Journeys
Art
Risograph: walking from Falmouth to Coverack and camping by the Helford river
We invited risograph artists to walk Slow Ways routes and make a piece of bespoke artwork about the experience. Madeleine Kemsley chose a magical walk, night swim and wild camp in southwest Cornwall
Journeys
Pushing ourselves to exhaustion and coming through stronger – could your family do this?
Three days, three dogs, marathon distances and a teenager – together we discovered what resilience looks like
This story is the next in our Trails series. We invited people to apply to assemble a group of friends...
Blog
A two-day hike through Shropshire and Powys
Two of the most sparsely populated and rural counties, but not far from the busy Midlands. The crew walk through a bright yellow landscape full of creatures
Article
I walked through the Cambrian Mountains in the footsteps of a Victorian snob
Author and 'extreme rambler' Ursula Martin compares her walk to George Borrow's 170 years ago. Will she be rude about redheads too?
Blog
One year ago my best friend died. Why I’m setting out today to walk with my grief
From Brighton to Bradford via London and Leeds, linking up the the four places my friend Ro lived, and holding sessions for bereaved friends along the way
Journeys
“Wild like the end of the world, or the start of something”
One of us is going through a bad situation. After we’d raked through the hows and whens and whys, I asked what she was going to do now. “I want to walk. I just want to walk myself through it.”
Art
Artist Super Freak walks in the wrong direction: “No way Jose! We’re better than that!”
We sent risograph artists out to walk Slow Ways because why not?
Article
Midlife mappers: embracing friendship, commitment and the menopause on the muddy trail
Three school friends rekindle their sense of adventure, seeking freedom beyond work, family and menopause, on foot through the West Midlands