Soothing walks in south Wales by Rebecca Lees
Rebecca Lees blogs are about all things hiking and writing. Enjoy this blog entry called Soothing walks in south Wales …
NEW ITV PROGRAMME! Britain’s Favourite Walks: Top 100 with Julia Bradbury
This new two-and-a-half-hour special for ITV pulls on its hiking boots for a countdown of Britain’s favourite walks – featuring locations from the West Highland Way to the Ridgeway and almost everywhere in between. Presented by Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba, Britain’s Favourite Walks: Top 100 showcases the finest rambles, scrambles and ambles across the countryside …
It’s Closer Than You Think
December is a hectic time; presents to buy, friends and family to see, excessive amounts of food and drink to be consumed… It can be difficult to find the time to get outdoors …
Why it’s more important than ever to get kids outdoors
With smartphones, tablets, endless TV and the coolest gadgets in the world at their fingertips, it’s easy for kids to forget the outside world exists …
The Reasons I Walk by Mark Procter
Because I can. That sounds really trite doesn’t it, but, if you can walk, you should; for exercise, for health, for peace of mind and for getting from one place to another …
Day Six – Wednesday
I wanted to be up and about early to catch the open top bus – to me its the finest way to investigate a new town or city as I know you can hop on and off. But for me I like to do the full tour and remember then the places and then to…
Day Five – Tuesday
Today I was to walk to West Bay to catch the bus to Weymouth. What was lovely on this little 1/2 mile walk were the benches on the hill side with plaques that people over their life time had enjoyed sitting and I can under stand why. If you are a ‘Broadchurch’ fan there is…
Day Four – Monday
Golden Cap, the highest point on the entire south coast of England. I was told about a National Trust carpark at Langdon. It’s not sign posted probably because of the accessibility. It has a dodgy exit to cross such a busy road. I parked up at Langdon Hill as there were 2 routes I could…
Day Three – Sunday
Lyme Regis The carpark half way down the hill would be ideal for the car as there was a footpath and steps 114 down to the foreshore. What a lovely decent down in to Lyme Regis. What was fantastic is when you looked back up the cliff side you noticed the allotments over looking the…
Day Two – Saturday
I did quite a bit for me yesterday, so thought I would take a walk to the Down House Farm for a spot of lunch. On the path towards the farm I came across a couple and we were discussing the weather and the wildlife, I mentioned bees and the chap said ‘don’t mention bees…
My Cliffpath Walk
The Cliffpath walk by Mark Rodgers This walk starts at Dunseverick Castle ruin on the County Antrim shoreline and from there takes you west along four and a half miles of outstanding coastal scenery. Along the way you can enjoy views from the path down into the bays that hold areas of outstanding natural beauty.…
Day One – Friday
Walk Eype to Seatown to Chideock, catch a bus to West Bay via Bridport and then walk over the hill back to Eype – about 4 miles