Philip Thomas

RT @countrywalking: #OnThisDay in 1936, the @OrdnanceSurvey built the very first triangulation pillar in a field at Cold Ashby in Northampt…

RT @countrywalking: Walk of the week: The Goring Gap 'You'll largely be following the route tramped by hundreds of eager young walkers on…

RT @countrywalking: #OnThisDay 90 years ago, shortly before 10:25am, nearly 2000 'hikers' converge on Platform 3 at Paddington Station to c…

RT @countrywalking: Is there anywhere with a more gloriously tangled web of footpaths than Coleorton in Leicestershire’s wodge of the Natio…

RT @countrywalking: Hints for hiking, courtesy of 1933… 1⃣“Let us first say that hikers’ shoes should be nailed...” 2⃣“Every hiker should…

RT @countrywalking: On Good Friday 1932, two trainloads of hikers left London for an unknown destination. 90 years on, we 'join the great a…

RT @countrywalking: Fantastic to meet up with @MaryAnnOchota, author of Hidden Histories, for a walk and landscape archaeology spotting ses…

RT @countrywalking: #OnThisDay in 1932, Benny Rothman leads a mass trespass on #KinderScout Around 500 young ramblers converge on the high…

RT @countrywalking: Looking for a #NewYearsResolution? Join the challenge that changes lives one step at a time👇 https://t.co/OFT48pLTBJ #…

RT @countrywalking: Today is the #WinterSolstice in the UK – the first day of winter❄️ It’s colder, muddier underfoot and daylight hours a…

RT @countrywalking: 'We can only guess it looked something like the rousing montage in the final instalment of The Lord of the Rings film t…

RT @countrywalking: #OnThisDay 20 years ago, after decades of campaigning, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 was passed, granting…

A glorious morning for a brisk jig up the #NorthDowns in their late autumn finery and swirling toupee of cloud. Kent’s very own misty mountains. #walk1000miles https://t.co/4IWJk9yiIZ

RT @countrywalking: Post us a path as pretty as a picture, worthy of a frame... the most tantalising trail or wondrous way you've walked. W…

RT @countrywalking: Passports to freedom, works of art, marvels of science and the walker's best friend. We ❤️ maps 🗺️ Our maptastic new i…