Bath is a special city in my books for several different reasons. Firstly, it is the only city that features in a Foot Trail. We love rural England’s countryside and villages and it took some consideration to decide to include Bath on one of our trails. So why have we? Well for those of you who […]
A Georgian Wander – our newest trail Read More »
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 and to a large extent the trappings of the modern wold, and I willingly and
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
Creating a new Bath trail Read More »
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
Film – We launch our brand new film Read More »
David, our fantastic Director here at Foot Trails and creator of many wondrous trails, visited Stonehenge this week. The new visitor centre has opened. So what did he think? Here is his verdict and low down, in his own words…. I love Stonehenge. I love everything it represents and tells us of our ancestors –
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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 gates in a beautiful white frosting of ice crystals. I pulled off my gloves long enough
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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 than usual. The light was so beautiful today it was an easy decision to delay
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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 Wiltshire (South West England) was so atmospheric and beautiful that it took me straight back in
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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 seem to us on first appearances to be the harshest of environments, nature and wildlife
Reflections on travel, on rural England Read More »
Ask each one of us what walking (or hiking) means to us and we will probably (and hopefully) all come up with our own meaning and take on it. It’s pretty individual. Right up there for me though, along with fresh air, freedom, nature and adventure is “togetherness”. Sometimes I like to walk alone
I have just returned from a trip to France during which I succeeded in climbing Europe’s largest sand dune which is called Dune de Pyla. The sand was so hot it almost burnt my feet and only the Sauterelles (a type of large jumping insect like a cricket) seemed totally comfortable with the
Very British – walking in England (reflections of a francophile) Read More »
