Episode 45

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26th Nov 2025

The Footprints Finale

This is the final episode of Footprints as Bathscape itself draws to a close early in 2026. And so for the first time ever, the Bathscape team gathered together in the same room to mark the end of an era.

I’m joined by Bathscape’s Manager Dan Merrett; Community Projects Officer and Walking Festival Organiser Lucy Bartlett and Volunteer Coordinator Emma Carlisle.

We bring you clips from our favourite episodes over the 5 years and use them to draw out the breadth and the depth of the work of Bathscape.

Clips in order of appearance

Promoting the 2021 Bath Walking Festival

Steppin Out Long Distance July 2021 - Ruth Pitter, Steppin' Sistas participant

PEOPLE AND BATHSCAPE VOLUNTEERS

Visions of Bath Feb 2022 - Andy Dinham, retired farmer Kelston Roundhill

One farm through one century April 2022 - Rachel de Fossard, ex-farmer's daughter, Manor Farm Langridge,

Heile Selassie in Bath July 2023 - Pauline Swaby-Wallace, manager BEMSCA

Surfing the Generations Sep 2024 - Abi, Princes Trust Programme Bath College and Mary, Forget-Me-Not Dementia Club, Twerton

Hedgelaying, Scything and Dry Stone Walling Aug 2024 - Dave Pegler, scyther

HISTORY AND HERITAGE

Full Steam Ahead! July 2024 - Karl Baxter, Ultramarathon runner

Radical Bath Oct 2023 - Professor Emerita June Hannam

Bath’s Industrial Past and Present July 2025 - Peter Dunn, ex-Stothert and Pitt employee and crane restorer

Death in Paradise March 2022 - John Payne, local author and historian

Geology of Bath March 2024 - Simon Hart, Managing Director and owner of Hartham Park Stone Mine

FLORA AND FAUNA

Beaver Spotting with Bevis Watts July 2022 - Bevis Watts, CEO Triodos Bank

Birding in Bath May 2024 - Lucy Starling, expert bird listener

The Love of Trees June 2023 - Joe McSorley, Lead Ranger for the National Trust in Bath

Credits

Thanks must go to the 115 separate organisations featured over the 5 series and to the 223 people interviewed - without their stories, expertise and passion for the beautiful Bathscape, this podcast would not have been possible

Music: Audionautix

Produced by Pommy Harmar

Links

Bathscape - www.bathscape.co.uk

Thanks also to the National Heritage Lottery and players of the National Lottery for supporting the podcast.

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About the Podcast

Footprints
This podcast is designed to inspire you to get out and explore the beautiful natural landscape surrounding the city of Bath, with its hills and valleys, grasslands and woodlands.

Season 1 brought a monthly flavour of the September walking festival through interviews with special guests, a recorded local walk and a 'top-tip' section with festival organiser Lucy Bartlett.

Season 2 delves deep into the rich diversity of the Bathscape, its culture, heritage, landscape and people.

Footprints was nominated for an ARIA (Audio and Radio Industry Awards) in 2023 in the Grassroots category and in 2023 and 2024 in the Best Local Show category!

Hosted and produced by walking and podcasting enthusiast Pommy Harmar. Get in touch with us through Facebook or Twitter, visit our website: www.bathscape.co.uk or email pommyharmar@yahoo.co.uk

About your hosts

Pommy Harmar

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Freelance journalist, radio producer, podcaster and walker. Pommy has been working in radio since 2013. Besides Footprints, she has produced and hosted podcasts including Sleeping with the Moon, The Bristol Walkfest Podcast, The Quarantini, and Follow The Sun.

"It was excellent, really interesting and informative. The details and the way it was done, with three women farmers as key players, was really refreshing. I liked the voiceover and all the interviews." (Footprints, season 2 listener)

"All your topics on the Footprints podcast were relevant and fascinating to me as an older, female solo walker for the first time in the U.K." (Footprints season 1 listener)

Email: pommyharmar@yahoo.co.uk

Lucy Bartlett

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Lucy is the Bathscape Community Projects Officer and a keen walker. She organises the annual Bathscape Walking Festival which aims to encourage people to discover the beautiful landscape around Bath.
Bathscape is very grateful to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and players of the National Lottery who fund our work.