Finding Paths...

We have lived in our current house for over 20 years now, and for over half of those years I have exercised in the area around home - runs, bike rides and now lots of walking, I was pretty confident I knew a 10 mile radius of our house as well as anyone.

But a couple of weeks ago I purchased an Ordinance Survey map of the local area, and it shows all of the off-road footpaths, bridleways and tracks around here, and yesterday I used it to explore an area that I had no idea even existed - it wasn’t just a path I hadn’t tried, it was a route between two points I didn’t even think was possible. It was hard work, and bits were overgrown, but I found stuff and places that blew my mind.

So before you decide that something can’t be done because your decades-worth of experience tell you it can’t, maybe take a look to see if there is a path that someone has taken before, because if they have done it, chances are that you could do it too….