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“Blisters the size of cats”: a zine on walking from Leeds to Hull

A group of friends walk from Leeds to Hull and capture their experiences through the co-creation of a zine, a small imaginative D.I.Y publication

Podcast: Xenotopias, witches and getting the ‘ick’: an epic walk from Edinburgh to Perth

Prose writer Lily and her friends embark on an eventful and at times, emotional three-day journey through southeast Scotland. On the way, they encounter a myriad of people, places and stories. Lily documents these through a series of podcasts, photography and writing.

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

Tales: Somang Lee’s illustrated field guide to walking with the East and South East Asian outdoor enthusiasts

"I am allowed to take up and reclaim space" says illustrator Somang Lee. In the wake of the pandemic's anti-Asian hate crime, she has reclaimed space through outdoor adventures, and healing through returning to her roots

Tales from the Danelaw

Let architect Thom Brisco take you on a 100-mile tour of landscapes colonised by the Romans, settled by the Saxons, and raided by the Vikings, then fortified by the Normans and drained by the Dutch

Tell us the story of a trail

Ready for an adventure? Could you assemble a team and walk a trail this spring? And then tell us the story of your experience? Bag one of our £500 commissions!

Linking homelessness projects on foot

Phil Le Marquand is currently walking 600km/375 miles from London to Gateshead, all on Slow Ways. We caught up with him

Lord Spink is walking the Monster National Park Trail! (plus Review of the Month!)

"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.

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