52 Favourite Sussex Walks

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Cycle Rides Round London

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Cycle Rides Round London: (Illustrated Edition)

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Nooks and Corners of Shropshire

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Around Reigate and Redhill - Footpath Guide

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Walking in the Peak District - White Peak West: 40 walks in the hills of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire

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The Wood

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The North Devon Coast

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Walking Through Spring

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Old Plymouth Trails

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Queen's Park: A History

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Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History: The Quest to Restore a Working Farm at Vita Sackville-West's Legendary Garden

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Savannah

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Walking on Dartmoor: 40 Walks in Dartmoor National Park including a Ten Tors walk

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A People's History of Walthamstow

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Country Ways

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The Countryman Sets Forth Again

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Short Walks in Beautiful Places: 100 Great British Routes

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There Were Three Ships

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Still Glides the Stream

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In the Days of My Youth: A Novel

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It Happened in Gloucestershire

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Walking in Kent: 40 circular short walks and day walks

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The Rough Guide to the Great West Way (Travel Guide eBook)

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Where Mountainy Men Have Sown:War and Peace in Rebel Ireland 1916–21

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The Chiltern Hills: 18 Walks Between Ewelme and the Hambleden Valley

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St Leonard's Forest, West Sussex: A Landscape History

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The Peak District

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The Ridgeway National Trail: Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon described in both directions

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Rough Guide Staycations Lake District (Travel Guide eBook)

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Exploring Historical Cambridgeshire

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The Creeper: an atmospheric, chilling horror from the author of The Watchers

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Frommer's Ireland 2020

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Portuguese for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide for Learning the Portuguese Language Fast

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Easy Learning Spanish Conversation: Trusted support for learning

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Fodor's Bucket List Europe: From the Epic to the Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences

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Mastering Spanish Words: Increase Your Vocabulary with Over 3000 Spanish Words in Context

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Italy Travel Guide: Top 40 Beautiful Places You Can't Miss!: Travel

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Easy Learning Italian Conversation: Trusted support for learning

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Easy Learning French Conversation: Trusted support for learning

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2000 Most Common Italian Words in Context: Get Fluent & Increase Your Italian Vocabulary with 2000 Italian Phrases

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Spanish Short Stories For Beginners (Vol 1): Use short stories to learn Spanish the fun way with the bilingual reading natural method

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Unlocking Spanish with Paul Noble

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The Everything Travel Guide to Italy: A complete guide to Venice, Florence, Rome, and Capri - and all the breathtaking places in between

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I Hate Men

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Learn Spanish : How To Learn Spanish Fast In Just 168 Hours (7 Days)

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French Short Stories for Beginners Book 1: Over 100 Dialogues and Daily Used Phrases to Learn French in Your Car. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary, with Crazy Effective Language Learning Lessons: French for Adults, #1

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Fodor's Amsterdam: with the Best of the Netherlands

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Spanish Short Stories for Beginners:10 Exciting Short Stories to Easily Learn Spanish & Improve Your Vocabulary: Easy Spanish Stories, #1

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Frommer's Athens and the Greek Islands

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Conversational French Quick and Easy: The Most Innovative Technique to Learn the French Language.

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German Short Stories for Beginners Book 1: Over 100 Dialogues and Daily Used Phrases to Learn German in Your Car. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary, with Crazy Effective Language Learning Lessons: German for Adults, #1

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Frommer's Iceland

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North: How to Live Scandinavian

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Pocket Rough Guide Rome (Travel Guide eBook)

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Huckleberry Finn

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Spanish Short Stories for Beginners Book 1: Over 100 Dialogues and Daily Used Phrases to Learn Spanish in Your Car. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary, with Crazy Effective Language Learning Lessons: Spanish for Adults, #1

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The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

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Lysistrata

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Frommer's Scotland

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Countrystride #111: The Herdwick, with Will Rawling: ...in which we head to misty Ennerdale in search of the Lake District's iconic sheep breed: the Herdwick. In the company of Will Rawling, Chairman of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association – whose family have farmed the far-western fells for 500 y...

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Countrystride #39: Thirlmere - and the flooding of a valley: …in which we take an autumnal wander along the wooded west shore of Thirlmere, the reservoir that displaced a close-knit pastoral community to fulfil 19th century Manchester’s ever-growing thirst for water.   As we walk, we learn from author and on...

