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.
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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 volunteer trail guides, responsible for walking our trails through to check for quality and importantly any changes on the ground. Which occur surprisingly often if unchecked.
Dorset Royal Chase – New walking trip Read More »
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.
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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, Fables of Old England.
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I love my work for Foot Trails. But often after an active week I’m more than ready for a walk myself.
And that’s just what I mean by today’s subject title. Walking. Sometimes it takes commitment. Because it does.
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It is exciting to announce that the LA Times Travel section has featured news of Foot Trails new luxury walking tour, Ancient Gods, Myths and Temples, to feature in it’s Christmas Eve edition.
LA Times, Los Angeles features Foot Trails new guided tours Read More »
I moved to Bath all of two weeks ago to start my journey with Foot Trails. Christmas shopping trips and city centre lunches left me feeling I had seen most of the city, with not an awful lot left to be discovered. To get to know our style of walks and the city, the Foot
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Rural Somerset and the old bench It is the peaceful, down to earth natural beauty of rural Somerset which captures my heart every time. This rural county manages to deliver modern standard where necessary yet still keep one foot firmly planted in its past. On Friday David and I donned walking boots and packed a
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Foot Trails in The Sunday Times – Go wild! It’s fantastic Foot Trails has been featured as part of today’s Sunday Times travel supplement – because the sentiment of the piece is so great. Called “Kidz Go Wild” it’s saying – this summer get your children back to nature and outdoors. Simple.The sort of experiences
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Earlier this week our new administration apprentice James got to enjoy his first official Foot Trail when he joined Director David as he worked to create one of our brand new trails. The new Bath based walking tour will launch a little later this year (watch this space!) and combines stunning walking in the midst of Bath’s
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David has been out walking in Gloucestershire this week – but was this winter walk, at a time when Britain is in the media for its winter storms, what he would expect to find? Read his special report below to find out. Yesterday I headed to Gloucestershire to take an 8 mile walk on the edge
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For some time we have yearned to make a film. Something that shows you in images and sound what we believe in and do. Last November we made it happen and the result is We are Foot Trails – a two and a half minute film looking at the creation of our walking holidays. We are thrilled
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