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A dozen walks to do before you die
Lifelong walker, and former director general of the National Trust, Fiona Reynolds selects 12 exhilarating experiences that have personal meaning for her, from mountains to cities and coasts to river valleys.
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Labour's new National Planning Policy Framework is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'
We can expect fireworks: Labour’s draft plans for a new planning policy contain subtle, but devastating amendments that bear closer inspection.
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A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where yesterday’s old industrial sites are today’s nature reserves
Fiona Reynolds heads out for a walk on the Cheshire Plain, where industry and farming are juxtaposed to startling effect.
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A walk around St Albans and its cathedral — a 'welcoming place, and proud of it'
Fiona Reynolds explores the ancient city of St Albans to discover how its cathedral connects with the people and geography of the surrounding area.
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A walk of wonder: The enduring beauty of the Kingston Lacy beech avenue
Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll around ancient Badbury Rings leads to Kingston Lacy, where an 188-year-old avenue of trees stands proud
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The last peak conquered: Climbing Moel Eilio
A windy climb up Moel Eilio in Snowdonia ticks an outstanding North Wales box, as Fiona Reynolds shares.
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Hadrian's Wall in an English summer: Wind, rain, and unforgettable beauty
Solitary daily pacing of Hadrian’s Wall, in the footsteps of Roman soldiers, brings back family memories for Fiona Reynolds.
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A walk from Adder’s Copse to Gallows Down, Berkshire: 'I've rarely done a circular walk as perfect as this one'
Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll on a quiet part of the North Wessex Downs that is redolent with history and wildlife.
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Walking the Llŷn Peninsula: A trip to the ends of the earth
Fiona Reynolds ticks off another extreme point of Britain with a trip to the end of the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales.
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A walk in the footsteps of Evelyn Waugh at Madresfield Court, the real-life inspiration for Brideshead Revisited
Fiona Reynolds takes a walk around the home that captured Evelyn Waugh’s imagination, finding a place that is both intriguing and atmospheric.
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The 15-mile route through Sheffield that's as invigorating as any walk in the country
The 15-mile Sheffield Round is where city meets countryside to gorgeous effect, says Fiona Reynolds.
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The 870-mile Wales Coastal Path cost £14.6 million — and it's truly money well spent
Walking along the cliffs in Ceredigion fires up Fiona Reynolds — next stop, Wales’s entire coastal path?
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May Hill: A walk across the summit of Gloucestershire
May Hill, with its spectacular views lit by winter sun, has a promise of the spring to come, as in Edward Thomas’s account of an epic walk. Fiona Reynolds follows in his footsteps.
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A walk around Constable Country
Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll through a landscape which leaves her 'inspired anew'.
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The Five Valleys Walk around Stroud: From mills and canals to spectacular high-level walks through woodland
Fiona Reynolds takes the circular Five Valleys Walk around the buzzing town of Stroud — and finds it hard work, but all in a good cause.
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The breathtaking Welsh quarries which are 'a treasure trove of mystery, human endeavour and struggle'
Silenced Welsh quarries evoke a vanishing world for Fiona Reynolds, as she goes walking through Snowdonia.
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A walk from Glastonbury Tor to Wells Cathedral
Glastonbury Tor and Wells Cathedral have long gazed at each other across the historic Somerset Levels.
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The Shropshire Union Canal: Thomas Telford's engineering marvel and enduring legacy
Thomas Telford's great legacy is the Shropshire Union Canal, a feat of engineering and a delight to walk beside. Fiona Reynolds took a stroll along it.
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Kent's Garden of Eden: Where vineyards rub shoulders with an Iron Age Hill Fort from 1 BC
There's much history and beauty to be found in the Stour Valley, as Fiona Reynolds finds out.
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The magic of walking through Cheddar Gorge: Eerie and staggeringly beautiful... even in the rain
The rain-soaked, deserted Cheddar Gorge proves exhilarating, as Fiona Reynolds finds out.
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A pilgrimage from Tewkesbury Abbey to Gloucester Cathedral: 'Churches, cathedrals and sacred sites, long walks and beautiful places and thoughts'
The route from Tewkesbury Abbey to Gloucester Cathedral helps assuage grief for Fiona Reynolds.
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Walking the Quantock Hills: 'The last sprigs of heather speak of Coleridge's never bloomless furze'
Colour never dies in the Quantock Hills, a landscape that inspired great poetry — and which catches Fiona Reynolds just the same.
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The wonder of walking in Edinburgh: 'What an extraordinary city this is!'
Fiona Reynolds takes a long walk across the Scottish capital and sees it in a new light.
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Walking on Dartmoor: 'Ponies, sheep and cattle have created an extraordinary upland landscape, but there’s now fear among the commoners'
The people who manage the evocative Dartmoor landscape are facing challenges, says Fiona Reynolds.
