Our Walking Journal

New rural HQ for Team Foot Trails

Friday 28 September 2018, a mixed group of people gathered on the Fonthill Country Estate in deepest rural Wiltshire (South West England) to celebrate the last decade of Foot Trails, the opening of our new HQ and to look forward with us to the next steps (excuse the pun!) for Foot Trails

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Hike England – 2019 brochure live

Have you dreamed of walking through the English countryside? You can, with a custom made Foot Trail. Our 2019 brochure is now live and we are open for 2019 bookings. With 55 pages of trails, inspiration, ideas and suggestions you can walk and dream your way through each page, discovering who Foot Trails are as

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Hidden roman villa in the woods – Creating a new Cotswolds trail

New trail – Winchcombe Royal (Behind the scenes)
The Cotswolds, South West England

Creating trails is hugely enjoyable. It’s something I’ve been part of for 16 years.
Designing experiences that help you, our guests, to get yourself off the beaten track, away from the crowds and deep into rural South West England.

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Winter walking with Foot Trails

Up and Out with a Winter Sunrise

As winter deepens we wait eagerly for days like today. Clear skies promise frost, ice and a spectacular sunrise.

Dressed warmly for an English winter with wool scarves and gloves, warm coats and waterproof boots we head out of our Wiltshire home and base and up onto the hills of Salisbury Plain.

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Phrase of the week – Raining Cats and Dogs

It is, currently, “raining cats and dogs” in Wiltshire, Bath and through the West country.

Are animals falling from the sky?! No, this strange sounding phrase originates from 17th century England and means, it’s raining heavily.

No-one is sure precisely how it came about but it’s certainly stuck!

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