The Features section is an ever so exciting collection of thoughts and stuff on long distance walking.
Alternatively, it is where we shove all the stuff that simply doesn't fit anywhere else, like some sort of horrible leaking bucket.
Take your pick.
Published 21 February 2021
I was asked recently if I had any walking plans this year. It’s a fair question. It’s usually this time of year that people start making plans for the year ahead. Planning holidays is the obvious on. But for lovers of trail walking, the mind may also think about what walks they are going to do.
Published 27 December 2020
2020 may not have been the best of years, but I did at least get to go up some Wainwrights! And that means it’s time for some graphs and charts!
Published 20 December 2020
Most years I do that with a post looking back at my walking year. Relive the walks! Reflect on the mud! Shudder with the memories of the rain! But 2020… So instead I thought I’d share a few of my favourite photographs from 2020.
Published 25 October 2020
As British Summer Time ends, it’s time to admire a monument to someone who tried to make it all happen.
Published 18 October 2020
I have a feeling that trying to do so, really is just the route to madness.
Published 4 October 2020
Where are the mountains of Britain? It seemed like a good time to try and find out.
Published 27 September 2020
Quotes from JK Jerome that I nearly used when writing up my own Thames Path journey. But ultimately didn’t.
Published 20 September 2020
Today I was due to wake up in the village of Fochabers, in the north of Scotland. With some friends, we’d breakfast then head out to walk our second day on the Speyside Way. Disappointingly it was not to be.
Published 13 May 2020
From today I can drive a hundred miles up the M6 and go for a walk in the Lake District. Even five hour drive to get from Manchester to Dartmoor National Park, for a nice stroll. But this is not sensible. And I won’t be doing this.
Published 22 March 2020
A couple of weeks ago, walkers charity Ramblers launched Don’t Lose Your Way. It’s a project to help find thousands of miles of footpath that could be lost forever.
Published 19 March 2020
These are strange times we’re living through. Hopefully they are times of the like that we won’t see again. But we’re living through them none-the-less.
Published 19 December 2019
In the second part of the Rambling Man Review of the Year, it’s time to turn attention to the Lake District.
Published 15 December 2019
The year is ending, and inevitably our minds turn back to what happened. And go, boy was it wet.
Published 8 December 2019
Got a walk planned? Planning to stay in a few hostels on the way? Why not consider joining your local youth hostel association?
Published 13 October 2019
Bakewell is famous for something. Something cake related. And it’s definitely NOT for its tarts.
Published 25 August 2019
Wayfarer is the bus/train/tram ticket that many people in the North of England didn’t know they needed, but actually do. Especially walkers.
Published 21 July 2019
What are walking holiday companies? What to they do? And is it worth using one?
Published 7 July 2019
Every now and then, someone emails me to ask which walk they should do. Now there’s an open ended question, I think, because it totally depends on who you are and what you like. And if you fall into one these categories, you’ll find your answer here! And if you don’t fall into one of these categories, you might not.
Published 2 June 2019
When is a 268 mile long walk, not actually 268 miles long? When it’s the Pennine Way!
Published 31 March 2019
When I celebrate a milestone, it’s usually walking related. But the other day I spotted that I was about to hit a moment in history of this site. The 700th post on Rambling Man.
Published 23 December 2018
Tis the time when we look back. To think what was. And what perhaps should have been. And what a roller coaster of a year it was. And there was some walking done too.
Published 16 December 2018
A hill that has its own bus stop. Although don’t go waiting for any buses to serve it.
Published 20 October 2018
What’s new in the Planning a Walk section, I hear you ask? As well as "where have you been then?" And no, it can’t be both new and improved…
Published 29 July 2018
Collecting National Trails like you would a Pog? Or a Pokemon? No? Oh well.
Published 24 June 2018
Proving to myself that I can visit the Lakes for a day and be back for bed time.
Published 6 May 2018
Dotted around the North West and North Midlands, the Peak and Northern have been helping walkers find their way for over a century.
Published 25 March 2018
What will you find at the end of the Southern Upland Way when you get there?
Published 25 February 2018
It was incredibly exciting to realise that my house is on OL1, the Ordnance Survey’s first Outdoor Leisure map.
Published 11 February 2018
To Aviemore, where you’ll find a simple sign and a toilet block.
Published 4 February 2018
Is there a reason I haven’t walked a particular trail? Yes, absolutely. But that’s no indication on the quality of the the trail.
Published 28 January 2018
The point at Fort William where two walking trails with similar names, meet and say hello to each other.
Published 21 January 2018
Get to the top, and launch yourself off into the wind.
Published 7 January 2018
Random numbers put on a page, about Wainwrights, and all for no particularly good reason.
Published 27 December 2017
Let’s all look at graphs that show how well I’ve been doing with my fellbagging in the Lakes!
Published 19 November 2017
There’s a shop that is an important one in the world of Wainwright bagging. It’s not a massively flashy shop, nor is it one that is particularly large in size. But size and image aren’t everything.
Published 22 October 2017
At least you won’t be bothered by cars when you pay homage to the Kinder Tresspassers.
Published 16 August 2017
If you’re a walker and in the Lakes, the bus is a great way to get to your fell of choice. Unless you want to get to Kentmere anyway.
Published 21 July 2017
A small chapel on a hill in Brittany. Just what you want at the end of a holiday.