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Country Walking goes Fossil Hunting!

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Nick Hallissey, 17 July 2009 09:00

It's an adventure special, so this month Country Walking is hunting for brilliant things in the British landscape: gold, truffles, gemstones, the Holy Grail - and fossils. Join expert geologist Sam Scriven on the Jurassic coastline of Dorset for a quick lesson in what to look for and how to get at it - and see the amazing dinosaur remnant ...

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Country Walking goes Fossil Hunting!

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Nick Hallissey, 17 July 2009 09:00

It's an adventure special, so this month Country Walking is hunting for brilliant things in the British landscape: gold, truffles, gemstones, the Holy Grail - and fossils. Join expert geologist Sam Scriven on the Jurassic coastline of Dorset for a quick lesson in what to look for and how to get at it - and see the amazing dinosaur remnant ...

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Country Walking on the South West Coast Path

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Nick Hallissey, 17 July 2009 09:00

With a new issue devoted to great walking adventures, Country Walking heads to Devon and Cornwall in search of shipwrecks, lost souls and opium-addled vicars sitting on clifftops.  Join us at a remarkable location for a chat with Mark Owen, National Trails Officer for the South West Coast Path, about why this fabulous stretch of rollercoaster coastline is such a ...

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New video: Escape to the North Downs

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Nick Hallissey, 23 June 2009 14:16

To celebrate a new issue devoted to the whole concept of escape, Country Walking brings you a brilliantly simple way to escape from our busiest city. A mere hour out of Charing Cross, Nick Hallissey discovers great drama on the North Downs Way, then heads off the beaten path into a lost valley beyond the national trail. It rains a ...

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NEW VIDEO: Country Walking goes to Another Place!

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Nick Hallissey, 26 May 2009 14:30

They're hailed as a wonder of the modern art world - now get up close and personal with the baffling-but-beautiful sculptures of Another Place on the Merseyside shoreline. Country Walking went to meet Antony Gormley's 100 metal men on its quest to find the best British coast walks for its new issue, out now. What we found was a thrilling, ...

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Nordic Walking! (In four easy steps)

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Nick Hallissey, 22 April 2009 16:30

Discover "the ultimate waling workout" courtesy of Country Walking's brilliant friendly instructor, Birgit Wilde. Originally from Germany (where Nordic walking is huge), Birgit now coaches in Cheshire. In the new issue of Country Walking, she'll describe the gear that's essential for her sport. And here you can learn the basics and see if it could make a difference for you. ...

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NEW VIDEO: Country Walking saws up Walking Boots!

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Nick Hallissey, 26 March 2009 15:05

Did they really do that? That's what they asked us when we presented a diced walking boot in our February issue. Well, yes we did, and to prove it, watch us go to work on a pair of Brasher Towa GTX boots for the new issue! There are references to everything from Friday 13th to Star Wars as Nick and ...

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NEW VIDEO: Country Walking meets Mark Radcliffe!

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Nick Hallissey, 26 March 2009 15:00

There's Chris Evans and his walking stick obsession, Chris Moyles the unlikely conqueror of Kilimanjaro, and Stuart Maconie the Country Walking columnist. Now Radio 2 DJ Mark Radcliffe spills the beans on his walking credentials as he chats to Country Walking about growing up in the Bolton moors and walking the Coast to Coast. Here's a taster of the interview in the ...

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VIDEO: The Greatest Riddle in the Lake District

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Nick Hallissey, 03 February 2009 15:16

Get ready for what could be the silliest, strangest story you read all year! Country Walking has gone in search of the comically-named Bishop of Barf, anenormous pillar of stone on a small peak at the top of the Lake Districtwhich is painted brilliant white every summer. But why? What's it all about? Who does it? And who really was ...

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