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 January 2015
Sometimes people ask why I named this website Rambling Man. Time to make a musical tour to find out.
Published 17 December 2014
The year is almost over, so it’s time for the Rambling Man Review of Walking.
Published 26 November 2014
Need some Christmas inspiration? Here’s five superb walking related books handpicked by the Rambling Man team
Published 19 November 2014
No idea where you are? Enter OS Locate – the smartphone app that gives you your grid reference
Published 29 October 2014
A lunchtime stroll in a place to think in the heart of the capital
Published 22 October 2014
Three years after the idea was originally mooted, it was finally time to head up to the highest point in Wales.
Published 8 October 2014
It’s well known and much loved, but which Kendal Mint Cake is the best?
Published 15 May 2014
Snow on a fell side, blocking the path? Just what is a walker to do?
Published 30 April 2014
Getting a train on your walk? Get a cheaper ticket!
Published 16 April 2014
Drive, leave one car, drive, leave second car, walk, drive in second car to first. Go home.
Published 19 March 2014
Sat in the middle of nowhere on the North York Moors, arriving at the Lion Inn is a cracking way to end your day of walking.
Published 12 March 2014
Look, you wouldn’t be laughing if you were stuck in a bog!
Published 16 October 2013
Bill Bryson and his amazing ability to make you want to walk the Appalachian Trail.
Published 9 October 2013
What the Secret Coast to Coast book cover could have been.
Published 25 September 2013
Does anyone actually agree on how long the Dales Way actually is?
Published 15 August 2013
Walk on the Fairfield Horseshoe and you’ll find a wall. A big wall. A great wall in fact.
Published 16 July 2013
Is it possible to do twenty Wainwrights in a trip to the Lakes?
Published 14 July 2013
A new policy on what we do and what we won’t do
Published 3 July 2013
In France packed lunches can be truly amazing. So why in Britain do we get soggy sandwiches and a packet of crisps?
Published 26 June 2013
A duck resting in a tin bath next to a roaring fire? What’s not to love about this pub?
Published 12 June 2013
What would walking 273 miles of the Greenwich Meridian reveal about Britain?
Published 3 April 2013
There’s just no standards when it comes to signs on walks.
Published 19 March 2013
Buy buy buy! My Glyndŵr’s Way and Ridgeway books are available now. Exciting eh?
Published 12 March 2013
It’s time to determine what long distance walking to do for the year
Published 18 December 2012
Every year, some point in the Spring, I like to make a plan of walks I’m going to do in the year ahead. I call them my Grand Walking Plans, or – as in the case of this year – the (Not So) Grand Walking Plans.
Published 14 December 2012
Take a look at the map from Simon Armitage’s book, Walking Home, on the top of the page and see if you can see what the error is.
Published 6 December 2012
You don’t have to just to put your feet in a pair of hiking boots. Oh no. In fact they can be used for multiple things. Such as flower pots. And, err, somewhere for keeping your socks at night… But the other night I saw a use of a hiking boot that even surprised me. As a wine carrier.
Published 20 November 2012
Changes and improvements to make planning your own walking trip even easier.
Published 23 October 2012
April 2011. I’m in Wales. I’m walking the Glyndŵr’s Way. And I have a notepad. Every night I diligently write down extensive notes. Notes that will make a series of articles for this website; maybe even a book. Who knows.
Published 21 September 2012
The long distance walker will sometimes come across little signs when out on their travels.