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Walks, places and discoveries from the trail

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Guidebook Challenges

Working through walking guidebooks one route at a time, tracking progress and sharing each completed exploration.

Guidebook Challenges

Working through walking guidebooks one route at a time, tracking progress and sharing each completed exploration.

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Wide view across the dry grassland of Cock Marsh, with a low tree-covered chalk slope rising beyond under a clear blue summer sky.

Chilterns – River Thames at Cookham

A compact 5 km loop that opens out across Cock Marsh before picking up the River Thames, giving a varied and easy introduction to Cookham.

Harvested field bordered by a wire fence, with rolling tree-lined hills beneath a bright blue sky near Goring-on-Thames.

Chilterns – River Thames at Goring

A short local circuit from Goring, heading out through fields before returning along the Thames Path, where the riverside section gives the walk most of its character.

Chilterns – Christmas Common

Chilterns – Christmas Common

A short Chilterns walk through Christmas Common, Queen Wood and Fire Wood, with quiet lanes, open fields and woodland paths offering a varied route.

Open heathland near Lyndhurst in the New Forest, with purple heather, gorse and wide views beneath a clear blue sky.

New Forest – Lyndhurst

A New Forest walk from Lyndhurst through White Moor and woodland, with a search for a historic Park Pale along the way.

New Forest – Minstead

New Forest – Minstead

A varied New Forest walk from Minstead, combining quiet village lanes, forest tracks, open views and a few unexpectedly narrow paths.

New Forest – Fritham

New Forest – Fritham

A relaxed first walk through Fritham’s pine forests, open heathland and hidden history, with a few useful lessons about navigation, phone signal and making the most of a short New Forest route.