Best Wind In The Willows Podcasts (2025)

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The Brothers York; Lolly Willowes; and the Tale of a Yorkshire Scallywag 36:06

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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An Unfortunate Bishop’s But(t) as Gretel sinks into A Month in the Country 50:39

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Classic Stories: Pride and Prejudice 4:54

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Enjoy a classic story in English and learn 11 uses of ‘look’ - in 5 minutes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:✔️ 6 Minute English✔️ Learning English from the News✔️ Lear…

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Montmorency Retreats from The Cat; Pepys is Revolted by a Floating Corpse; and Elgar ends our Ponder 🌝 33:15

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Montmorency does not like Cats 🐈‍⬛; The Knave of Knaresborough; and Exmoor is depicted to Perfection 40:03

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Project Hail Mary 2:05:52

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Metamorphosis Bedtime Story 33:04

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Read in a whisper or calm reading style, this relaxing reading of Metamorphosis offers a surreal and quietly haunting bedtime listen. In this strange and dreamlike story by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. As his family grapples with this shocking change, the tale unfolds with eerie calm, …

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The Joys of Marlow; the History of Cleeve Abbey; and JL Carr’s moving portrayal of a Dying Girl 45:52

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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The Wind is finally in the Boat’s Favour; A meandering Ponder in the Garden; and we celebrate Maurice and Matthew 33:08

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Send us a text Thank you for joining me today. I am optimistic about the week ahead and I hope you are too. The cloud has finally shifted here in England and that makes an awful lot of difference. I’ll try to give a 🦔update soon. I’m putting food out for them every night and it completely disappears! 😄 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings acc…

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Pavarotti, the Pearl Fishers and A Month in the County excavates one’s own heart 37:30

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Send us a text How are you this blustery autumn day? There are so many forms of art that help peel off the scrub around one’s heart, apply a balm, then gently recoat with a protective layer. Unless we tend these sore, scarred spots, we cannot be well. Whether it’s words from a novel or poem, from a painting, or the harmonies of an aria, the arts al…

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Pepys Sings Gaze Not Upon Swans 🦢; Three Men and Their Boat; and we ponder the ancient Washing of Feet and Hands 🙌🏻 44:37

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Send us a text A poem by Henry Noel (Elizabethan Courtier) Gaze not on Swans Gaze not on swans in whose soft breast A full hatcht beauty seems to nest, Nor snow which falling from the sky, Hovers in its virginity. Gaze not on roses though new blown Grac’d with a fresh complexion, Nor lilly which no subtle bee Hath rob'd by kissing chemistry. Gaze n…

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A Cut-short mini episode with Mr Katt and a Delightful lady in Dunster Museum 10:41

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Send us a text Hello, I was unable to add to this episode, sadly, so in despair I’ll publish it as a mini-episode, like a tapas plate. Love Gretel 🦔🤗🙋‍♀️ Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time…

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Classic Stories: Pygmalion 3:43

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Enjoy a classic story in English and learn 8 uses of ‘round’ - in 5 minutes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ …

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Pomp & Circumstance; From Trenches to Moon’s Dug-out; and Romeo & Juliet’s terrible First Performance 38:48

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Send us a text Hello and thank you so much for joining me. I hope you are well! I look forward to taking you to some Exmoor churches over the next few days. Thank you for your support and kind emails. Gretel x Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions requ…

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Finale of Butler’s Mystery of Becket’s Bones; and we meet Kind and Delightful Moon in JL Carr’s Sensitive Masterpiece 59:34

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Classic Stories: Orpheus and Eurydice 5:29

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Enjoy a classic story in English and learn 13 uses of ‘long’ - in 5 minutes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ …

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Elgar, Wordsworth, Tracks, Midweek Music and Saints 32:34

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Wessex Woods; Good Saint Edith; and the Trail of Becket’s Bones 36:53

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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JL Carr and Jerome K Jerome Understand the Secret to finding Peace. 47:51

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Could the Bones Have Survived? And Poor Shattered Ypres Veteran arrives at the Church 47:32

