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