5 Oct 11, 10.59AM
Paul Stancliffe: Autumn birding
As our forests and hedgerows take on fantastic array of coloursand berries take on their final hue, one of the best times of the year to observe bird behaviour begins…
Tags: biodiversity, birds, birdwatching, migration, Paul Stancliffe, Wildlife
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30 Sep 11, 10.41AM
Walking Class Hero: Here be monsters
If the mapmakers had no information as to what might be in an area of map, they filled it with monsters; ship-devouring kraken; huge whales with sharp teeth, Neptune on the warpath, or viciously gigantic mermaids.
Tags: Coast Path, Marine and Coastal Access Bill, The Ramblers, Walking Class Hero
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28 Sep 11, 10.29AM
Travellers’ tales
In the third of our series of blogs celebrating 65 years of Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, Tony Lock looks at the company’s rich history of reinvesting in the communities…
Tags: global walks, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, Tony Lock
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9 Sep 11, 16.20PM
Walking Class Hero: Be the change
The real stumbling block to getting this route re-opened is that the council are under no obligation to keep this path open for the public…
Tags: The Ramblers, Walking Class Hero
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30 Aug 11, 10.37AM
Tom Franklin: A Message from Ramblers
We know that our led walks are one of the main reasons why people join the Ramblers, so we want to keep improving them…
Tags: A Walk in the Woods Week, group walks, health & fitness, Ramblers, Tom Franklin
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29 Aug 11, 13.29PM
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking
K is Kyrgystan
Tags: Christopher Somerville, humour, opinion
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29 Aug 11, 12.59PM
Paul Stancliffe: Global travellers
Whilst many of us are still thinking about our summer breaks and lazy days on the beach, some of our birds are already off on their winter holidays…
Tags: biodiversity, birds, birdwatching, migration, Paul Stancliffe, Wildlife
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29 Aug 11, 9.43AM
Sheila Spence: Autumn foraging
Hazelnuts, Sweet Chestnuts, Blackberries, Elderberries, Crab Apples and Sloes: just some of nature’s autumn wild harvest which surrounds us as we walk…
Tags: foraging, recipes, Sheila Spence, wild food
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29 Aug 11, 8.39AM
Brian Jones: Delphinus
Delphinus is a small but very distinctive diamond-shaped pattern of stars which can be found a little way to the east of the bright star Altair in Aquila…
Tags: astronomy, Brian Jones, history, night-walking
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28 Aug 11, 12.38PM
Stuart Maconie: England will fight for access to its coast
If one thing should exercise an island race even more than woodlands, it is the coast and the sea…
Tags: all-England Coast Path, coastal walks, Marine and Coastal Access Bill, South West Coast Path
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