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Dursley Welcomes Walkers

Dursley Welcomes Walkers organises an annual walking festival for the town.  It also works with other local business and organisations to promote more tourism and visitors to the area.

An old pub with a chalk sign board outside

A full on day

Mon 29th Jan '24Tue 30th Jan '24

I deliberately try to balance my calendar so that I have something planned most days, but rarely more than two things. Today...

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Willows by a riverbank that has the vegetation cut short

Festival review

Mon 23rd Oct '23Wed 25th Oct '23

A few tasks this morning after getting back from my holiday in Keld. First thing was a haircut in Nailsworth, followed by...

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A lister engine

Engines, Sculpture and cake

Sun 8th Oct '23Mon 9th Oct '23

Last day of the Dursley Walking Festival today. No walk leading for me today, so I went up to Ashen Plains Campsite...

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A wood in the far distance, a town in middle distance and green fields in foreground

Trains and hills

Sat 7th Oct '23

It’s day four of the Dursley Walking Festival and I’ve taken on an unexpected walk since Mick, the original walk leader, contracted...

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Fields in foreground, a hill in the background with a tower

Leading up three hills

Fri 6th Oct '23Sun 8th Oct '23

It’s day three of the Dursley Walking Festival and I was leading the “Three Hills and a Tower” walk from the Market...

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Hills in the distance , fields in the foreground and cloudy sky

Stiles and Graveyards

Wed 4th Oct '23

It’s day one of the Dursley Walking Festival and I was leading a walk and went on another. Today was pretty well...

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Pond covered with rushes and other vegetation

Maintaining Pond Habitats

Sun 1st Oct '23Sun 1st Oct '23

The day started with a live interview on BBC local radio about the Dursley Walking Festival. The segment was 6 minutes long...

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A banner on a building advertising the Dursley Walking Festival with flowers the foreground

Rafts and banners

Mon 25th Sep '23

We’ve been a bit delayed this year putting up the final banner on the Market House to advertise the Dursley Walking Festival....

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A tower in a field

Three hills and a tower pre walk

Sun 17th Sep '23

My second walk for Dursley Walking Festival is quite substantial. It’s only around 10km in length but the total ascent is 400m....

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Wild Acres

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

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Dursley Welcomes Walkers

Stroud Wildlife Survey Group

Gloucestershire Vale Conservation Volunteers

Annual Reflections

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