The Wealdway is an 80+ mile/134+ km path across the south east of England, from Eastbourne on the South Coast, to the River Thames at Gravesend. Traversing the Weald, walking […]
Legible London On 27 November 2007, the first prototype of a new design of street signage went ‘live’ in the West End of London. Just about every London Borough […]
Sign at Inishowen Head, Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Saint Columba (Irish- Colm Cille) is one of the three chief saints of Ireland and patron saint of the city of […]
Three Points of the Compass seldom carries any book, beyond a journal, when hiking. Instead I keep a small library at home; to be dipped into on a whim, or […]
Sign photographed in just one of the 1000 plus sites, covering over 26,000 hectares, cared for by the Woodland Trust. Nearly 350 of its sites contain ancient woodland of which 70 per […]
Farthing Downs are both scheduled ancient monument and the largest area of semi-natural downland left in Greater London. Within easy reach for Londoners, such pockets of land require stringent legislation […]
Concession Path below Chrome Hill in the Peak District. The only way of approaching this Derbyshire hill from the north west is via this waymarked route. Concessionary, or Permissive, Paths […]
A sign situated just a few miles from the end of one trail, quietly celebrates a new path still in the making. The 47 mile long Norfolk Coast Path is […]
Long distance path GR 131, part of the E7 European long distance path, crosses all seven of the Canary Islands. The section that traverses Fuerteventura is the longest and is […]
The North Downs Way follows a chalk ridge across South East England. Beginning at Farnham, Surrey, this National Trail is 153 miles long if taking in both of the alternative […]
Back in August, I wrote about a particular trail I have been completing this year. This was my report on having completed around half of the London Countryway, a ‘forgotten’ […]
While the Romans introduced measured distance markers to Britain in 55 BC, most surviving milestones are much younger. The majority date from after the development of the roads that followed […]
Probably one of the most photographed signs on any UK National Trail. Smeathe’s Ridge stretches out across the grassy slopes toward Ogbourne St. George This 87 mile path runs along […]
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