Cosy evenings in front of the fire, crisp woodland walks, hot chocolate and apple crumble… there’s a lot to love about autumn! This week, we thought we’d ask our team what they love most about this cosy autumn season. When Senior Itinerary consultant Alastair’s not using his local knowledge to create bespoke itineraries for guests,
Quiet, open, and easy to overlook, the Somerset Levels are a gentle, rural corner of the South West. Especially in autumn, when the hedgerows turn copper and gold, the trees are starting to drop their leaves, and the countryside is settling down for winter. When you walk the ancient pathways here, the views stretch out
Dream of hiking the English countryside away from the crowds? On quiet footpaths through beautiful rural landscapes, staying in historic country inns, hundreds of years old? With Foot Trails, you’ll explore rural South West England as we know it. Not the crowds or tick-box landmarks, but the landscapes, hedgerows and history. The stories of those
On a beautifully crisp, bright day at the end of October, Talia, Alastair and I (Emma) from the Foot Trails team set out to check one of our trails in Somerset. Starting from a historic country inn at the heart of a small village we set off across an autumnal landscape, stopping to admire the
When you hike the English countryside, history is never far beneath your feet. Walking in England is like stepping back through time. Historic (and prehistoric) monuments are dotted throughout the landscape – what may just look like a lump in the ground, could be a Bronze Age long barrow. Or a hill dominating the landscape
Route checking is a big part of what we do here at Foot Trails. We regularly rewalk our trails to make sure they still ‘work’ (no unexpected changes have been made on the ground) and in response to feedback from guests who have been out walking. At the start of October, I (Talia), Natasha and
