Slow Ways walking routes

[annedonnelly]

Back during the first period of lockdown I got involved with a project to create a network of walking routes connecting cities & towns in the UK. Over the last nine months or so lots of volunteers have mapped potential routes from place to place electronically.

The next stage of the project is to get out there and actually walk the routes for real & figure out whether there are any problems to be fixed. There needs to be lots more volunteers to do this for the whole country. Lots of people have already shown an interest but more would be welcome. You can read about the project on the Slow Ways website and there's a form to complete if you want to know more. There are some online meetings planned soon to explain more and the routes are going to be available for checking in late January.

So if anyone fancies a walk to burn off some of those Christmas calories here's your chance.

 

[Randomnerd]

A great effort. I’m on there in my patch @annedonnelly and looking forward to doing more. 👍

 

[Deleted member 23692]

It's just a flawed 'fields of dreams' idea that'll come to nothing.

 

[annedonnelly]

It's just a flawed 'fields of dreams' idea that'll come to nothing.

If nowt else it provided something for people to get involved in during lockdown. Perhaps that is enough of a benefit.

 

[srw]

It's just a flawed 'fields of dreams' idea that'll come to nothing.

They said that about Sustrans and the National cycle network. This has the advantage that it's got someone with a vision driving it on, a simple and scalable model as well as funding and friends in useful places.

 

[Archie_tect]

You can read about the project on the Slow Ways website and there's a form to complete if you want to know more. There are some online meetings planned soon to explain more and the routes are going to be available for checking in late January.

Thanks Anne- signed up!

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I learnt about this a while back through one of my nieces & signed up. I'm joining a zoom meeting about it on 14th Jan. Looking forward to getting out there and exploring the paths etc 👍

 

[Old jon]

Signed up, thank you @annedonnelly

 

[Stephenite]

I've just discovered this Slow Ways site.

It has me pining for the fields and hedgerows I knew in my youth. (I'm feeling quite melancholy).

Here's a nice Guardian article about it.

 

[annedonnelly]

It's been a fantastic project so far in terms of how volunteers have come together to support it. Hopefully it'll go from strength to strength as a network that really gets used.

I suspect that many of the routes will also be suitable for cycling