Our Walking blog

Sarah Wilson – hiking, sugar and Foot Trails

Sarah Wilson – hiking, sugar and Foot Trails We received a request in April, could we arrange a walking holiday for Sarah Wilson? Well of course we could. (pictured above) Some of you may know Sarah as Australia’s food and wellness TV host,

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A Splash of Colour – Spring Rain!

Splash of colour! Who says grey skies and rainy days are no fun?! It’s true – we all know it rains sometimes in England! But we love the rain too. It makes England’s countryside vibrant green and fresh and is

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It’s May day!

Today is May Day in England! A traditional celebration day of fertility that started in Pagan times and has Celtic connections. May Day first appeared before Christianity grew in popularity in England when it was first celebrated as a festival

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Space

  This blog is titled space. And I have chosen this word because for me “space” is one of the joys I find when walking in the English countryside. On days like today, I leave behind my desk, my phone and my computer

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Winter Frost in Wiltshire

As a bright sun rose this morning in Wiltshire I grabbed my camera and boots as quickly as I could and headed outside into the village. A sharp winter frost had fallen overnight and encased the countryside, villages, trees and iron

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Ending of autumn / cusp of winter

We are truly lucky this year to be enjoying such a super long lasting autumn. By this time of year colours have usually all but faded. This year in the South West of England the trees have held on to their leaves for much longer

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Foot Trails makes its first film

  On Thursday 31st October we set out to make our first ever film about Foot Trails. Exciting! Keen to share our message with the wider world we wanted to communicate who we are, what we do and what the

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Autumn Walk in an English Woodland

When I was a young girl I spent hours concocting imaginative stories about enchanted woods. The stories were of course inspired by real places I visited often in my childhood. And my walk this afternoon in the woodlands pictured above in

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Reflections on travel, on rural England

I was reminded just recently by a visit to California in the USA how beauty can be found everywhere. Even in the desert which I was extremely fortunate to visit and walk in. Nature truly is incredible. In what can

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