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"A journey of 2,200 miles is achieved with with each individual step," said someone or other, "and by ticking off each Slow Way on the National Park Trail." This week, we spoke to Steven Krambeck, a Slow Ways volunteer and YouTuber who is now into week three of ticking off each route as he slowly but surely makes his way around the entire Trail.

If you fancy a holiday and don’t want to stray too far afield, here are some walks to be enjoyed at a leisurely pace by holidaymakers. You might not use these for transport purposes, but there is value in enjoyment and leisure. That’s not to say they’re all easy; some of these are long routes. But if it’s a serene hike you’re after, they’re there for you, having been reviewed by our trailblazing volunteers. In the true spirit of the “staycation”, we’ve selected walks spread out over the country, in case you're only looking for a day trip.

Ingrina was born in Los Angeles and sees Britain as a comparatively easy place to go walking. All is not well however; on a walk from Sevenoaks to Tonbridge, she reflects on the barriers that can prevent people from accessing walking in Britain.

This morning, Radio 4 featured an interview with the former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This interview made me cry, with the cereal box still in my hand and my back turned to the kids at the table.

In her second video for Slow Ways, Vi Assal walks Cheadle to Cheadle Hulme and observes how neighbourhoods differ in their access to the green spaces en route This is the second Manchester route you've...

Swansea comedian Steffan Alun on what's so great about walking. Spoiler alert: seeing stuff, gossiping, and not having to get on the tube

Welsh/ Cymraeg: Y digrifwr o Abertawe Steffan Alun ar yr hyn sydd mor wych am gerdded. Rhybudd spoiler: gweld pethau, hel clecs, a pheidio â gorfod mynd ar y tiwb

How to tell another creature's story? Here are our ethical wranglings as we tried to work out how to represent a whole other view of Slow Ways routes, through a dog's perspective