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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%).

Another Bridgend Ramblers walking making use of Pencoed Footpath 5 running from Hendre, south of the M4 to Woodlands Fields. Access was a bit of a challenge with two stiles not making things easy for walkers. #Ramblers #Access #RightsOfWay #Footpaths #Hendre #Pencoed #Walking #Wales #Cymru

Walkers striding down into the valley from Hendre

Pencoed Footpath 5 route (enlarge to see the detail)

One of the stiles that was difficult to climb over. IT wasn't wide enough, there was barbed wire and the standing plank was at the wrong angle meaning you had to be a gymnast to safely pass.

Struggling to get over the stile with the walkers due to barbed wire and a very wobbly stile.

Fantastic to see all the hard work repairing Pencoed Footpath 29 so that it is more accessible come to fruition. The Bridgend Ramblers enjoyed there walk from Cefn Hirgoed Ridge down into Ystradwaun in Pencoed. #Ramblers #Cerdded #RightsOfWay #Wales #Pencoed #Cymru #Footpath #Ystradwaun #Bridgend #Penybont

Group of Ramblers walking down the narrow right of way onto Ystradwaun

Ramblers walking down the steps from the Cefn Hirgoed ridge through the woodland

Map of the Pencoed Footpath 29 Right of Way. Open to all to enjoy

Walkers going down the recently repaired steps through the woodland growth

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/

#ramblers #peakdistrict #righttoroam #hiking

A still from the documentary "Ramble On", showing the back of rambler Terry Howard as he walks across the moors near Sheffield

An illustration of a stone edge overlooking the moors, from the new edition of 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

https://archive.org/details/ramblerscheviott0000ramb

#Northumberland #Hiking #Ramblers

front cover of the book "ramblers' cheviot" over a colourful 1970s photograph of a rocky stream running under a rickety footbridge somewhere in the Northumbrian Hills. There's no other text on the cover.

A hand-drawn in map of the Cheviots featuring 12 walking routes. Around the map in the centre, the walks are listed on the left, in very neat handwriting, while on the right are a simple Key, the two OS 1:50,000 maps needed, and a list of "Some useful motor roads into the Cheviots"

part of "Walk 6", pages 42 and 43. This part of the walk is described in neat handwriting filling both pages, interspersed with 4 ink vignettes of the walk.

The first is the route along the Hawsen Burn, the second is a view of The Cheviot, the third is of a figure stood next to East Cairn, and the final is unmistakable summit Trig Point on top of the Cheviot, stood on a solid tussock and surrounded by the infamous sucking bog that covers the Cheviot Summit

"Walk 8" pages 58 and 59. The handwritten walk description has three small ink drawings. The first is a hillside with sheep and a farmhouse, Alnham-moor.
The second is the Bridge of the Breamish near Linhope, a small bridge with a figure leaning over and contemplating the stream.
The third and largest is of a figure in a headscarf holding a flask, sat under the beautiful Linhope Spout waterfall.

Topped up the vitamin D with 18 others on a glorious Ramblers walk starting at Wenvoe and taking in Tinkinswood and St Lythans burial chambers. #Neolithic #Ramblers #Tinkinswood #StLythans #Wenvoe #ValeOfGlamorgan #Wales #Cymru

Peaceful woodland path with the signs of spring starting to show with sprouting flowers.

The original entrance to the burial chamber at Tinkinswood.

St Lythans burial chamber with a clear blue sky as a backdrop

In England there is a law that says that if you don’t walk on country paths for a year, a farmer who owns that piece of land can close the path. Ramblers keep such paths open. They plan which paths they wish to cover every year, and they do so systematically. Usually, a local authority helps them by recording the paths and the ramblers’ walks and negotiating with farmers if any trouble should arise at any point.

Source: Mathematical Meditations by Snezana Lawrence

#quotes
#ramblers

@Chrissy
What about #rambling or #ramblers

--Learned this from watching UK TV shows

And later on - close encounters of the #Ramblers kind! 😱

#LoveLondonWalkLondon #NightPhotography #photography

Night photo of people walking through a wood. One has a torch, nothing of them can be seen. Behind the trees is the red of sunset.

