Reading: Walking Home

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I always enjoy listening to Ramblings with Clare Balding (or Baldings with Clare Rambling, as we often refer to it) on Radio 4, and when I saw she'd written a book about walking I thought it seemed worth getting. Walking Home is in many ways like a written version of Ramblings; it's a gentle, comforting meander through her time on the programme and memories of particularly interesting walks, interspersed with an account of several walks she took with members of her family on the Wayfarer's Way in Hampshire, starting at various different points and walking back to their home in Kingsclere. I did feel that it petered out a bit at the end; the last two chapters were devoted to her experience presenting the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics which didn't really seem to have anything to do with the rest of the book, and which I wasn't particularly interested in, but overall it was a pleasant and undemanding read which was perfect for a busy time at work during a difficult year.