June – summer wild flower meadows, grasses & green-ness

June 10, 2017Adventure of life On the trail No Comments

Vivid pink orchid The vivid pink colour of this beautiful orchid first caught my eye. It was Saturday. In truth it had been quite a week and mid morning I was out on the downs, ankle deep walking in a beautiful wild flower meadow. All around tall, tubular grasses swayed,… Read more

New – Kings of Wessex – Making a trail

New – Kings of Wessex – Making a Trail Smatterings of frost glistened as David and I packed a rucksack, picked up our boots, Dictaphone, notebook and camera and headed for the Dorset and Somerset borders, with the intent of creating and testing a new trail. The promise of adventure… Read more

A new Seasonal Guide to walking in England

December 14, 2016On the trail Press news 4 Comments

I’ve been fortunate to have travelled and walked in several other countries of the world including America and Europe. Doing so has not only been hugely enjoyable and interesting but it has also helped me to strengthen even further what it is I love about my own country, England. Our… Read more

Spellbound by mist

November 17, 2016Adventure of life On the trail 1 Comment

Sunday’s dawn broke as a golden ball of fire, at first slowly creeping above the horizon, then gathering pace, up, up into the sky. I was spell bound by the mists, hovering almost ghost like above the river. And the light. Great shafts of light. Coming out of the cloud… Read more

Walking The Cotswolds

July 25, 2016Behind the scenes as a new Foot Trail is created No Comments

At this time of year the fields of barley (with its long wispy delicate whiskers) and wheat are starting to turn and ripen. Barley changes beautifully from its vibrant green to a light beige. And wheat, standing tall and proudly as it does in the fields to a golden hue.… Read more

Dorset Royal Chase – New walking trip

April 4, 2016Adventure of life Behind the scenes as a new Foot Trail is created On the trail Press news 1 Comment

New walk in Dorset – Dorset Cottages, part of the Dorset Royal Chase inn to inn It was a small but interesting party who set off keenly on Saturday morning to walk through North Dorset’s spectacular countryside in England. Julia Killick (CBE) and Lynn Bann are Foot Trails newest… Read more

A right pea souper

January 17, 2016Adventure of life Behind the scenes as a new Foot Trail is created On the trail No Comments

We emerge from our car into a right pea souper. Fog hangs like a white veil across the wintry countryside. Everything looks hazy. Soon fine droplets start clinging to our hair and clothes forming a white layer. As we descend the hill the shape of a church tower suddenly emerges… Read more

Behind the scenes as Foot Trails creates a new trail

January 10, 2016Behind the scenes as a new Foot Trail is created No Comments

A light, larger and brighter than a usual star shines brightly in the dark skies above Bath. ” Is that the international space station?” I ask David Dawn was still to break as we headed towards Wiltshire by car with the purpose of creating a new 8.5 mile walking trail,… Read more

Foot Trails proud to support new government campaign

November 12, 2015Press news No Comments

Foot Trails is proud to be supporting the new #ExportingisGREAT campaign to encourage businesses to export. Foot Trails began our export journey back in 2012 and we… Read more

Foot Trails hits headlines this week

November 8, 2015On the trail Press news No Comments

Foot Trails team are regularly invited to speak as experts in local, regional, national and international press on matters from England’s rural economies to rural tourism, enterprise and of course walking and travel on foot. This week Foot Trails founder Alison Howell was invited to provide expert advice for beginners… Read more