Archive for opinion
Mark Rowe: Bare cheek?
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
It had turned into a thoroughly enjoyable day in the Shropshire Hills. When our party – four parents, four children – had set off from the Bog car park up the western flank of the Stiperstones a low mist threatened [...]
Marilyn Meeks: A job for the professionals
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
As rights of way teams face the axe, Marilyn Meeks warns that volunteers can’t plug the gap…
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
H is for Heroes specifically Hillaby. They say you should never meet your heroes, and I never did catch up with John Hillaby. He was too busy walking.
The achievements of this tall, spare, ludicrously energetic Yorkshireman (1917–1996) are not so [...]
Janet Street-Porter: A coalition for our footpaths
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Government cuts to footpaths would represent a false economy for Britain’s health and tourism…
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
G is for Green Man – that enigmatic carved face sprouting leaves and fruit from its nostrils…
The Great Outdoors
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
A new BBC comedy about rambling starts tonight, following the (mis)adventures of an oddball group of walkers as they tackle a different route each episode. So what inspired the series, and what will real ramblers make of it? Walk caught up with series creators Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil to find out…
Will Self: Capital rights
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Best-selling author and Lambeth resident Will Self argues that any new definitive maps of the capital’s footpaths should help create more rights of way for London’s walkers
As a committed urban trekker, I welcome the Ramblers’ campaign to make inner London [...]
