Walk Summer 2012

Whatever the season, a good base layer is crucial for managing the microclimate next to your skin, moving moisture away from your body and keeping you dry and comfortable. Paul McCarty and Minnie Burlton donned a range and hit the hills to see which came up best…

From East End gangsters to famous authors, Linda Holloway has crossed paths — and swords — with a cast of extremely colourful characters in her job protecting footpaths as senior enforcement officer at Cornwall Council…

Walk editor Dominic Bates on three things he’s looking forward to this season…

Whether you’ve got a question on gear, gadgets, hiking or health, walk’s panel of resident experts are here to help…

The writer and film-maker talks to walk about stalking London and his antipathy towards the Olympics…

A retired prison nurse, Val Rose is back behind bars. She leads walks as a volunteer on a new Ramblers’ project that helps inmates experience the health benefits of walking…

Walkers are joining forces with scientists as part of a radical new tourism venture to help bring the Tasmanian devil back from the brink of extinction. Dominic Bates went to see how it works, and explores what’s being done to save this iconic creature…

For a few weeks the focus of the Olympics will be on the sporting achievements of a few elite athletes. But off the field there’s a whole summer of walking events and new trails for everyone to enjoy as part of the Cultural Olympiad – Britain’s largest-ever festival of culture and arts, to celebrate London 2012…

A round-up of our latest successes…

MPs joined Ramblers for a celebratory walk to Parliament to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass…