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Going for gold on National Trails

Christopher — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:08:42 +0000

A National Trails Register was recently launched with certificates for completing trails!

I have quite enjoyed walking some of the National Trails, and have guidebooks for a few more, though I hadn’t quite realised that there are 18 trails spread across England, Wales and Scotland.

The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) has set up the register for people completing at least 5 of the 18 National Trails, with certificates at 5, 10, 15 and 18 completed – which is over 2,800 miles if you complete them all. The first recipent, Allan Castle, completed the final Trail, The Speyside Way last May – 30 years after setting off on the South Downs Way (reported in OUTDOORSmagic.com). Here’s to more walking…

National Trails list:

No.	Trail	Length (miles)	Completed
1	Cleveland Way	110
2	Cotswold Way	102
3	Glyndwr’s Way	132
4	Great Glen Way	73
5	Hadrian’s Wall Path	81
6	North Downs Way	151
7	Offa’s Dyke Path	177
8	Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path	93
9	Pembrokeshire Coast Path	186
10	Pennine Way	268	May 2008
11	Ridgeway	86
12	South Downs Way	100	September 2007
13	South West Coast Path	630
14	Southern Upland Way	212	July 2008
15	Speyside Way	65
16	Thames Path	184
17	West Highland Way	95
18	Yorkshire Wolds Way	79
	Total Mileage	2824	580

A blog of…

Christopher — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:00:56 +0000

Well the time has finally come, I am back in employment again – though I am breaking myself in gently as it is a six month contract covering someone else’s leave. (EDIT March 2009 – have failed to escape the clutches of employment and work continues).

I still hope to blog in the future about walks (though I doubt it will be on the scale of the 1,000+ miles I have done in the last 15 months on various long distance walks), but for the time being there might well be a number of posts about gardens.

Happy New Year

Christopher — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:07 +0000

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Leaving drinks – 5pm Thursday 26th April – Mucky Duck

Christopher — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:30:31 +0000

“It is not the goal of the walk which is important but the small steps which carry out to it.”

Well the first small step comes on the 27th April, so some hard work is needed in preparation…

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Mucky Duck: Mucky Duck

Map of RHS Garden Wisley

Christopher — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:14:50 +0000

Wisley coordinates: ll=51.313863,-0.473292

Zoom level: z=13

Hybrid: t=m

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RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK

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RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK