The importance of walking for personal health is well documented.
Unlike my backpacking experiences, a comfortable bed and pillow await me each evening.
Fortunately, the establishment of new trails is a trend all over the United States.
Communities have opted to create rail-to-trail systems, ring walks around cities and a variety of other greenways.
Walking provides a wonderful way to combine nature, exercise and local culture.
My two favorite places to plot walking holidays are England and Ireland.
Both nations have public right-of-way policies the legal right to walk historic paths even when they cross private property.
I love how English trails traverse farmers fields as well as moors, mountains and woodland.
Wordsworth was a major-league walker.
An overnight in Keswick is standard for this 34-mile journey.
I choose the far less arduous 5.4-mile loop from Rydal to Grasmere that also covers Wordsworth country.
Dorothy and William are buried in St. Oswalds cemetery in Grasmere.
Most trails in the Lake District are clearly marked and graded for difficulty.
More than 1,200 individual walking trails lattice Lake District National Park.
The park offers free guided walks several days a week on a variety of routes.
Potters cast of anthropomorphic characters springs to life everywhere in The Lakes.
Potter purchased 15 farms spread across 4,000 acres, and eventually bequeathed the property to the National Trust.
