Smatterings of frost glistened as David and I packed a rucksack, picked up our boots, Dictaphone, notebook and camera and headed for the Dorset and Somerset borders, with the intent of creating and testing a new trail.
I’m not sure what noise would best accompany the launch of a new walking holiday program. Perhaps not a fanfare of music but more a furious stamping of boots in quick succession….
Our fabulous new rural walking holiday for spring 2013, A Bluebell Trail, has certainly been hitting the headlines recently! A week or so ago, the travel editor of the Mail on Sunday recommended the new break to readers, and yesterday
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This January, David and I spent a few days in the Cotswolds exploring new routes and trails. It’s been wonderful
‘In Europe, the best wool is English and in England the best wool is Cotswold’ (12th century saying) The Cotswolds
Photography credits: Alison & David Howell. Alun Callender, The National Trust, English Heritage
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