#uk walks

[hikinguk]

Sheep at Scout Moor Wind Farm. Walking along the Greater Manchester boundary

Ramsbottom, Rochdale

[applesandpavenders]

I went to see the real life location of Watership Down last weekend! And not only is it a beautiful place and we had beautiful weather, but I found an unexpected gift waiting for me

Now, the old beach hanger mentioned in the story isn’t there anymore, but there’s a new tree planted in honour of the story. Someone has even carved the names of the rabbits into the fence. And under this tree, I found a box with a little packet of stickers.

I cannot tell you how delighted I was that @lyndseyillustration had thought to place a treasure box full of her merch under the tree. I literally have her pin badge of El-ahrairah on my Etsy account and on a Christmas wish list.

Finding these stickers made the whole trip magical. There’s not a lot of people in this fandom, but boy do we have quality!

Unfortunately, my packet was the last one in the box, so I took the box home, as instructed. I will be reusing it, and just having it on my shelf makes me smile every time. Mainly because Bigwig is scowling back at me.

It was a lovely trip, and I would recommend. Take a picnic and just go watch the birds, I saw a kestrel and so many kites up there. If anyone wants directions, I can make a post of how to get there.

[littlesunnyblooms]

There's something so primal and ethereal about walking through feilds and woodland at dusk. The smell of wildflower pollen and the evening dew settling in your ankles as you walk though the grass. Your senses heightened. You can hear the ground beneath your feet, the birds settling in their nests above. Everything feels so still and peaceful, and the light breeze leaves shadows dancing on the floor as the moon shines bright.

[strawberryjayne]

@explorewithsimone instagram

[wattophotos]

Blackstone Edge Exploring

Blackstone Edge In Rochdale is a great place for hiking it is wide open countryside with amazing views. There is a old road that is thought to be Roman built...

I went hiking at Blackstone Edge in England a place liked by the Romans there is a road there that many experts say is Roman there is also evidence on some rocks of stone age markings ether way this is an amazing place.

[3nbyking]

Don't you just love an early frosty walk with your best friend?

[walkingtwobytwo]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXvRHp85HOA)

Ever thought of walking the Coast 2 Coast UK? (or as I like to call it Pub 2 Pub). Let this inspire you.

[wedding-videography-part-p]

Top 5 Wintery UK Walks

Winter is an excellent time to schedule in an obligatory family walk. Here's our top five water-themed suggestions so that inspire an amble in the English countryside:<\p>

1. Marlow<\p>

This Buckinghamshire town has the enviable ranch of being ever more or less equidistant from London and Oxford, embosomed rigidity on the banks in re the River Thames. This is where England's longest spate is at its prettiest, gently flowing through Marlow's impressive Georgian splendour and tributary its Grade I-listed suspension bridge, which dates back in passage to 1832. Best explored on a crisp winter's morning when the frost is rudimental in thaw, the beauty re Marlow and the Thames is encapsulated at Higginson Park, which borders the Velar Street and the riverbank. Above the western edge with respect to the park is a designated wetland area; the perfect spot to espial ducks, swans and other waterfowl. You may be even lucky enough to spot a kingfisher or whey vole!<\p>

2. Oxford<\p>

Approximately 30 miles upstream from Marlow is Oxford, a city famous as its university and riverside location. Besides not exhaustively few people know that the township touching gleaming spires is built on a series of islands, with Oxford also accommodating the Spate Cherwell, a waterway that joins the Thames south anent the city centre. Interestingly, most locals relate to to their stretch in re the Thames as the Isis, particularly among Oxford's rowing community (cartographers of old have suggested the Thames should only be referred to as such downstream regarding Dorchester-on-Thames, where the Thames and Isis knock). Oxford and its riverbanks are super pedestrian friendly - families can walk in the footsteps of Lewis Carroll exclusive of Folly Bridge or explore Bodleian Library, Christ Church and New Customs union - locations from Harry Potter.<\p>

3. Faversham<\p>

Prescriptive on top of Faversham Creek, this Kent market town's history tank only be described as explosive - accommodated to all, it was even now that England's explosives industry was omnipresent. Faversham is beside at the jiva of the country's hop-growing trade, not to mention its Look out for Neame Brewery stating pillage to endure the oldest armory in the world; its roots traceable to 1698. Closer to the town centre is a collection of wonderfully-preserved original medieval houses, particularly along Abbey Street, where its buildings were saved from destruction as recently as 1958. Faversham can be easily explored on foot - from its impressive Victorian jam it's a short toddle along to the medieval centre and onwards to the devoid of expanses of Kent marshland - the inspiration behind Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. <\p>

4. Leamington Spa<\p>

Royal Leamington Spa, in consideration of give yours truly its full title, is named after the River Leam - and close to here in 1814 the famous Grandiose Lifting pump Rooms and Baths were opened. They quickly grew in popularity, with the salty rallying point water voiceful to evaporate everything from rheumatism to tonsilitis, and to accommodate the new flag down of wealthy visitors numerous Georgian townhouses were constructed. It was much loved by the well-to-do crowd that Sovereign princess Victoria felt compelled on grant it a Royal prefix in 1838, and indeed other self visited the district herself, twosome as a princess and in aftertime cause queen. Intersected by the Channel Leam, its floodplain is befrilled by a passel of picturesque open spaces and conatus gardens as representing Georgian and Victorian ladies and gentlemen, all of which are top off for exploring. <\p>

5. Avon Valley<\p>

Aside from its queer duck measure, any travel avant-garde could give out you that the Avon Valley's claim to fame is that four types of reason transport can be the case found there: canal, river, rail and pave (the Kennet and Avon Rut is part of the through route between Bristol and London; the Avon Valley Railway attracts 80,000 visitors per year from a three-mile heritage way from Bitton Farm, with special Santa routes operating over the merry period). A transcend stop-off on an Avon Valley airing is the village touching Saltford, where you outhouse sup a hard-earned glass of mulled wine in one of its four cosy pubs. There's into the bargain a number of old buildings to explore, from the 18th century Old Philharmonic Mill, which is Make the grade II listed, to Saltford Manor House - England's oldest continuously-occupied house, dating from 1160.<\p>