A while now since I’ve walked on the South Downs – but here’s a memory of the downland in winter – taken from my book Wayfarer’s Dole… On a frozen day in February I was on the South Downs again, walking up to Rackham Hill from Burpham. The village stands at the end of aContinue reading “South Downs in Winter”
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Let’s have more militancy in the rambling movement in 2019
Best wishes for all who have followed the blog this year. I hope you all have a great Christmas and a peaceful new year. We’ve had some splendid walks this year. I have no “walk of the year”, for we’ve enjoyed them all. But our first ascent of Cross Fell – the highest top inContinue reading “Let’s have more militancy in the rambling movement in 2019”
George Borrow’s Scottish Tour
George Borrow, the Victorian writer and traveller, had links with Scotland long before he undertook his great tour of the country in 1858. As a boy he had studied at the High School in Edinburgh during the winter months of 1813-14, arriving in the city with his father’s regiment, the West Norfolk Militia, garrisoning theContinue reading “George Borrow’s Scottish Tour”
Help Save Our Unrecorded Paths
This from the British Horse Society: (and it applies to footpaths as well…) 2026: Why is it important? In 2000, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act was introduced in England and Wales. Section 53 of the Act provides for a cut-off date in 2026, which means that many historic routes of use to horseContinue reading “Help Save Our Unrecorded Paths”
Walking the Old Ways 