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 Walking on long distance foot paths:

 

For over 30 years I have enjoyed the great out doors and exploring the country side can be very interesting today we have the advantage various organisations have gone to the trouble of drawing up from maps routes that in time have become popular long distance foot paths time restrictions often do not permit the keen walk to be able to complete the complete route but often a certain section of the route will be of particular interest this might be because its located in a outstanding scenic part of the British country side or perhaps the walker is interested in visiting some of the historic sites or SSI along the way. Whatever the reason for the walk I have written up a detailed account exploring the natural and social history of the section of the walk with photographs I hope that you will be inspired to follow in my foot steps

 

The Thames Path:

 A long distance foot path running for 180 miles from the river's source in rural Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier.

 
The Speyside way:

A long distance foot path running for 80 miles from the fishing port of Buckie on Scotland's Moray Firth coast to Aviemore in the foot hills of the Cairngorms following the river spey.

The West Highland Way:

Was Scotland’s first official long distance route. Originally conceived in the 1960s, it was completed in October 1980. The Way links Milngavie to Fort William – a distance of 152km (95 miles) - from the outskirts of Scotland’s largest city to the foot of its highest mountain, following the shores of its largest freshwater loch. It passes from the lowlands, across the Highland Boundary Fault and on into the Scottish Highlands.

The Moray coast path:

following Scotlands Moray Firth from Forres in the West to Cullen bay in the East some 50 miles long

The Oxfordshire way:

running for 66 miles Throught rural Oxfordshire from Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswolds to Henley-on-Thames in the Chilterns.

The Seven Shires way:

Running for 234 miles long walking around the Oxfordshire county boundary taking the walker into seven shires From Gloucestershire to Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire.

 The Ridgeway National Trail: 

Overton Hill, near Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon 85 miles  A route along "Britain's oldest road", a broad track along a chalk ridge past the ancient hillforts of the North Wessex Downs, across the Thames and then along lower-lying paths through the wooded countryside of the Chilterns.

Cotswold Way National Trail:

Chipping Campden to Bath 163km/101 miles  A scenic, undulating route through quiet countryside following the ridge through the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) via the villages of Broadway, Winchcombe, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge.