valley blackbird countryside Sound Escapes
In a peaceful Dorset valley, a garden looks onto wide farmland. As a blackbird sings seductively from the hedgerow, a yellowhammer tests out his rising song of summer joy from somewhere out in the open landscape.

BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.

Recorded by Kevin Parr, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image from Getty

Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
0:00 53:47

294. Take a walk on the Pennine Way with folk singer Johnny Campbell

Hosts
Fergus
Guests
Johnny Campbell Freddie
Keywords
Pennine Way folk singer Johnny Campbell long-distance footpath nature landscape live music
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the opening of Britain's most famous long-distance footpath, Plodcast host Fergus met folk singer Johnny Campbell to walk part of the route.

Johnny is spending 19 days walking the entire route from Derbyshire to the Borders of Scotland – gigging almost every evening. His powerful songs are rooted in the landscape and the struggles of ordinary people to gain access to nature and fresh air. Listen on for a live rendition of one of Johnny's most famous songs.

You'll also hear the voice of Johnny's friend and walking companion 'sherpa' Freddie.

You can find out more about Johnny on his website www.johnnycampbell.co.uk and you can find his songs on all the major streaming services.

And now you can get in touch via:

The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast group on Facebook & BBC Countryfile Magazine's Instagram page.

UK Plodcast listeners can take advantage of a special subscription to BBC Countryfile Magazine where you can receive you first 3 issues for just £6. Head to www.ourmediashop.com/plodcast25

The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022.

If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: [email protected].

If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.

The Plodcast is produced by Jack Bateman and Lewis Dobbs. The theme tune was written and performed by Blair Dunlop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
0:00 17:40

Sound Escape 216. Winter fieldfares mix with spring skylarks and starling as winter yields to spring

Hosts
Hannah Tribe
Keywords
winter spring fieldfares skylarks starlings ravens countryside nature sounds
We're on the cusp of spring but winter clings on in rasping voices of ravens. As you walk in the cold sunlight of early March across a field to a stand of trees, starling song cascades, while skylarks erupt sporadically, dreaming of warmer days. But you also catch the chack-chack-chack of fieldfares, winter visitors escaping the deep cold of their Scandinavian homeland.

BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.

Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image from Getty

Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ratings

Global:
4.4 rating 444 reviews

UK

4.3 ratings 289 reviews

USA

4.4 ratings 89 reviews

Australia

4.8 ratings 28 reviews

Canada

4.6 ratings 14 reviews

New Zealand

4.6 ratings 9 reviews

Ireland

4.9 ratings 8 reviews

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