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Countrystride #97: Townend – A Troutbeck farming dynasty: ...in which we descend upon the cloistered valley of Troutbeck to celebrate the 75th birthday of the National Trust farm at Townend, home for 12 generations to the 'yeoman' Browne family. In the company of Collections & House Manager Emma Wright we...

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COUNTRYSTRIDE #75: The battle to save Ullswater: ...in which we celebrate the 60th anniversary of a decisive House of Lords speech that saved Ullswater from being turned into a reservoir. Setting out from Pooley Bridge with valley born-and-bred Miles MacInnes, we learn about the arrogance of Manchest...

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Countrystride 55: Threlkeld - A story of stone & steam: ...in which we stride out from the gateway village of Threlkeld, once a thriving industrial hub, with local lad, ex-forester and third ever Lake Distirct National Park warden, Donald Angus. As we walk - up the bluebell-flushed outgang of Blease Gill th...

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Countrystride #99: PEAT, POWER & THE PUBLIC – Caring for Watendlath: ...in which we explore the much-loved hanging valley of Watendlath and the High Tove ridge above in the company of veteran National Trust ranger Roy Henderson and Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Sean Prokopiw. Posing the question: 'How do we balance the man...

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Countrystride #56: Life in the woods - Working the Rusland rainforests: …in which we explore a rainy Rusland valley – the wooded lowlands between Windermere and Coniston. As we wander, with Rusland Horizons’ Marion Brown, we learn about the industrial heritage of bobbin mills, charcoal pits and tanneries, and the extraordi...

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Daydream 2 - lazy summer days: Wondering along the path from Althorn to North Fambridge in Essex. Skylarks! Their contented never-ending songs, wheeling about slowly in the warm thermals somewhere, high above. Almost as far as the eye can see, a vast waist-deep plantation made of ...

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Countrystride #67: Ghosts on the coast: ...in which we stride out from the dunes of Drigg, destination Ravenglass, to celebrate the opening of the first Cumbrian stretch of the English Coast Path. In the company of Ange Harker – Lead Adviser on Natural England’s North West Coastal Access tea...

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58: The 100-miler – Part 5 (1902-1926) London to Brighton and Back: Numerous 100-mile races were held from London to Brighton and back during the early 1900s by the Surrey Walking Club. The Brotherhood of Centurions was founded in 1911.

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131 A thousand years along the Creel Path: A straight and stony path heads through open country, towards the sea. Beside the track, amongst land in-between, a tree. Lone and leafy. Like a sentry. Exposed and standing. It watches the sea birds. Hears their wide and freeing calls. Feels summer ...

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Kinder Scout: Clare Balding presents a series of inspirational walks in the British countryside.

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Countrystride #52: Cumbria Way with Paddy Dillon:  ...in which we track the undulating west shore of Coniston Water from Sunny Bank to Coniston Hall with backpacker, long-distance walker and prolific outdoors author Paddy Dillon. As we wander, through woods and over meadows, we discuss the origins and d...

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Story of England: Stone Age to Roman Days: Dan begins his ultimate historical road trip at the mysterious plinths at Stonehenge in the South-West of England.

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November 12, 2019 Gardening Zodiac Signs, Stolen Compost, Australia's Most Popular Indoor Plant, The Savill Garden Sculptures, Bougainville, Eschscholtz, Arthur Shurcliff, Orchids, Pedro Dot, Herbal Tea Gardens by Marietta Marshall Marcin, Forcing Bulbs,: Today we celebrate the French admiral and explorer who had a female botanist posing as a male valet on his voyage. We'll learn about the botanist who is remembered by the State Flower of California and the Landscape Architect who restored the entire...

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Daydream 4 - water rain wind: Children play on a soft sandy beach by the Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve at Stanford-le-Hope. When the tide goes out, this amazing hidden beach is revealed. Water laps. Families bask in the sun. Distant engines of passing marine vessels thrum t...

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184 River rilling through Miller’s Dale (sleep safe, hour-long): Miller's Dale. Steep sided. A valley in the Derbyshire Dales with magnificent contours. High rocky outcrops. Sheer faced cliffs. Green fields plunging down to a quiet, winding river.   It's a place where geologists go, to see the evidence of lava flo...

