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‘Winter walking is good for you’
WEBCities are often at their most walkable in the winter, when wind disperses pollution, and rain washes the air of dirt and germs. A 2021 study found that the best days to avoid catching highly contagious strains of Covid were windy days, …
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Government announces new funding for social prescribing.
WEBSocial prescriptions, including walking, wheeling and cycling, will be offered by GPs as part of a new trial to improve mental and physical health and reduce disparities across the country, the government has announced on 22 August 2022.The government has awarded £12.7 million in multi-year funding to 11 local authority areas in England. The funding will …
Walkers are Welcome Towns Boost our Health and Happiness
WEBHere in Nether Stowey and Over Stowey we have been accredited members of the Walkers Are Welcome community for just over a year now. Walkers Are Welcome nationally is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. In the last ten years, Walkers Are Welcome towns have developed 1,200 walks totalling over 6,342 miles—the distance …
Walking for Health in Somerset
WEBHealth Walks are designed to attract people of all ages who want to improve their health, meet new people as well as explore their local environment. Walking groups are led by trained Volunteer Walk Leaders who have reached the standard of delivery set by the national The Ramblers manage the national Walking for Health initiative at a national …
A Quantock View Through Time
WEBThe Quantock Hills AONB Service has launched a new website www.quantockviews.uk to capture and record the changing landscape and village life of the Quantock Hills. Ever wondered what the landscape of the Quantock Hills looked like 100 years ago? This new website aims to capture historic pictures, postcards and …
Make a difference and feel better with the Somerset County …
WEBSomerset’s Rights of Way volunteer community is back active and working with a few adjustments as lock-down continues to ease – and there are plenty of opportunities available to be part of it. Somerset County Council has five volunteering roles in the Rights of Way team, and all can be flexibly adapted to suit your circumstances. …
Local community groups Stowey Walking and Stowey Green …
WEBSome-time ago a flight of steps was unearthed on the northern side of the A39 between Nether Stowey and Inwood Farm. Since the new farm shop, Paisley’s opened and with the increase in visitors to Quantock Lakes more residents and visitors have been using the old A39 to get to the farm shop and café and to events at Quantock Lakes. …
Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth night walking in the Quantock …
WEBTonight, Coleridge is escorting Dorothy Wordsworth a short part of her journey back to the country house that she and her brother William are renting at Alfoxton. Setting out up Castle Street, the two climb past the Castle Mount, then follow the lane down the hill past outlying cottages towards the hamlet of Bincombe.
Stowey Walking Launch
WEBStowey Walking - the Walkers Are Welcome name for Over Stowey and Nether Stowey was formally launched today in a ceremony in Nether Stowey. The great and the good attended the event - only slightly marred by the fact that village saw it's most intense downpour for many years and the planned inaugural walk had to be postponed …
The Old Mineral Line in the Brendon Hills
WEBAugust 23rd 2017 as part of the Watchet Festival. September 16th 2017. October 21st 2017. November 11th 2017. December 7th 2017. Information is available from Exmoor National Park: 01398 323841 or 01984 634177 or Watchet Visitor Centre. . Theresa Wilson. The West Somerset Mineral Line Association.
Hiking The Coleridge Way…in 2 Days!
WEBSetting out from Lynmouth. Last summer a group of friends and I hiked the 51 miles of The Coleridge Way from Lynmouth to Nether Stowey over the course of just two days. That’s the equivalent of hiking a whole marathon per day. Why did we undertake such a Herculean task? To raise money for Bristol Children’s Hospital. Our target was to raise …
‘If you go down to the woods today’
WEBA gentle walk from Nether Stowey through the Millenium Wood and on to Stowey Wood, now managed by Stowey Greenspaces as a resource for the community. An opportunity to see how the wood has developed over the last year. An ideal walk for families. This walk is a Nether Stowey Health Walk route.
One more mountain left to climb
WEBQuantock girl Nell Barrington tells the story of her mammoth walk along the South West Coast Path with her dog Luna, in memory of her dad and to raise money for Ward Nine at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton "Eleven years ago dad died, at just 66 years old, and three years ago I started clambering along the South West Coast Path. The reason, I …
Nightjars and Wildflowers
WEBSo how would you choose to spend a Friday evening? In the pub? Maybe watching TV? I, along with about a dozen others, chose to spend our Friday evening in the Quantock Hills searching for the mysterious nightjar. The walk was organised by Peter Baker, of Durborough Farm, near Aisholt, and we set off just before dusk on a warm, still evening.
A Pre-Sunday Lunch Walk in the Quantocks
WEBWhen the weather turns cold and the skies are clear there is no better place than up high on the hills and the Quantocks are just perfect at this time of year. This walk took us from Dead Woman’s Ditch, over to Crowcombe Park Gate and back to Dead Woman’s Ditch via Wilmot’s Pool. It’s two miles and about 45 minutes walking with …
A Walk Up Crook Peak
WEBIt was not going to be a walk with marvellous views, but we had all weather gear and were up for the challenge. Crook Peak is a limestone escarpment 190m above sea level at the western end of the Mendip Hills AONB managed by the National Trust. On a clear day there are views across to Brent Knoll and the Somerset Levels, the Quantock Hills and
Wintering Birds Nature Walk at Hinkley Point
WEBOn a blustery day in January I joined a group of 11 of us on a guided walk at Hinkley Point. The walk was led by Ben Bryant, Hinkley Point B Warden employed by Somerset Wildlife Trust. Ben led us down past the perimeter fence of the power station and out onto the sea defences. During the construction of the new power station Hinkley …
Walking with the University of the Third Age (U3A) Bridgwater …
WEBIf you would like more information on Bridgwater U3A and the various groups, including walking, full information can be found on our website www.bridgwateru3a.org.uk. Or telephone one of the group leaders, Lynda Clark, 01278 653344 or Carol Taylor, 01278 732046. Elisabeth Woolcock.
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