Post updated 3rd November 2023
How do you get out into nature and the countryside easily?
One way is to walk... it's the best way of course, although some would say cycling will extend your range and also provide better exercise.
Some early geologists used bicycles in the fieldwork. In fact, the GA President in 2019 was Grenville Cole, who was known as the "cycling geologist" because of the way that he worked.
Perhaps one way is to join with others and walk one of the Slow Ways.
We have some of the maps in the department and a print which is excellent.
This would potentially make for a good activity with students as at the time of writing there is still quite a lot of work left to ensure that the thousand of routes which connect places have been reviewed and checked for accuracy and safety.
Check out post #85 on the blog for more on Slow Ways, with a podcast with Daniel Raven Ellison.
Updated November 2023
“The Victorians left us street trees and parks. National parks were the legacy of the second world war. What will our legacy be? What if 75 years after the creation of national parks, our politicians created their own legacy for future generations – a proper national walking and wheeling network that’s as easy to understand as the road and rail network but far more joyful, healthy, green, relationship-building and community-connecting and inspiring? What’s not to like?”
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