The Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain’s Footpaths (36 page)

Poundbury model town 315

Powys Rights of Way Improvement Plan 290–2, 294

Prentice, Archibald 27

Pumlumon 267

Radstock, Lord 161

Raja, Mohammed 135–6, 139

Ramblers’ Association 33, 39, 46, 63, 75, 83, 85, 132, 136, 137, 138, 262, 286, 294–5, 299–303, 320

Reynolds, Albert 203, 204

Ridgeway 93–121, 170, 173–4, 182, 250

Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs) 290–4, 298–9

Rights of Way (RoW) officers 10–11, 223, 281–5

Rights of Way Act (1932) 84, 157

Ritson, Joshua 74, 143, 146

Robinson, Cedric 261

Robinson, Mary 208

Rogerson, Clarke 21, 29, 38

Roman roads 122–3

Rothman, Benny 33, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46

Rumfitt, Sue 223

Salveson, Paul 32, 33

Sarn Helen 123

Saw Doctors 214

Scottish access legislation 57–62, 63, 65–6, 91, 285–6

Scott, Sir Walter 60

Seaton 250, 256, 257, 258

Severn Way 266–75

Sgwd yr Eira 277–9

sheep paths 9–10

Shinwell, Mannie 76

Shoard, Marion 157

Shufflebotham, Joseph 31

Siambr Wmffre Goch 15–16

signs and signposts

on author’s patch 1–4, 10–11

Chilterns 111

modern plethora 287–8

Ridgeway 98–9

Silkin, Lewis 76–7, 79

Silverman, Sidney 74

Smith, Chris 81

Smith, John 81, 91

Smith, Sir Herbert 152–3, 154

South Downs Way 91, 115, 117

South West Coast Path (SWCP) 91, 248–9

sporting failures 268–71

Stephen, Sir Leslie 72–3, 320

Stephenson, Tom 38–9, 40, 66, 80, 85, 90, 94–5

Stewart, Rory 81

Sweeney, John 138–9

Sunday Tramps 72–3, 320

Swetenham, Edmund 63

Swindon 118–20

Thames Path 263–6, 274

Thatcher, Margaret 105–6

Thompson, Flora 306

Tóchar Phádraig 207, 212–22

Tooreen Hall dances 202–3

Trail Fascism 99–101

trespass legislation 70–5

Trevelyan, Charles 63–4, 65

Trevelyan, G. M. 64–5

Trevelyan, George 64

Trevelyan, Katherine 64

Trevelyan Man Hunt 65

Turton, Robin 69, 143–4

Uffington 116

UKIP 12, 109

Undercliff 249, 251–8

urban paths 275–6

Venice 309–11

via ferreta
(‘iron ways’) 259–60

Victoria, Queen 273–4

Wainwright, Alfred 85–6, 87, 90, 144–5, 175, 184

Welsh Coast to Coast 187–9

‘Welsh way’191–3

walking

author’s childhood 5–6

benefits 64, 289–90

Dave’s redemption 132

equipment 169–73

politicians 81–2

water boards 85

Wayland’s Smithy 116

West Midland Safari Park 6

Willey, Fred 80–1

William Clough valley 45–8

Wilson, Harold 106–7

Winans, William Louis 58

Winnats Pass rallies 21–2, 52, 66

Winter Hill protests, Bolton 21–2, 29–34, 56

Witley Court 152–4

Woody (friend) 225–34

Wordsworth, William 60

working-class

access campaigns 46

interest in outdoor life 29–30

walking organisations and trespass laws 73

Wright, Ralph ‘Vegetable’ 23–4, 25–8, 142–3

Young, Andrew 115

Youth Hostels Association 64, 236, 303

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Text and images © Mike Parker 2011

Wolverhampton canal shot in Chapter 8 courtesy of Roger Kidd

Cardiff Hospital shot in the endpiece courtesy of Peter Finch

‘The Path’ by Ivor Mike Parker, reproduced by agreement of The Estate of Ivor Cutler.
See www.ivorcutler.org for more on the old genius.

Excerpt from ‘Slough’ © John Betjeman by permission of The Estate of John Betjaman

The author asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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