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Advice On Walking The Cumbria Way

Feb 2, 2016May 17, 2025 / David Marsden / 18 Comments

Since 2008, I've walked The Cumbria Way twice and, one day, I will walk it again. It's that good. If you're considering following one of my favourite long-distance footpaths, here are some personal tips and advice which may prove useful. Or not. How long is the Cumbria Way? There is no definitive answer to this … Continue reading Advice On Walking The Cumbria Way

Advice On Walking Wainwright’s Coast To Coast Path

Feb 11, 2014Jul 10, 2023 / David Marsden / 6 Comments

Why Would I Walk The Coast To Coast? Because it's there?  Because you feel the need?  Or because it's one of the most popular long-distance footpaths in the world?  All are good reasons but for many years I wasn't convinced that I wanted to trek for 200 miles from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay. … Continue reading Advice On Walking Wainwright’s Coast To Coast Path

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Hadrian’s Wall Path

St Oswald's Way

The Norfolk Coast Path

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The Lady Anne’s Way

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  • Hiking The Lady Anne’s Way: Day 1 – Skipton to Grassington
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  • The Ridgeway Path: Day 2 – Liddington to Wantage
  • The Ridgeway Path: Day 1 – Overton Hill to Liddington
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  • Hiking The Lady Anne's Way: Day 1 - Skipton to Grassington
    Hiking The Lady Anne's Way: Day 1 - Skipton to Grassington
  • The South Downs Way: Day 6 - Southease to Eastbourne
    The South Downs Way: Day 6 - Southease to Eastbourne
  • The Cumbria Way: Day 5 - Caldbeck to Carlisle
    The Cumbria Way: Day 5 - Caldbeck to Carlisle
  • Hiking the Lady Anne's Way
    Hiking the Lady Anne's Way
  • St Oswald's Way: Day 6 - Bamburgh to Fenwick
    St Oswald's Way: Day 6 - Bamburgh to Fenwick

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Eastward Ho!

Eastward Ho!

It’s the elephants. I am incredibly excited about my trip but if it wasn’t for elephants, I wouldn’t be going. I really wouldn’t. It doesn’t seem so very long ago that I wrote a post about finally taking the plunge and studying for a BA at the University of Gloucestershire. And yet now, too soon, […]

The Romantic Road: Cycling Across Bavaria

The Romantic Road: Cycling Across Bavaria

Can you believe it’s been over six years since Jim and I cycled along the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne? Why, we were practically children. On that occasion it was the sheer number and variety of castles that stick in my mind. And on the cycling holiday before that, it is the vast, resinous pine […]

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