Big Walks Of Great Britain

THE BIG WALKS OF GREAT BRITAIN First published as THE BEATEN TRACK by Summersdale Publishers Ltd in 2001 Copyright © David Bathurst 2001 This edition published in 2007 The right of David Bathurst to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Condition of Sale This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher. Summersdale Publishers Ltd 46 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RP UK www.summersdale.com Printed and bound in Great Britain ISBN: 1-84024-566-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-84024-566-0 Big Walks of Great Britain_INSID2 2 05/02/2007 09:54:11 About the author David Bathurst has been a keen walker all his adult life, and as well as his completion of numerous long-distance routes has also walked the entire coastlines of Sussex and Kent. By profession David is a solicitor and senior legal adviser to the magistrates sitting in Chichester and Worthing, and he has written books on a wide range of subjects. His chief claim to fame is the recitation of the four Gospels from memory in July 1998 and then the recitation of the complete surviving works of Gilbert and Sullivan from memory in August 2004. By the same author The Selsey Tram, Phillimore, 1992 Six of the Best!, Romansmead, 1994 The Jennings Companion, Summersdale, 1995 Financial Penalties, Barry Rose, 1996 Around Chichester in Old Photographs, Sutton, 1997 Here’s A Pretty Mess!, Romansmead, 1998 Magisterial Lore, Romansmead, 2000 Poetic Justice, Romansmead 2001 Walking The Coastline Of Sussex, SB Publications 2002 Best Walks Of Sussex, Summersdale 2003 That’s My Girl, New Theatre Publications 2003 Let’s Take It From The Top, Romansmead 2003 Walking The Disused Railways Of Sussex, SB Publications 2004 Once More From The Top, Romansmead 2005 Sussex Top Tens, SB Publications 2006 Big Walks of Great Britain_INSID3 3 05/02/2007 09:54:11 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Jennifer Barclay and the team at Summersdale for their support and encouragement; Sarah Cook for her photograph of the Speyside Way; Dr David Holland, Rob Holland and Linda Spanner for their photograph of Glyndwr’s Way; and to my wife Susan and daughter Jennifer for their love and understanding. Further Reading And Bibliography AA Book of Britain’s Countryside (1998, Midsummer Books) AA Book of British Villages (1980, Drive Publications) AA Illustrated Guide to Britain (1977, Drive Publications) Betjeman, John Collected Poems (1958, John Murray) Dillon, Paddy Trail Walker Guide to the National Trails of Britain and Ireland (1994, David and Charles) Hutchinson Encyclopaedia of Britain (1999, Helicon) Jenkins, Simon England’s Thousand Best Churches (2003, Allen Lane) Marriott, Michael Footpaths of Britain (1981, Queen Anne Press) Millar, T.G. Long Distance Paths of England and Wales (1984, David and Charles) National Trail Guides and Recreational Path Guides (1989-96, Aurum Press) Nicolson, Adam The National Trust Book of Long Walks (1981, The National Trust) Pevsner, Nikolaus et al. Buildings of England series (1951-74, Penguin) Pilton, Barry One Man and his Bog (1985, Corgi) Plowright, Alan Plowright Follows Wainwright (1995, Michael Joseph) Wainwright, Alfred A Coast to Coast Walk (1992, Michael Joseph) Wainwright, Alfred Pennine Way Companion (1992, Michael Joseph) Wainwright, Alfred Wainwright in Scotland (1988, Mermaid Books with BBC) Big Walks of Great Britain_INSID4 4 05/02/2007 09:54:11 Contents About This Book..............................................