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It s National Walking Month in May - here is some Surrey walks inspiration
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Surrey is blessed with one of the most extensive footpath networks in the country. Chairman of Surrey Hills Society, Christine Howard, picks 10 easy countryside walks to explore for National Walking Month this May
Originally published in Surrey Life magazine May 2017
1. Newlands Corner
THE LOW-DOWN: This Surrey beauty spot has stunning views over the Surrey Hills and a very special grove of ancient yew trees. It was made famous when crime writer Agatha Christie disappeared from here in 1926. It has a café, toilets, and a small visitor centre. There is an easy access short walk suitable for families, or you could just take in the view with an ice cream. The area is popular for kite flying too. The land is owned by the Duke of Northumberland and is open to the public via an access agreement with Surrey County Council. The car park and visitor centre is managed by Surrey Wildl
St Michael s Mount is on the route. Picture Dave Griffiths/VisitCornwall A BRAND new 150-mile cycle route for Cornwall that will take in some the county s stunning scenery and industrial heritage has been announced. The West Kernow Way, is ready for launch in September and begins and ends in Penzance. It is designed to be ridden over three to four days. It will take in many of the highlights of the western half of the Cornish peninsular, including the Botallack tin mines, the Bronze Age monument Mên-an-Tol, Land’s End, St Michael’s Mount and Lizard Point. The charity Cycling UK has been working for over a year on developing the route, speaking with landowners while plotting and reccying a route using bridleways, byways and quiet stretches of country roads.
The duck pond in the picturesque village of Otford.
‘Many Vile Earthlings Munch Jam Sandwiches Under Newspaper Piles’.
Even as our primary school teacher had us reciting this mnemonic to remember the order of the planets, our eight-year old self wondered what use it would ever have in our day-to-day adult lives, future NASA career not withstanding. Never, in a million (light) years did we imagine we’d be muttering it under our breath in an attempt to navigate around a small village in the Kent countryside.
Venus, with the sun (left) and Mercury (right) in the background.
Yes, we’re old enough to remember when Pluto was a planet, and so is the Otford Solar System. Built as a millennium addition to the Kent village of Otford, the model solar system consists of markers representing nine planets, plus the sun. It’s a very serious construction the scale of it is a staggering 1:4,595,700,000 (so 1mm = 4,595.7km), and it captures the positions the planets were in as the new