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A walk around Farnham. The LDWA has over 40 local groups, [8] which organise challenge events and social walks. It publishes a journal, Strider, three times a year, [9] and maintains a data base of long-distance paths, and registers of achievements in hillwalking and trail walking. Walks fall into two categories:
There is no formal definition of a long-distance path, though the British Long Distance Walkers Association defines one as a route "20 miles [32 km] or more in length and mainly off-road." [ 1 ] They usually follow existing rights of way , often over private land, linked and sometimes waymarked to make a named route. [ 3 ]
The Vanguard Way is a long-distance walk of 66.2 mi (106.5 km) [1] from East Croydon station in outer London (OS grid reference), travelling from the north, to Newhaven, on the south coast of England. [2] [3] It passes through the counties of Surrey, Kent and East Sussex, between Croydon and Newhaven, East Sussex. [2]
The White Rose Walk, a 35-mile (56 km) trail located in North Yorkshire, England, was devised in 1968 by the Yorkshire Wayfarers, [1] It starts at the Kilburn White Horse (National Grid Ref SE 514 813) and is completed by touching the trig point on top of Roseberry Topping (NZ 579 126).
The Long Distance Walkers Association in the UK is for the more energetic walker, and organizes lengthy challenge hikes of 20 or even 50 miles (30 to 80 km) or more in a day. The LDWA's annual "Hundred" event, entailing walking 100 miles or 160 km in 48 hours, takes place each British Spring Bank Holiday weekend. [40]
The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in southern England.It is one of 16 National Trails in England and Wales.The trail runs for 160 km (100 mi) from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Sussex, with about 4,150 m (13,620 ft) of ascent and descent.
The Lyke Wake Walk is a 40-mile (64 km) challenge walk across the highest and widest part of the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England.The route remembers the many corpses carried over the moors on old coffin routes and the ancient burial mounds encountered on the way; the name derives from a lyke, the corpse and the wake - watching over the deceased.
Walked as a single hike, the path may take between 30 and 60 days to complete but most walkers tend to break it up into shorter segments completed over several years. [12] A team of six Royal Marines , taking turns in pairs to run two-hour sections, completed the path in six days in 2004. [ 13 ]