Our Walking Journal

A team walk in Wiltshire

We love a walk through the landscape, a chance to connect with what we do and enjoy feeling uplifted by time in nature. Earlier this month, we gathered together for a team walk in Wiltshire. Starting our adventure in a picture-perfect village on the edge of a grand country estate, we set out walking past

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Taste of the Land – Sweet Cyder

Food & drink from the land on which you stand is a joyous thing, and a little corner of Somerset is one of the vintage cider making areas of England. 10,000’s of years ago the Somerset Levels was an inland sea, dotted with islands of dry land. This mysterious landscape has given us many tales,

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Winter mist

Is Autumn a good time to walk in England?

We are often asked this question. Autumn (or fall) draws in from early September to early November. It is a magical time, a change of season that marks nature’s spectacular harvest, abundance, before nature falls asleep, waiting to awake in the spring. The first hints of change are September’s damp, misty mornings. As the sun

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Out & About – wild garlic & bluebells

Always take a British weather forecast with a pinch of salt! It’s a very British saying which means you can’t always trust the weather will do what’s forecast! Today’s forecast read as overcast and cloudy with rain showers. The reality on David’s and my walk today was very different. We had a dry day with

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Foot Trails walking holidays

Q&A with our trail creator David

We love walking & hiking; exploring, discovering and the sense of space and freedom. But what makes a good walk? And how do we at Foot Trails create our walks? At our heart is to create walks on local footpaths, giving authentic adventures off the beaten tourist path. All of our walking trails have been

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History & stories along our Bath & The Avon Valley trail

If there is something such as a country city, then Bath is surely it. Surrounded by wooded hills, graced by beautiful Georgian architecture, the River Avon flowing through, it’s a stunning place to walk. We never tire of the stunning views. Read below for some of our favourite histories & stories! Prior Park was created

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