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118 miles - 48 hour challenge walk 2021

118 miles - 48 hour challenge walk 2021
Every year, Shepherds Walks raise money on the challenge walks for two great charities. With the year we have just had, it has been impossible to donate as we have in the past so I am personally going to step up to the bar and walk 118 miles from Scotland into England in 48 hours.

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Nordic Walking -

What are the Best Nordic Walking Poles for You?

What are the Best Nordic Walking Poles for You?

What are the best Nordic Walking poles? This is a question we get asked all the time. Jane, our resident Nordic Walking instructor, takes you through the pros and cons of Nordic Walking poles. 

If you can't find the answer here, join her on one of her training courses and she will help you with your technique and to buy the right poles for you!

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Open access -

Open access land - 20 years on

Open access land - 20 years on

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, known as the CRoW Act is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament affecting England and Wales which came into force on 30 November 2000.

It is hard to think that it is 20 years since this monumental change was introduced, all the 1:25k maps where updated to now show these areas. It really opened up many areas of the countryside.

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Spine Race -

Montane Spine Race 2020

Montane Spine Race 2020

This weekend is the start of the Winter Montane Spine Race, the ultimate UK challenge for participants.

In this interview I talk to Paul freeman, just before he sets off on the epic journey.

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Rothbury Trenches -

The Rothbury Trenches

The Rothbury Trenches
In December 1914, early in WW1, volunteer soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers went to the moors above Rothbury to prepare for trench warfare in France, constructing a complex network of practice trenches.

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