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Despite many gruelling marches as a soldier in the Second World War, Ken Ward never lost his passion for walking and has recently written a novel, hoping to inspire others too…

Known as the Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley has spent years learning to read the landscape for orientation, and has written and taught extensively on the subject…

In a previously-unseen interview with Benny Rothman, leader of the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout, Rothman regretted that the trespassers did not unite with the official ramblers’ federations…

The knighted, 77-year-old British mountaineer tells walk about hunting the yeti and quitting corporate life…

Broadcaster and comedian Clive Anderson is promoting Visitwoods.org.uk, and tells walk about his passion for trees and who makes the perfect interviewee…

Following the Ramblers support for the Time To Change pledge, project manager Jean Sheldon describes how walking forms a key part of her mental health work in Birmingham…

Having completed his ‘737 Challenge’ in July, Richard Parks became the first person to summit all seven continents’ highest peaks and reach the three poles (North, South and Everest) in just seven months. Susan Gray talks to the former Welsh international rugby player about frostbite, life crises, and being skint…

Ray Mears, the bushcraft expert and TV naturalist, tells walk about surviving a helicopter crash and tracking a killer…

Blind since he was 10 years old, Alec Crombie took up hiking in retirement and is now chair of Rutland Ramblers. He describes the camaraderie and hazards he experiences on long-distance walks…

Shaun Spiers is chief executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), which has spearheaded the creation of a charter challenging the current high-speed rail plans in England…