Category Archives: England

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →