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Recent news and reviews
This is a small selection of some of the recent reviews and articles written about Foot Trails. Mail on Sunday - "The farmers daughter who put the spring back in my step" by Simon HeptinstallMy rural remedy had been prescribed by a small Somerset-based specialist holiday company called Foot Trails, which is run by farmer´s daughter Alison Howell. Alison is the sort of person who spent her childhood climbing trees, learning the names of wildflowers, birds and fungi, and walking. And she still does a lot of the latter. In an age when most of us drive to the shops, take the train or bus to work and fly to our holiday destinations, there are thankfully still some country people who love to explore on foot. I was taking advantage of Alison´s lifetime´s knowledge of paths, landscapes and little-known sights around the West Country. Her Foot Trails are a series of her favourite walking routes, and also include eating and staying at her favourite country pubs. Mists in Time on the levels – Walk of the Month, Somerset Life MagazineOn misty and frosty days, the levels offer sensational walking with glass pools on flooded fields, rising mists, chattering birds and ancient church towers rising like beacons. Words and photos by Alison Howell, a Bath-based rural walking holiday specialist. South West England Excellence Awards 2010-2011Sustainable Tourism award for South West England, presented at a gathering of the regions top tourism businesses in Torquay. Foot Trails commitment to working in and helping rural South West England. Business in the Community Big Tick for Rural Action 2010One of England's highest corporate responsibility accolades for the rural travel company for the third year running - Big Tick for Rural Action displays Foot Trails commitment to sustainable tourism and rural England's communities and economies. Country Homes and Interiors May 20106 page special on Foot Trails - from vision at the kitchen table to South West England specialist The Observer - Escape, Sunday 31st May 2009"Cider is the drink of the season and an orchard walk is the perfect way to discover an ancient tradition" says Nicola Iseard. "Walking and story-telling - it was as if David was born to do it; surprising then to think that seven years ago he was working at Sainsbury's".
The Times - Travel, Saturday 30th May 2009"Self-guided inn to inn walking holidays in South West England by Foot Trails. Include luggage transfers and faultless waterproof trail cards to lead in you in detail along tested routes through the best of the Cotswolds, Wiltshire and Dorset" Jeremy Seal. The Sunday Times - Travel, January 4th 2009Foot Trails recommended as one of the "must do" experiences for 2009- Chris Haslam's 52 weekends of the year Foot Trails Oak Tree ceremony, October 2008Foot Trails celebrates the award of a Big Tick by business in the community by planting a special oak tree. The Independent - Travel, October 4th 2008Foot Trails Vintage Cider Trail is given a big thumbs up by Cathy Packe in a two page special. Business in the Community - Big Tick Award, July 2008Prince Charles's charity, Business in the Community makes Foot Trails the first UK walking tour company to receive a Big Tick award for rural action. The award is honoured with the co-founders Alison and David at Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament.
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