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Dan Raven-Ellison

Dan is Slow Ways' Chief Exploration Officer and Founder. Dan's a Guerrilla Geographer, National Geographic Explorer and lives in Exeter.
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Join the #BusAndBack challenge

#BusAndBack is a new Slow Ways project and challenge to use buses for one-way walking adventures. It’s a great way to discover new places, help our mission to find the best A to B routes...

Slow Ways Walking Challenges and Projects: 10 Ideas for 2026

Looking for a walking project or challenge for 2026? You’ve come to the right place! Below are 10 great ideas - all making use of Slow Ways. With over 10,000 routes connecting Britain’s towns, cities...

“Active Travel” isn’t good enough. What’s the word for walking + running + wheeling + cycling?

I think we're missing a word in the English language. We have big plans to grow the Slow Ways network beyond walking, to include running, wheeling, cycling and even horse riding. But when it comes to...

Celebrating 10,000 Slow Ways Routes

Today we’re celebrating our community having shared over 10,000 Slow Ways routes with the release of some new and very special maps. We're so grateful to everyone who's been part of the Slow Ways...

Calling everybody who walks, runs, wheels or rides!

I’m Daniel, founder and Chief Exploration Officer here at Slow Ways. Today we’re launching a major crowdfunding campaign to make it easier for people to walk, run, wheel, cycle and ride - by extending our...

Taking Slow Ways to the next level

On our fifth anniversary, here's founder and CEO Dan Raven-Ellison on why it's time to step up and connect millions more people and places

Life or death on your walk: Why Britons are calling for thousands of new paths

7 in 10 UK adults think people should be allowed to walk along the edge of privately-owned fields

Shouldn’t it be possible to walk to any address in the country?

With one year ending and another beginning, here's Daniel Raven-Ellison with reasons to be cheerful, and to keep being ambitious!