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Horatio Clare hit the heights, Richard Osman opened up, and Janice Long was fondly rememberedFour Peaks Sound Walk (Radio 3) | BBC Sounds Desert Island Discs: Richard Osman (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds A Tribute to Janice Long (BBC Radio Wales) | BBC SoundsChristmas Takeover (Radio 1) | BBC SoundsRadio 3’s Four Peaks Sound Walk, which went out on Christmas Day and the following three days, initially seemed like a strange yuletide-to-new-year offering. Each programme was based around a walk to the top of the highest peak in each of the four nations of the UK. Presenter Horatio Clare, producer Jeremy Evans and sound engineer Andy Fell all tramped to the top of Ben Nevis, Slieve Donard, Scafell Pike and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), through cawing birds, shifting landscapes, capricious mountain weather and varying amounts of fellow climbers (hardly any on Slieve Donard, hordes on Ben Nevis). Continue reading...