At over 5,000 years old, The Ridgeway Trail, may well be the oldest road in Britain. Drovers, traders, invaders and travellers of all sorts have all tramped this prehistoric path and today you can too. The trail meanders for 139 km (87 miles) over rolling, open downland to the west of the River Thames, [...]
Entries from September 2006
September 6, 2006
Bill Bryson walks The Ridgeway
Every summer Bill Bryson and a couple of his buddies walk a section of one of Britain’s long-distance paths, and this past June they invited John Flinn, travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and a friend of Bryson’s, to tag along.
It’s the type of walking Bryson likes, as he puts it: “It’s civilized and [...]
September 2, 2006
The Herefordshire Trail
There is a new walking trail in England, or relatively new, The Herefordshire Trail was launched in 2005, and it comprises a large circular loop of about 240km/150 miles around the county, passing through market towns and villages and as it winds its way through the scenic countryside of woodlands, hills and farmlands. The route [...]
