Podcasts
These sound bites have been recorded as part of the Dorset AONB Talking Tent project, celebrating 60 years as an outstanding landscape. The recordings capture a taste of what makes places special to the people who live, work here or pop over for a visit. The things we love about our favourite places are as varied as the landscapes themselves … listen on to hear these personal perspectives of why landscapes are very much part of your lives.
![Seatown – The Anchor Pub](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Zara_Huddleston_Seatown-825x375.jpg)
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Seatown - The Anchor Pub
How did the pebbles get up into the bank outside the Anchor Pub in Seaton?...
![Names](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Kingcombe-c-Mark-Heighes-825x375.jpg)
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Names
![Hell Farm, North Chideock](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/58g.-graham_herbert_wardon_hill-825x375.jpg)
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Hell Farm, North Chideock
![Charmouth](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Beach-Stones-compressed-825x375.jpg)
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Charmouth
Jane lives between London and Charmouth and talks to Sarah about what she loves along the coastline
![Walking old hillforts](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Eggardon-Hill-c-Tony-Gill-LR-825x375.jpg)
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Walking old hillforts
![Bridport](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Bridport-Autumn-Pastels-825x375.jpg)
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Bridport
![Bridport life](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mark-Heighes-West-Bay36-825x375.jpg)
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Bridport life
Ruby shares her life in Bridport from her family working in the old net factories to modern day
![Hills around Bridport](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lyn-Newnham-Colmers-Hill-825x375.jpg)
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Hills around Bridport
On life in Bridport and why Ann moved to the area seven years ago
![They are tricksy people that can lead you astray](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Colmers-Hill-c-James-Loveridge-Dorset-AONB-Photo-Competition-825x375.jpg)
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They are tricksy people that can lead you astray
![Why Colmers Hill has nine pine trees](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Colmers-Hill-c-Max-Trafford-Dorset-AONB-Photo-Competition-e1631187780940-825x375.jpg)
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Why Colmers Hill has nine pine trees
![What’s left is purely the sounds of the sea](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Durdle_Door-c-Michael_Brown_-825x375.jpg)
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What's left is purely the sounds of the sea
![We are only stewards of this land](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Strong-Orchard-Dorset-Nectar-near-Bridport-e1694264966511-825x375.jpg)
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We are only stewards of this land
Martin Maudsley meets West Dorset cider-makers Penny and Oliver Strong.
![Birdwalking](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Picture-125-825x375.jpg)
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Birdwalking
![The jigsaw of our landscape](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Puncknowle-c-J_Cooper_Dawkins-Dorset-AONB-Photo-Competition-2020-825x375.jpg)
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The jigsaw of our landscape
![Awash with buttercups!](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stories-at-Hardys-monument-825x375.jpg)
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Awash with buttercups!
![May Day Celebrations and reflections on Spring](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Judi-Moor-interview-825x375.jpg)
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May Day Celebrations and reflections on Spring
Judi Moore talks to Sarah Acton after the Talking Tent Springtime Walk-shop on Black Down.
![Powerstock cowslips](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cowslips-2-825x375.jpg)
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Celebrating May Day with cowslips
Ann Sydney shares this May Day memory from Mary Follett, 90, from Bridport.
![Talking about … Durlston walk-shop in May](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RSWildFlowersLightHouse-min-825x375.jpg)
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Talking Tent Walk-shop at Durlston Country Park
![Let’s talk about Spring – May Day celebrations](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/May-Day-with-Martin-and-Annie-Maudsley-825x375.jpg)
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Memories of May Days past
Storyteller Martin Maudsley talks about what he loves about May Day
![What spring means to me – thoughts from Sarah Acton](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Talking-Tent-host-Sarah-Acton-2-825x375.jpg)
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What spring means to me - thoughts from Sarah Acton
![Let’s talk about Spring – Readings by Sarah Acton](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Talking-Tent-host-Sarah-Acton-825x375.jpg)
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Let's talk about Spring - Readings by Sarah Acton
Talking Tent host Sarah Acton reads from Thomas Hardy and William Barnes work about spring.
![Let’s talk about Spring – Walk-shops](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Spring-walk-c-Graham-Herbert-825x375.jpg)
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Let's talk about Spring - Walk-shops
Talking Tent host Sarah Acton invites you to join the Walk-shops in May
![Beaminster Tunnel](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/73c.-Jan_Williams_Beaminster-825x375.jpg)
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Beaminster Tunnel
![Let’s talk about Spring – beltane celebrations](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Spring-blossom-SD-825x375.jpg)
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Let's talk about Spring - beltane celebrations
Storyteller Martin Maudsley talks about beltane celebrations in May
![Giant Hill](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Cerne-Giant-dreamstimemaximum_97309273-825x375.jpg)
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Giant Hill
![Hyde Hill](https://dorset-nl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hyde-Hill-Walditch-c-Tom-Munro-825x375.jpg)
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