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Walking guides to Cheshire trails and a custom Ordnance Survey map

Walking in Cheshire

This month I’ve enjoyed celebrating the season, particularly getting out and about locally. During the first lockdown we broke out the Ordnance Survey maps to get off the beaten track and we’ve been exploring Cheshire’s trails since. My husband gifted me one of the custom OS maps and I’ve been highlighting what we’ve completed, attempting to make shorter circular walks that cover sections of the longer trails. It looks like… Read More »Walking in Cheshire

Love for the land

My latest country diary for the Guardian focuses on finding evidence people love the landscape in even the most inauspicious areas. If it doesn’t win you round to visiting Gowy Meadows, here are 10 more facts I found while writing it up: There are otters on the River Gowy, and the banks make it ideal for water voles. Italian Prisoners of War were used to straighten the river in the… Read More »Love for the land