Archive for group walks
Britain gets walking for the Olympics
Friday, May 25th, 2012
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…
Counting down to the Big Welsh Walk
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Ramblers, amblers, walkers and other outdoor enthusiasts will be gathering along the Welsh coastline this weekend to celebrate the launch of the Wales Coast Path – the first footpath to cover an entire nation’s coastline!
Spring has sprung
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
With Spring now officially here, walk rounds up some upcoming seasonal rambles and news…
Celebration for 200,000th walk
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Farnham Ramblers celebrated listing the 200,000th walk on the Ramblers’ online Group Walks Finder by upgrading their planned picnic stop in Surrey’s Alice Holt Forest to a Champagne lunch…
Falling off the grid
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
While Britain’s emergency services generally do an outstanding job, the Ramblers has uncovered numerous incidents where 999 call staff’s inability to take grid references has seriously delayed medical help to walkers in remote areas. David Foster investigates and reports on the successful campaign to remedy the problem…
Tom Franklin: A Message from Ramblers
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
We know that our led walks are one of the main reasons why people join the Ramblers, so we want to keep improving them…
Hop to health with a Ramblers spring stroll
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
If you’ve eaten one too many chocolate bunnies this Easter, then why not hop to health with a Ramblers spring stroll?
Get Walking benefits proven long-term
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Ramblers’ Get Walking Keep Walking project (GWKW) can help improve people’s activity levels in the long-term, a new independent report has found…
Novelist rediscovers mojo with Ramblers
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
A Canadian novelist has credited Bristol Ramblers for her latest novel, after joining the group helped her overcome writer’s block…