Walking
Walking has become one of the UK’s most popular hobbies. Whether you want a gentle stroll down paths and lanes, a walk along a coastal path or a hike in the hills, the choice is immense!
Walking can be enjoyed as a family day out, a group activity, or even built into a holiday, where you’ll get to experience some great surroundings as well as keeping fit and healthy.
While most walks can be enjoyed without using a map and compass, with bad weather, fading light or remote countryside, you’ll soon need to know when and how to use them, and the skills of navigation can become crucial.
(Photo from 'Ben Nevis and Glen Coe')
Useful websites:
www.go4awalk.com (Information, maps, accommodation etc)
www.whi.org.uk (Walking for health)
www.walkingworld.com
www.longwalks.org.uk (One of our authors, Andy Robinson's website on long distance walking)
Organisations / Associations:
www.ldwa.org.uk (Long Distance Walkers)
www.ramblers.org.uk
www.mountainactivitysection.org.uk (The Mountain Activity section of the Camping and Caravanning Club)
Courses:
www.navigationcourses.co.uk (Run by one of our authors, Pete Hawkins)
www.walkersmapandcompass.co.uk
www.wild-wales.co.uk/map-reading.htm
www.foothills.co.uk/navigation.php
Walking routes:
www.walkingontheweb.co.uk (European long distance walking routes)
www.walkingbritain.co.uk
Walking holidays:
www.walkingwomen.com (Womens walking holidays in the UK and abroad)
www.uplandescapes.com (Independent walking holidays in Europe)
www.headwater.com (Activity holidays)
www.countrywidewalking.com
www.footpath-holidays.com (UK)
www.walking-europe.co.uk
www.knobblystick.com (Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, France and Ireland)
www.uk-walking-holidays.com
www.rockandsunadventures.com (Survival, Walking, Cycling and Snowshoeing)
www.sunwalks.com (Europe, North Africa, and Survival Courses in Spain)
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