This was one of the last of the Victorian railways – it opened in 1899. It supplied milk to London and several quarries were opened along the track sending limestone to the industrial areas. The Trail was created after the railway closed in 1967. The signal box at Hartington Station has been preserved. You can go inside and see how it worked. At its southern end, the trail goes into a 600-metre long tunnel to emerge in the centre of Ashbourne.

Portsmouth Harbour Defences

This route begins at the Gosport ferry Terminal and follows the route of the Portsmouth Harbour Defences and finishes at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Portsmouth Harbour is defended from all 4 directions by castles, forts and military lines as it has been a strategically important port for thousands of years (the Romans had a major military base in Portchester). This largely circular loop follows these defences. Not all fortifications still exist or are accessible to the public.

Le GR221 est un chemin de grande randonnée situé en Normandie entre les départements de la Manche et du Calvados.

Il débute de la magnifique cathédrale de Coutances pour rejoindre Saintlo et le beau site des Roches de Ham à travers la campagne du centre Manche et long de la rivière de la Vire.

Le sentier prend ensuite de l'altitude pour rejoindre Pont Farcy et le site remarquable de la souleuvre. 

La dernière partie du sentier se trouve dans le département du Calvados pour grimper encore un peu plus pour atteindre la suisse Normande. 

The challenge of linking together all the mountains in Lakes over 2500 feet dates back to the 1960's.  Over the years different criteria have been used for selecting the 2500 foot mountains.  An outline history of the Lakes 2500's is given on a dedicated gofar page- see link below.