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The Mystery of St Thomas A Becket’s Bones Continues; and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles reaches AD 799 40:28

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Send us a text Hello dear friends and welcome to newcomers. There are two episodes today: this first continues John Butler’s brilliant investigation into the mystery of Becket’s bones; the second episode this evening will also continue this theme, but we will also include our other familiar readings. Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings accor…

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A Month in the Country and Half a Dozen books tonight. Settle down and close your eyes 🤓 44:19

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Send us a text Good evening, sorry a super-late episode today. After dedicating a whole episode to the delightful P Mould yesterday, I wanted to catch up on all our readings. I know we’ve taken on a lot, but it means there is hopefully something there for you. It’s all jolly ad hoc but I can’t think of anything worse than a fixed recording routine.…

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Philip Mould OBE, Art Historian and Lovely Chap, chats to Gretel about Art 47:08

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Chaucer’s England; we Close the St Gregory Chapter; and we Progress with dear Pepys 21:14

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Hardy’s Overlooking the River Stour; St Gregory gives Augustine advice; Pepys’ shows good Character; and Where are St Thomas’s Bones? 32:25

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Send us a text Dear friends, thank you for your company and support. Nothing is asked of you with this half-baked endeavour than your company. Be patient with me regarding the amateur production and please don’t rate me with a one or two, though think it you might. I share with you this evening Dorset sounds, Hardy’s words, Mr Katt’s mischief, Jani…

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The Art of Money Getting Bedtime Story 33:00

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Read in a whisper or calm reading style, this relaxing reading of The Art of Money Getting will help you fall asleep with clever money tips from one of history’s most famous showmen. Written by P.T. Barnum, this short and practical guide offers simple advice on building wealth through honesty, frugality, and common sense. Whether you're curious or …

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Visit to Church of St Candida and Holy Cross; and part three of Mystery of Becket’s Bones 37:12

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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The Mystery of Becket’s Bones; Sherborne Evensong; and Pepys Tends his Swollen Testicle 30:10

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Send us a text Hello and a very warm welcome to this evening’s episode that starts with Doggo splashing in the clear chalk streams of Dorset and includes live Choral Evensong from Sherborne’s honey-hued Abbey. How are you today? Thank you Brendan, Aidan and Michele for your ideas. I will take every one of them on board. For those who live in German…

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The Mystery of Thomas Becket’s Bones:Christian spoons found in Sutton Hoo; and Pepys Buys his first Hogshead of Wine. 30:20

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Gretel aborts a launch into Egyptian Monasticism; and goes down a Sutton Hoo rabbit-hole 40:37

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Send us a text Good evening and a very warm wishes to you this darkening Friday evening. Thank you for your support despite episodes that fail in part; such is the consequence of a daily podcast which means it’s more of a ‘blurt’ or ‘stream of consciousness’ with the aid of little-reconnoitred material. At some point do I move to one or two episode…

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Classic Stories: The Murders in the Rue Morgue 4:59

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Enjoy a classic story in English and learn 9 uses of ‘run’ - in 5 minutes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS?Try some of our other popular podcasts including:✔️ 6 Minute English✔️ Learning English from the News✔️ Learning…

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Three Men and their Boat get to Walton; We ponder St Gregory’s Mission in Kent; and Mr Robin barks at the Magpies 36:47

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Send us a text I’m so sorry this is so late. I forgot to press ‘publish’ ☺️ Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝…

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A few gentle ponders and reads from a Dorset garden. The swifts are gone but the crows 🐦‍⬛ are filling the vacuum 🌳 33:26

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Send us a text Hallo and thank you for joining me for this Tuesday bonus episode. With love, Gretel xx Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝…

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The Lost World Bedtime Story 20:17

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Read in a whisper or calm reading style, this relaxing reading from The Lost World will help you fall asleep fast. Drift off to thoughts of misty jungles, ancient cliffs, and creatures from a forgotten time. In this adventurous tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Professor Challenger leads a daring expedition to a hidden plateau deep in South America—o…

