Walking for Beginners...
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Beginner's Guide to Map Reading and Grid References
Hiking, of course, is great fun and wonderful exercise, but you can get so much more out of it if you really know where you’re going, and it...
Geographical Sites & Their Use in an Emergency
You may have often, when walking or hiking, noticed a beautiful old church or an old ruined farmhouse in the midst of a field and remarked on how...
How Popular is Hiking?
Walking is the most accessible sport in the world. It’s something virtually all of us do every day, anyway, even if it’s simply walking to lunch or to the shops. Go...
New to Walking as a Hobby
Starting out as a walker is probably one of the easiest leisure activities to get involved in. After all it’s something most of us do every day, doesn’t require any...
Paying Attention to the Weather
There’s no doubt that hiking is one of the most pleasurable forms of exercise, and the freedom of being out in the country is exhilarating, especially after a long...
Planning Your Walk
A good day’s walk does not happen purely by chance and if you want your walk to be successful you need to plan it carefully and take a number of factors into co...
Transport and Accommodation for Walkers
If you’re planning a walk a little further afield and it’s going to be spread out over more than just a day you’re going to have to think about...
Types of Walking Route
One of the attractions of walking as an activity is that you can do it virtually anywhere. Many people might not consider themselves ‘committed’ walkers in the truest...
Wainwright and the Lake District Walks
The Lake District has long featured in literature, as the inspiration and home of the poet Wordsworth to the setting for the famous Swallows and...
What Do You Want from Hiking?
People start walking for a number of different reasons. It can be for the health benefits, which are numerous, to be greener in their lives, or simply for the...
What to do if You Become Lost
Although prior preparation before you go out on your walking trip should ensure that you are easily able to get out of a situation if you become lost, the important...
What to do in an Emergency
Whilst the vast majority of walking trips go off without a hitch it’s also important to be prepared for any eventuality and, unfortunately accidents and emergencies do...
What to Take with You on a Walk
The specifics of what to take with you on a walk will be very much determined by the kind of trip you’re intending to make. The weather seasonal climate, location,...
Why Start Hiking?
Going walking is one thing, but taking up hiking is another. Walking is usually on pavements or on pathways, the kind of surface that’s intended for feet. Hiking...
Why the Countryside Code Matters
There’s plenty of countryside in which to roam in Britain, and since the Open Access laws took effect, there’s even more of it, with millions of acres available for...
