This from the Right to Roam campaign. The antidote to political despair is… Dear Roamers, Politics is pretty depressing right now. As a campaigner, I’m often asked, ‘what gives you hope?’. And the answer isn’t to ignore the bad stuff going on, or wish naively that things weren’t this way. The antidote to political despair is toContinue reading "Right to Roam – Please help to lobby the politicians"| Walking the Old Ways
Originally posted on Walk the Old Ways: Thank you for following Walk the Old Ways. As I said in my last blog, I’m starting a new site and Walk the Old Ways will be archived. The new one will still feature walks and countryside news and views, so I hope you will keep following. The…| Walking the Old Ways
Originally posted on CampaignerKate: I grew up in Denham village in south Buckinghamshire, 18 miles from central London. I played in the fields behind my house, which were farmland, and we walked the paths on the Denham Court estate. It was a heavenly childhood. To the north of the village a footpath known as the…| Walking the Old Ways
Originally posted on CampaignerKate: A few swallows were flying low over the heather as we emerged in bright sunlight onto Winter Hill from the top of Coalpit Road in Bolton. We were one thousand strong, about one tenth of the numbers said to have poured over the hill on 6 September 1896. They broke down…| Walking the Old Ways
This is now an archive blog only. For new walks and campaigning news, do visit my NEW blog at: http://www.walktheoldways.wordpress.com| Walking the Old Ways
This, the latest update from The Ramblers – do visit their website for more information. Walking for exercise and mental wellbeing is more important than ever. To make sure we can all enjoy it safely, it’s important to keep up to date with current coronavirus restrictions. On this page, you’ll find an overview of theContinue reading "Walking and the Virus"| Walking the Old Ways
Walking the Old Ways is now becoming an archive blog… But I do hope you will follow and visit my new blog Walk the Old Ways. Not much there at the moment, but all the usual walks and campaigns will be there over the coming weeks. So please do come across… https://walktheoldways.wordpress.com| Walking the Old Ways
The Webburn might not be the first river that comes to mind when you think of Dartmoor rivers, but I think of it as one of the best. The Webburn is surely Dartmoor’s most secret river, even if one of its branches does flow through Widecombe in the Moor – the Moor’s most popular tourist village. ItContinue reading "Walking Dartmoor’s River Webburn"| Walking the Old Ways
There’s a wall in Appleby – the former county town of Westmorland – that always intrigues me. It’s situated in Bongate – the oldest part of the town – across a quiet lane from the oldest church in the place, sadly now a private home. And, at some point in its history, long before itContinue reading "An Appleby Wall"| Walking the Old Ways
If ever the folly of building a mile of destructive new roads across the Stonehenge World Heritage landscape needed stressing to the world (see yesterday’s article) then this is it. There is still …| Walking the Old Ways
