Off the beaten track
Thank you for increasing the number of walks you feature that are reached by public transport rather than car. It makes more walks accessible to more of us as well as being kinder to the planet. As someone who has asked for this previously, thank you for listening.
On a similar note, how about this idea as the theme for a future issue? I’m sure we have all scoured guide books to our local counties and seen the same places, the same iconic buildings and landmarks. Nothing wrong with that, but so many of these guidebooks are geared towards drivers, ie. everything featured is close to the main roads. On many of my walks in the Norfolk countryside, I’ve stumbled across equally dramatic buildings, beautiful postcard scenes and natural wonders that are either only known by the people living there, or are encountered by walking the narrow footpaths, small country roads and byways. How about getting your readers to send in and compile their own little-known discoveries into ‘the other’ guide book to Britain?
Attached is a photo of the beautiful round tower church of Burgh St Peter that I encountered at Burgh-nextAylsham in Norfolk (round towers are a feature of Norfolk because the main building material was flint, and you cannot make a square tower with flint). Michael Crouch, Norwich