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Poor Harris attempts his ‘Comic Song’; and Bede tells of Cuthbert’s shutting himself away, all in the delightful Dorset Drizzle 🌧️ 21:22

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Tiny Episode visiting St Andrews, Trent. 10:13

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Send us a text Good afternoon. I’ve tried a number of times to add to this tiny episode, but all in vain, including the loss of fifteen minutes of pre-bed chitter-chatter last night. So I’ll publish this as it is and move on. There is an enormous amount of information online about this architectural and historic jewel, so please enjoy some moments …

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The Luidhard Medalet; How to deal with River Bandits; and Pepys embarks on the year 1662 30:15

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Send us a text Hello and a very good afternoon. Thank you so much for joining me. Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝…

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Hampton Court Maze baffles Harris; You mustn’t argue with an English Person’s comment on the Weather; and we Feast Saint Aidan 37:33

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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New Technology turns Gretel Professional 🤓; a Return to Milborne Port in a Thunderstorm; and Delicious Readings 40:02

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Send us a text Hallo and a very warm welcome to this ridiculous endeavour known as Gretel Le Maître Ponders. How are do and what are you up to? Please do feel free to email me and let me know about who you are, where you live and what your interests are. Love Gretel 🤗🙋‍♀️👣 Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your d…

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Classic Stories: Far From the Madding Crowd 3:44

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Enjoy a classic story in English and learn 11 uses of ‘set’ - in 5 minutes. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ L…

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English Rules of Conversation; and how Cuthbert ruled his monks at Lindesfarne 39:10

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Episode Two: English Pub Etiquette, and Three Men climb aboard their Boat 40:23

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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The first of Two Episodes today: a Visit to St John the Evangelist, Milborne Port 30:01

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Send us a text Hallo! There are two episodes today and this one is purely my visit to the beautiful parish church of Milborne Port with is Saxon wall in the chancel and its many Romanesque features. For those who are interested in following the readings, they will be in the second episode which I will publish in a few hours. With very best wishes, …

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The House of Mirth Bedtime Story 40:52

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Read in a whisper or calm reading style, this relaxing reading of The House of Mirth will help you drift off to sleep with its quiet reflections on beauty, society, and the longing for true connection. In Edith Wharton’s poignant novel, Lily Bart is a charming young woman navigating the glittering but unforgiving world of New York high society. As …

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Ender's Game 1:59:46

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A Monkish Fraud Exposed; Good Bishop Wilfred; and Three Men Prepare to go ABoating 36:34

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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A visit to the 14th Century Fiddleford Manor; while we continue accompanying Pepys and Jerome on their Progress 30:48

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Three Men in a Boat 🛥️; The Diary of Samuel Pepys; and The Private Lives of the Saints. Absolutely root-tootingly random…yet delicious 🤓 47:08

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Send us a text Support the show Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes. Your daily dose of calm. Episodes daily, no ads, no subscriptions required. 😊 #1 GOODPODS PODCAST OF THE WEEK: 32,000 All-time Downloads since October 2024 🥳 Love Gretel 🌝By Gretel le Maître

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Join me as we read by the beautiful Somerset church of Corton Denham; then proceed to Sherborne Abbey to catch up with Three Men and are encouraged to throw out life’s lumber! 34:17

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Send us a text Is it time to throw out the lumber? Have we too much in our life? Too much of what we don’t need, weighing us down and hindering us from journeying lightly through our lives. What is it we need? And what is it we don’t need? If you manage to throw out some lumber, do let me know. For every day there’s a sunrise and sunset to enjoy. W…

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A Bit of Bede; A Pinch of Pepys; A Sliver of Saints and a Jot of Janina; in the Company of a Host of Hedgehogs 🦔 37:28

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Send us a text Helloo and thank you for honouring me with your time and company. It’s wonderful to have you with me in my garden late on a Thursday night for some gentle readings and companionship. It is by learning that we understand that we don’t know it all; and therefore not only do we enjoy having our curiosity piqued and then satisfied, but w…