The Great Outdoors

Ramblers’ campaign reveals lost historic paths

CAMPAIGN BY THE RAMBLERS has revealed almost 50,000 miles of rights of way missing from official maps in England and Wales. The walking charity’s Don’t Lose Your Way campaign is now racing to save these 49,138 miles of historic paths – enough to stretch around the

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