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Walking Tours of England – Jim Duncan

  • Start date: 02/22/2013

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/22/2013

  • End time: 11:59 PM

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**WALKING THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE** Hiking in England is a different kind of adventure. Your route on “public footpaths” often takes you across grassy sheep meadows, barnyards or through cultivated fields. You may encounter the remains of an ancient Roman road, or walk on medieval paths in the footsteps of 11th century monks. It’s not unusual to come upon a castle or the remains of an old abbey, and occasionally, petroglyphs or hillside chalk carvings from the Bronze Age. Along the way, you may visit a tin mine, come across the home of a famous author or see a church door that inspired J R R Tolkien, and end up in a quaint English village where a pint of ale at the local pub brings the day’s activities to a glorious end!

Jim Duncan will talk about two Elderhostel hiking trips he and Sharon have taken to England. The first was to the rugged hills of the Lake District, perhaps the most beautiful area of England, and the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, where they hiked over heather-covered moors and along the North Sea Coast on the Cleveland Way. On the second trip in September 2011, accompanied by Kathy Hoeg, they hiked in the picturesque Cotswolds region dotted with historic villages such as Chipping Campden and Stow-on-the-Wold, then traveled down to the southwestern corner of England to hike the rugged coastline of Cornwall, home of the King Arthur legend (and the Doc Martin television series).

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