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

The Olympic Opening Ceremony invited us all to become part of history at an historic moment, and I hope that these guided walks do the same. I hope we create a wave of people young and old that will cherish these local areas: a lasting legacy of Our History rather than Them vs. Us, West vs. East, London vs. The Rest of the Country, or even Poor vs. Rich

With the Olympics in full swing, Ramblers are busy leading guided walks to and from the venues – but we aren’t the only ones getting into the sporting spirit. To celebrate National Parks Week, the parks’ authority has compiled a fascinating list of athletes who have been inspired by Britain’s glorious National Parks…

With the Olympic Games opening this week, Britain’s walking charity is gearing up for a busy fortnight that will see dozens of volunteers leading walks to and from selected Games venues across London, the Lee Valley, Hadleigh Farm, Eton Dorney and Weymouth…

Ramblers Cymru is inviting walkers to join a 22-day pilgrimage from Llanthony to St Davids as part of the UK’s nationwide Cultural Olympiad celebrations…

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

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…

The Government may have abandoned its target to get a million more people active after the Olympics, but the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s chief executive is still optimistic…

A two-time Olympic gold medallist, James Cracknell is now a Sustainability Ambassador for London 2012. But the British rowing champion and adventurer’s sense of wanderlust is very much intact – and then some! He talks bites, bikes and his battle to walk again with Susan Gray…

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