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Made the most of the fine weather in Abergavenny after a Ramblers Cymru meeting and went exploring. The town is almost entirely surrounded by mountains and hills; Blorenge Sugar Loaf & Skirrid Fawr among them. #BannauBrycheiniog #Ramblers #SaturdayFun #Monmouthshire #Abergavenny #Cymru #Wales #SirFynwy #Blorenge #SugarLoaf #SkiridFawr #BannauBrycheiniogNationalPark

View from the castle with the town hall in the foreground and Bryn Arw (right) and Sugarloaf (left) in the background.

View of the Victorian folly next to the castle from castle meadows in the late afternoon sunshine.

View of Blorenge from castle meadows with the sun just hiding behind it.

Part of the remnants of Abergavenny castle.

#Walktober-ing through Central #London with @Metwalkers last night, I learned about the history of Acid House in the UK

Turns out it's fun to #rave at the #YMCA!

#London #Ramblers #photography #walking

A man is standing in front of a building, with both his hands gesturing to one side. The building to the other side of him has a sign saying "ymca" and below it "world's first YMCA"

For those interested in footpaths: All our footsteps: On Tuesday 10 September we're holding a celebratory event to mark the publication of five popular booklets on Rights of Way, access rights and movement. At Conway Hall London. Sign up #Ramblers #walking #uk www.allourfootsteps.uk/events/in-al...

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Migratory children living in "Rambler's Park." They have lived on the road for three years. Nine children in the family. Yakima Valley, Washington

#Ramblers #YakimaValley #Washington

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017772692/

In the image, there are two children standing in front of a cluttered truck. The truck is parked on a dirt ground and appears to be filled with various items that are not organized neatly. To the right of the truck, there's a tent pitched on the same dirt ground. Surrounding the area, there are some trees in the background and a body of water visible behind them, although it's not clear what type of water it is from this angle. The children seem to be interacting with each other. The scene suggests a temporary living situation or perhaps travelers resting on their journey.

Views from this Saturdays walk in Presley led by Matt K, photos by OihanaLA
#walking #hiking #pewswyvale #ramblers

Sundays pictures from my Ramblers and Love2Walk Bridgend Walking Festival Slow Ways walk: Maesteg - Sarn. Leading 17 starting at Sarn, jumping on the train and walking back. Excellent route, excellent company and excellent weather!

📷: John Saunders

#Ramblers #Love2Walk #Bridgend #Maesteg #Sarn #Wales #Cymru #Train #Trail #PenybontYrOgwr #Cerdded #Tren

Stopping for lunch at the church in Bettws. The vicar invited us in the use the facilities and made us tea and coffee.

The train was on time and dropped us off in Maesteg to start our walk.

Members of the Ramblers group enjoying the walk around the edge of the Garth, south of Maesteg.

An old colliery old building thought to be owned by Cadw?

NEW: Walk 271: Tewin South-East Loop 6.7 miles. Free directions, maps, photographs, and GPS navigation files.
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#hertfordshire #walking #freewalks #countryside #footpaths #nature #freedownload #woodland #nature #countrywalks #rambling #ramblers #freecountrywalks #Hertfordshirewalker #HertfordshireWalks

FREE: Walk 270: Bramfield North Loop. 4.2 miles (6.7 km).Free directions, maps, photographs, and GPS navigation files.
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#hertfordshire #walking #freewalks #countryside #footpaths #nature #freedownload #woodland #nature #countrywalks #rambling #ramblers #freecountrywalks #Hertfordshirewalker #HertfordshireWalks

Bridleway on Walk 270: Bramfield North Loop

Bridleway on Walk 270: Bramfield North Loop Walk 270: Bramfield North Loop

Field of ox-eye daisies on Walk 270: Bramfield North Loop

Wildflowers on walk 270: Bramfield North Loop

A big turn out on the Ramblers walk today with around 25 completing the circular walk out of Llantwit Major, to Marcross following the coast path back. Plenty of stiles and hazy far reaching views across the Vale and sea. #Seaviews #LlanilltudFawr #Geology #Wales #Cymru #Ramblers #Marcross #Vale #LlantwitMajor #Cerdded

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