If you could only do one walk.

We had a cottage on Exmoor for many years when my daughter was small and Christmas morning we used to walk across the Grabbist hills to work up our appetite. Fabulous views out to the sea on one side and glorious vews across Exmoor on the other. We also used to ride there and drop down into a valley which had the most amazing snowdrops in the Spring. It has so many happy memories!

Very difficult to choose. But out of pure nostalgia - holidays as a 6-7 year old staying with an aunt and walking from Delabole to Tregardock through the fields with pasties made that morning by my aunt to be eaten sat on the rocks beside a big pool I had just swam in. I can even remember my swim suit😊.

We have always been walkers all our married life, so choosing a walk is difficult.

Top of Sutton bank in North Yorkshire on a clear day, you can see for miles.

We were also walkers and living so close to the Peak District we were always spoiled for choice, but our out and out favourite was the walk from Castleton, up through Cave Dale, round the top of the Winnats and onto the top of Mam Tor. Fabulous view of the Edale escarpment on one side and the Hope Valley on the other. From there on to the top of Lose Hill, down into Hope (hard on the knees!) and back to Castleton. I couldn’t do half of it now. There were many many others, but that one will always be my favourite.

Another nostalgic walk. From my childhood home in Brampton, along the footpath beside the road we walked to Talkin Tarn. Once there you can walk right round the Tarn. It's full of childhood memories, I taught my little sister to swim there.
The homeward walk crosses the moss, along the single carriageway road to the railway line and onto the Dandy footpath back to Brampton.
We moved away years ago, but it's lovely to go back and visit. We don't manage it very often now though.

Living as we do , so close to the Peak District, just like Greyduster but from the other side, Mam Tor is one of my favourite walks but if I could only do one it would be by the side of Elterwater in the Lakes.
It is flat so not so scenic as most of the Lakes walks but it has wonderful memories for me.
It was the first walk my H and I did on our first visit to that most wonderful part of the country.
It was also the first walk I did when I was recovering from Breast Cancer because it was easy.
Throw in lunch at the Britannia Inn and my happiness would be complete.
We have walked hundreds of times in the Lakes all lovely and now I can’t walk to the top of my road but the memories can never be lost.
Thank you OP for reviving them.

I'd wander around Venice taking in the beauty and history. I'd pop into Harry's Bar for an overpriced Bellini then walk around the Doge's palace to see the beautiful paintings and frescos.

The Thames - Greenwich to Richmond along the south bank, cross the river at Richmond, and back along the north bank, going through the Greenwich foot tunnel.

Buttermere circular walk

The walk from Puerto Calero to Playa Quemeda in Lanzarote. Over the cliffs on rough terrain from a typical tourist resort to a small Canarian fishing village with fish freshly caught served in a handful of eating establishments. We loved this walk but since my husband’s ill health we know we cannot do it again.

Either Snowden in memory of my Welsh background or the Mediterranean Steps in Gibraltar my son does that at a jog with his young family most weekends the view is amazing but although both my daughters have done it during visits to our Gibraltar family they all tell me it would be too much for me and if I get stuck then it’s either be carried up or down no escape. 🤣 I daren’t risk it but would love it.

My usual walk- park in the next village on a quiet street, down past the church and school and little graveyard. Walk past some quaint historic cottages and then take the path through a couple of fields, down past a pub and then on to a local park where I can stop in the spotless toilets for a wee.
Then round the playing field and towards the lake where ducks are on one side and sheep on the other.
Stop in the middle of the bridge and watch for the bird life around the lake and look out over towards the distant moors.
At the end of the bridge there is weir which checks the lake water, and then down into a little woodland at the bottom of which the weir runs down into a beck where again ducks, herons etc gather.
Then round the bandstand and the lovely trees and flowers, following the beck over a little bridge before finally leaving the park.
Cross the road to a local industrial museum where there is also an antique centre, several cafes and other shops before walking on to a disused railway line that leads to an old canal wharfe and you've guessed it- more ducks and swans.
Then, walk back the other way maybe taking in a coffee with a friend or even lunch.
The best part of this walk is that there is such variety in it, but also people talk to each other in passing- that makes the whole thing very special. People love being there, and you can tell.

Maderanertal Kt. Uri Switzerland. Most beautiful walk in the world

When I was a student I did some work in the library of Beeleigh Abbey in Essex it was then owned by William Foyke, founder of Foyle’s bookshop in London.

I stayed in Maldon, and the long walk every morning from Maldon to Beeleigh was wonderful. Skylarks rose from the flat fields singing, high into the air. Little wild creatures like weasels and rabbits ran across my path. I never saw another human being. Perhaps I should have been nervous, but I wasn’t.

My own beach will do I can’t better it

The Seven Bridges walk at Fountains Abbey is my favourite local walk. When in the Lakes I also love Elterwater (mentioned by a previous poster). Anywhere near water is lovely

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Living as we do , so close to the Peak District, just like Greyduster but from the other side, Mam Tor is one of my favourite walks but if I could only do one it would be by the side of Elterwater in the Lakes.
It is flat so not so scenic as most of the Lakes walks but it has wonderful memories for me.
It was the first walk my H and I did on our first visit to that most wonderful part of the country.
It was also the first walk I did when I was recovering from Breast Cancer because it was easy.
Throw in lunch at the Britannia Inn and my happiness would be complete.
We have walked hundreds of times in the Lakes all lovely and now I can’t walk to the top of my road but the memories can never be lost.
Thank you OP for reviving them.

We are staying on the Langdale estate, we have been coming for over 40 years.
The Brittania is as always packed!
We will walk from Elterwater to the Drunken Duck on Tuesday. .
Today’s walk was fabulous.

Favourite as a child was walking from Seaton to Beer. About 1.5 miles across the cliffs.
As we got older, Sidmouth to Beer, around 8 miles took over as a favourite.

Now when we visit DD, we like Glasson to Carnforth. Lovely views and fairly flat. It’s a long 11 mile walk, but there are stopping places with refreshments and we can get a bus back if we’ve had enough.

Our usual walk. Out the front door and along to the sea. Walk along the coastal path, east or west depending on what we did the day before. Then through the pine trees into the village and home. Never disappoints.

Boscastle, start from the car park opposite The Cobweb. It has everything; hedgerows full of butterflies, followed by a meadow. Then along the River Valency where Thomas Hardy used to walk with his first wife, Emma. Cross the river using a Pooh sticks bridge after which is a woodland full of Rowan trees. Ending in Minster Church. I still do it in my imagination and can smell the wild garlic.

Probably the length of the Malvern hills from British Camp to ?West Hill - it's walkable & a sense of achievement to do it from end to end. Views all the way and lovely walking. I love the contrast between the civilized landscape of the Severn plain on the east, looking towards the Cotswolds, and the much more hummocky welsh border country on the west, looking towards the Black Mountains. Not one for a windy day, though!

Innominate Tarn on Haystacks in the Lake District where Wainwright's ashes and my FIL's are scattered. Like to go there one more time but it is not to be.

The white cliffs of Dover along the cliffs down to St Margarets Bay. Lunch in the pub on the small beach, or the cafe, before the big climb back up the cliff to Dover. Your phone will ping with a message welcoming you to France. .
On a clear day you can see across to a France, shining in the sunshine.

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We spent some very happy times at Beeley Abbey through friends from the barge sailing community in Maldon.
Some memories.