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46: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 1 (1890-1928): The history of crossing the Grand Canyon on foot, rim-to-rim. The trails, builders, bridges, mines, and Phantom Ranch. Part 1.

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November 18, 2019 The National Trust Cover Photo, The Feminine History of Botany, William Shenstone, Leo Lesquereux, Asa Gray, Kim Wilde, Margaret Atwood, Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life by Marta McDowell, Boot Tray reboot and Cranberry Frenzy in 1843: Today we celebrate the gardener who turned his farm into a picturesque wonder and the Swiss botanist who survived a fall from a mountaintop that foreshadowed a life of highs and lows. We'll learn about the American botanist Darwin confided in two...

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November 17, 2020 Ten Ways to Rewild, Solway Moss, William Barton, William Caparne, Archibald Lampman, The Garden Chef by Phaidon Editors, and Queen Charlotte: Today we remember the momentous bursting of a peat bog in Scotland. We'll also learn about the botanist nephew of Benjamin Smith Barton. We’ll honor a British Iris enthusiast and painter. We salute the poet known as the Canadian Keats. We’ll Grow...

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Countrystride #32: Lady Anne Clifford - First lady of Westmorland: ...in which we explore Lady Anne's Way, the long distance trail celebrating its 25th birthday this year, with its founder, Sheila Gordon. As we stride along the airy High Way – an ancient route linking Wensleydale and Mallerstang – Sheila recounts the r...

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Countrystride #44: Christmas past - A Wetheral wander: ...in which we take a seasonal stroll from Wetheral along the banks of a swollen River Eden with historian and writer Dr Sue Allen. As we walk, through winter woods to St Constantine's Cells in the December gloaming, we talk about Cumbrian Christmases ...

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Ep. 474 - Haunted Duxbury, Massachusetts: The historic seaside town of Duxbury, Massachusetts is covered in dune grass with pebbled shores and crisp air touched with salt and the scent of pine and cedar and is home to several haunted locations. The Alden Inn dates back to the first Pilgrims...

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Kings of the Yukon: A 2,000-mile Alaskan River Paddle with Best-Selling Author Adam Weymouth

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Daydream 1 (a series of short August adventures): Begin, by a country church on the hills above Harlow in Essex, and at the foot of a jovial fir tree, hushed by warm wind. It's a sunny afternoon and a blackbird is singing in the secluded churchyard of St Mary's, Gilston. Wood pigeons are sunning their w...

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Countrystride #62: GRANGE-OVER-SANDS & Hampsfell: ...in which we take in the salt air at the Victorian seaside resort of Grange-over-Sands with local historian and National Park Rights of Way Officer Nick Thorne. In a wide-ranging conversation covering history, ecology, tourism... and lots of old post...

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February 13, 2020 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year, Vita Sackville-West, Joseph Banks, Lewis David von Schweinitz, Jeremiah Bailey, Julia Dorr, A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson, and Maria L Owen: Today we celebrate the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavor and the man regarded as the father of North American mycology. We'll learn about the man who patented the first practical lawnmower 198 years ago today. Today's...

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Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

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July 7, 2020 Rhodds Farm, Creeping Avens, Henry Compton, Frances Stackhouse Acton, William Curtis, Sir Walter Scott, The Dormouse and the Doctor by AA Milne, The Himalayan Garden by Jim Jermyn, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Today we celebrate a bishop botanist whose love of plants was second only to his love of God. We'll also learn about the botanist daughter of a key botanist in England. We celebrate the botanical entrepreneur and the creator of the influential Curtis...

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Charlotte Brudenell of Deene Park: Episode Description: In the first episode of Duchess season 2, the Duchess of Rutland travels to Deene Park in Northamptonshire to meet Charlotte Brudenell. In the show, Charlotte introduces the Duchess to the eccentric Earl that was immortalised by one of English poetry’s greatest works, the ladies discuss Deene Park’s incredible association to the Magna Carta, and Charlotte reveals the ‘saucy’ 19th century discovery that would have made many of the time blush. Top Quotes: "The past is to cherish; the future is to relish." - Charlotte"The great thing about living in heritage is that we take on what our predecessors tell us, bless them for having been and then go forward to do our little bit. It becomes a great tapestry." - The Duchess"You have to put a 21st century influence or adaptation onto something that's older because we ultimately have to live in these houses and we can't let them rule us." - Charlotte"These houses were built to be shown off.