People
Walk & talk with Maude and Chris Tiso
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Walk meets up with the owners of Scotland’s oldest and largest chain of independent outdoor stores, Tiso, to talk about wild land conservation and the challenges of running a family business…
Simon Pryor: We need everybody to help save the ash
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Ash dieback could devastate Britain’s landscape, threatening the lives of almost a third of all trees. The National Trust’s director of natural environment, Dr Simon Pryor, explains what one of the UK’s largest landowners is doing to combat the disease and how walkers can help…
My Walk of Life: I walked 3,000 miles to work
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
With Walk to Work Week coming up on 13 May, film producer Hector Macleod describes his extraordinary challenge to clock up more than 3,000 miles in a year walking to his London office…
My Perfect Day: Ed Byrne
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
The comedian and TV panel show regular tells walk about his love of Munro bagging, and explains why the great outdoors is not so great for observational humour…
Walk & talk with Sara Maitland
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Author Sara Maitland won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1978 for her first novel, Daughter of Jerusalem, and found more recent fame with 2008’s A Book of Silence. Susan Gray talks to her about her new book exploring Britain’s forests, and asks how nature connects us all to the magical and divine…
My walk of life: Linda Holloway
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
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…
Love on the trail
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
With the festive season and Valentine’s Day approaching, Julia Buckley discovers how walking with a group can be such an enjoyable way to make friends and find love…
My Perfect Day: Simon Reeve
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The author and TV adventurer talks to walk about travelling, terrorism and his pursuit of the perfect cream tea…
Walk & Talk with Neil Oliver
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Archaeologist and TV presenter Neil Oliver talks to Susan Gray about his new series on the Vikings, how walking connects him to the past, and his love affair with the coast…
Opinion: A step forward for woodland access
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The former Ramblers chief executive Tom Franklin sat on the Independent Panel on the future of England’s forests from the outset. He explains how its recent report came together and why it’s such a boon for walkers…



