An introduction to the outdoors
This looks interesting for young adults who want some good basic skills training. And it won’t cost them anything for the course
For those are curious and haven’t had the advantage of being introduced as children
Latest #Ramblers magazine has an item on the number of stiles on #PublicRightsOfWay in England and Wales. They used #FreedomofInformation requests, presumably from each Highway Authority, for the data. Grand total comes to around 140,000, or around 1 per mile of PRoW.
#OpenStreetMap has just over 82,000 as of today (#OverpassTurbo query: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2cFH). Not all of these will be on public rights of way, but between 50 and 60% of the total isn't bad. (Wales only represents ~5-6%).
Fabulous seeing Terry Howard in Ramble On at #SHAFF #Sheffield Adventure Film Festival yesterday.
We've got a crowfunding campaign currently running, to publish a new edition of Terry's "A Moorland Notebook" - please take a look at it:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/a-moorland-notebook-by-terry-howard/
Originally published in 1992, A Moorland Notebook contains:
📍 History of lost rights-of-way & ancient footpaths
📖 Personal reflections on the wild places of the Peak District
🌿 Evocative nature writing capturing the changing seasons
🗺️ old causeys & hollow-ways that once connected villages
🪨 The standing stones & boundary markers removed to erase old paths
🚧 The battle to reclaim access, from the enclosure movement to today
🎭 The uses of the moors – poachers, shepherds, ramblers, and dreamers
The new 2025 edition from Peakrill Press includes:
✅ The original 1992 text in full 📖
✅ New reflections on what’s been gained—and what’s still at risk
✅ A bonus extra ramble through the landscapes that inspired it
#RightToRoam #HikingUK #PeakDistrict #KinderTrespass #ramblers #hiking #walking
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/a-moorland-notebook-by-terry-howard/
They don't make walking books like this any more - another beautifully hand illustrated book of walks, Rambler's Cheviots, written by Bernard and Babs Hiley, and illustrated by Betty Fletcher, first published 1969
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