The Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain’s Footpaths

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by Mike Parker


  Orla Perç 259

  Parris, Matthew 81

  Peak & Northern Footpaths Society (PNFS) 21, 26, 28, 29, 38, 44

  Peak District National Park 49, 50

  Peake, Osbert 78

  Pembrokeshire Coast Path 91, 246–8, 258

  Pennine Way 39, 41, 48–9, 66, 80–1, 84–90, 289

  ‘Pet Lamb Case’ 58, 59, 146

  Peterloo Massacre 27–8

  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

  About the Author

  Mike Parker has had a varied career, from stand-up comedian to writer and presenter of television and radio travelogues. His work appears regularly in the Welsh and UK press, and he is the author of numerous guide books, as well as other works that combine travel, history and a robust streak of scepticism. The Wild Rover is the follow-up to the bestselling and critically acclaimed Map Addict. Mike Parker lives in mid Wales.

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  Copyright

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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.

  A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN: 978-0-00-737266-9

  EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007413232

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