Not all of the UK is as fortunate as where I live- where big open spaces are to be found. Too many big landowners and houses to give the wide open spaces but they do exist. We have a charity called Sustrans that is building trails for bikes, walkers and horses all over the UK. Generrally they are on disused railway lines or old paths linking communities, so are used by a fair bit of the community. We have our own local Sustrans path called the Cuckoo Line and is on an old railway line and is called that due to the Bird of that name that are in abundance.
The highlight of my area though is the South downs. Just about to get National Park status which may bring a few problems to restrict current users in places but If I want to get away from it all- it is only 6 miles away.
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How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan