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Jenkin Cragg & Lake Windermere

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:05:26 GMT

With the Post Office on your.. right-hand side, proceed through AMBLESIDE along Lake Road, and after 250 yds, bear left, up onto Old Lake Road. Pass by the following roads on your left, (i) Low Gale, (ii) Blue Hill Road, and then (iii) Fisherbeck Lane, to reach the head of a large car park on your right. Continue for a further 100 yds, then turn left, up a steep and narrow lane, signposted . (NOTE A)

Follow the lane for ½ mile (passing by numerous private driveways on both sides), to enter the Nation...

Diet Coke Nutrition Info

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:30:07 BST

Welcome to our guide to Diet Coke.

How many calories are in Diet Coke?

1.3 calories (5 kilojoules). This is a negligible amount.

How many grams of fat are in Diet Coke?

0. There are no grams of fat in diet coke.

What are the ingredients of Diet Coke?New Zealand

The ingredients as printed on the outside of 330 ml cans of Diet Coke in New Zealand, listed in order of greatest to least amount:

* Carbonated Purified water * Flavour * Colour (Caramel 150d) * Food Acids( 338, 330) * Sweeteners (951, 950...

More Than A Walk

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:54:53 BST

A NUMBER of years ago I took my wife Gina on a trekking holiday to Nepal. For the best part of a month we hiked round the high passes of Manaslu and the Annapurnas and, while it was highly memorable as a holiday, Gina found it incredibly hard work. At the time she was overweight and short on fitness and one night, after a particularly exhausting day, she vowed she would never suffer like that again. On our return home she began to exercise on a regular basis and soon she was walking for over an hour every day. She lost two stones in ...

Avoid Travel Chaos: Walk To Work!

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:51:22 BST

THE JOURNEY to and from work, with smelly traffic jams, overcrowded buses and regular delays on the Tube and trains, can be the low point of the day.

However, commuters can help avoid travel chaos - and get fit at the same time - by walking at least part of their trip. Whether by getting off the bus a few stops early, walking from the train station or finding a peaceful route for the whole trip, a walk before work is a great alt...

A Guide To Walking In Britain

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:47:28 BST

Great Britain offers a wide range of scenery for those wishing to walk in the countryside, from the mountains of the Scottish Highlands and the English Lake District to the gentle pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds and the South Downs. The countryside is rich in historical associations. You can follow Offa's Dyke, the great earthwork constructed about 800 AD to mark the frontier between Mercia and Wales; or walk along ancient trackways over the chalk hills of the south, first used by the earliest in...

Public Rights Of Way Faq

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:44:48 BST

1 What is a public right of way?

A right of way in the countryside is either a footpath, a bridleway or a byway. On footpaths the public has a right of way on foot only. On bridleways it also has a right of way on horseback and on a pedal cycle. Byways are open to all classes of traffic, including motor vehicles. Legally, a public footpath is part of the Queen's highway and subject to the same protection in law as all other highways. You have a right to pass ...

An Introduction To The Cotswold Way

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:33:43 BST

The Cotswold Way stretches 100 miles (161 km) from Chipping Campden (in the north of Gloucestershire) to Bath, via the villages of Broadway, Winchcombe, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge. It is a scenic, undulating route through quiet countryside, and has proved to be a very popular long-distance footpath. Although probably best walked over the course of a week, stronger walkers could finish it in less. The trail also lends itself to regular daily or weekend outings. The route was proposed by an RA memb...

An Introduction To The Coast To Coast Walk

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:31:22 BST

The Coast to Coast Walk is one of the most popular long-distance walks in the country. It was devised by the late Alfred Wainwright in the early 1970s, and links the Irish Sea to the North Sea via the hills, moors and valleys of northern England.

The 190-mile route (304 km) crosses three national parks: the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is scenic, but high-level, and visits only two towns of any real size (Kirkby Stephen and Richmond, North Yorkshire). Accordingly, ...

An Introduction To The Pennine Way

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:27:30 BST

The Pennine Way is among the best-known long-distance footpath in the country. It stretches for roughly 256 miles (412 km) from the Peak District to the Scottish borders, and maintains a high and often wild course along the backbone of England. The route attracts thousands of walkers every year, and yet many do not get beyond the second day, since it calls not only for fitness and stamina but for careful planning and preparation. The Pennine Way is a serious challenge - you must be fully equipped to ...

An Introduction To The Hadrian's Wall Path

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:22:06 BST

Hadrian's Wall stretches from Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria, and was built under the orders of Emperor Hadrian in AD 122 to mark the northern limit of the Roman empire. Although much of the Wall has since disappeared it is classed as a World Heritage Site, and a new 81-mile (130 km) long-distance walking route is being developed along its course.

However, it is important for walkers to bear in mind that at present it is not possible to follow what remains of the ...

Advice And Information For Leaders Of Rambles

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:16:07 BST

These notes are intended as a guide for those looking to organise and lead rambles. Even local walks demand careful planning and co-ordination, and it is wise to make sure that you have covered every eventuality.

Planning

In selecting a route, you should think carefully about the following:

a) The availability of paths or open country. As far as possible, your route should stay off roads; their metalled surfaces are always hard on the feet, and the constant need to be wary of t...

The Ultimate Walking Equipment Guide

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:07:33 BST

Walking is a great pastime! You can do it every day of the year, it can be as relaxing or strenuous as you wish, and it normally requires little in the way of specialist equipment. Of course, much depends on whether you choose to walk on farmland, coast, marsh or mountain; and naturally a week's hiking in the Scottish hills in January will need very different preparation compared to a summer's day in East Anglia.

This fact sheet is intended as an introduction for those contemplating ramblin...

Footpath Erosion

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:02:22 BST

Introduction

In the past few years serious footpath erosion has occurred in a small number of popular hill and mountain areas of Britain. Proportionately, the amount of eroded ground is quite small, but where it occurs it is often acute. Walkers' boots are quite clearly a major factor - but they are by no means the only one. If a footpath has been worn away by path users, it does not necessarily mean that the blame lies solely at the feet of walkers. Fragile slopes are rapidly damaged by the co...

Rambling: How To Get Started

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:51:21 BST

Walking is one of the most natural physical exercises imaginable, an enjoyable and safe activity for all ages and abilities. You can do it almost anywhere - from country parks to commons and heaths, easy field paths and coastal trails to more challenging hill and mountain tracks - and to begin with it requires very little in the way of specialist or expensive equipment.

As with any sport or leisure activity, it is sensible to begin gradually, learning the basics in safe surroundings and per...

Walking Helps In Fight Against Obesity

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:01:53 BST

MOST ADULTS in England are now overweight and one in five is obese, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. The NAO puts much of the blame on sedentary lifestyles, and has called for the promotion of physical exercise, including walking. The NAO's research found that levels of obesity - when a person puts on weight to the point that seriously endangers their health - have trebled since 1980 and are continuing to rise. Two thirds of men and more than half of women are now overweight or obe...

Walking Can Help Our Overweight Youngsters

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:59:16 BST

THE NUMBER of overweight and obese children has soared in recent years, according to a new study.

The research, published in the British Medical Journal (January 2001, No 7277 Volume 322), found the proportion of overweight English boys had almost doubled in ten years, despite little change in the preceding decade. Nine per cent were found to be overweight in 1994, a huge jump from the corresponding figure of five per cent in 1984.

The proportion of overweight English girls rose from nine per cent to over thirteen percent in the sa...

Pregnancy And Walking

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:51:45 BST

A FEW days before Jo Clements' baby was born - when most mums-to-be are finding it tough enough just getting up in the morning - Jo was still walking her regular one hour a day. "It was really important to me to stay fit and strong throughout my pregnancy," says Jo, a personal fitness trainer from Reigate, Surrey. "There's so little you can control when you're pregnant at least you feel like you're doing your best to stay healthy. I felt it would make my baby healthier, too." ...

Walking For Health

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:43:40 BST

"I have two doctors, my left leg and my right."

George Trevelyan, 1913

"Walking is the nearest activity to perfect exercise".

Professor J Morris and Dr. Adrianne Hardman. Sports Medicine 1997

There's no doubt about it - walking is good for you. It's good for your heart, it's good for your lungs, it's good for the muscle and bone growth of your children and it's good for your feeling of wellbeing! Strong scientific evidence now supports the many benefits to health of regular walking. Studies sh...

Walking Facts And Figures

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:37:29 BST

Popularity and participation

According to an ICM research survey in February 2000, 77% of UK adults say they walk for pleasure at least once a month and 62% say that walking is their main form of exercise. 62% was also the percentage of those who said they walked more than two miles when they walk for pleasure.

This compares with figures from The General Household Survey for 1996 (HMSO, 1997) which showed that "44.5% of all adults ...... had gone for a walk of two or more miles in the previous four weeks."

(For the pur...

Bawsey Church Near King's Lynn, Norfolk

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:30:13 BST

FLESH-EATING plants, Saxon silver and a skeleton of someone who met a gruesome end all feature in this otherwise gentle five-mile ramble. So if you thought Norfolk was all about turkeys, think again.

Roydon Common, where the walk starts, is a nature reserve managed by Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Although it may look like an ordinary common, it actually is an important site for ominous-sounding ‘acid bog' plants such as the insect-chomping Sundew and Bog Asphodel.

A path from the car park takes you past a Norfolk Wildlife Trust noti...

St Nicholas, Vale Of Glamorgan

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:28:10 BST

This gentle six-mile walk through arable land on the outskirts of Cardiff starts from the small village of St Nicholas - known as Sain Nicolas in Welsh - and passes two of Wales' greatest prehistoric monuments.

From the village church, cross the A48 at the crossing. The row of picturesque thatched cottages to the right are known as Blacksmiths Row. Head down the lane in front of you. A stone stile on your right shortly marks the start of the path, which crosses several fields and stiles to reach Tinkinswood Burial Chamber.

This impre...

A Cliff With A View: New Quay Walk

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:14:57 BST

A walk over the cliffs to Birds Rock can be rewarded with a glimpse of dolphins enjoying the waters of Cardigan Bay. Liz Allan, coast and countryside project officer for Ceredigion county council, takes us to her special vantage point.

I OFTEN find it amazing that many people coming to Wales seem to flock to the 'honeypots' of the Pembrokeshire Coast and Snowdonia national parks and miss out on the middle bit that is the county of Ceredigion. This is a pity, as there are many natural assets to this varied coastal landscape. High cliffs, sm...

How A Good Walk Can Help With Stress

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:59:43 BST

As the world gets more complex and demanding, people experience more and more stress in their lives. This article explains how a good walk can help you deal with your problems.

WALKING IS an excellent form of physical exercise. But most people who walk regularly would say there is something else that happens after a stroll in the country or a brisk hike round the park. Somehow the exercise has helped you relax, problems have been put into perspective and you have a general sense of well-being - as well as a healthy appetite.

Recently...

Yorkshire Dales Walks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:43:07 BST

Yorkshire is an area of breath taking scenery, historic cities, market towns and charming, sleepy villages. The walks listed vary from leisurely strolls by rivers to more daunting day treks like the 3 peaks walk.

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Snowdonia Walks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:41:56 BST

Snowdonia is a great place for fell walking, not dissimilar to the Lake District.

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Peak District Walks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:40:48 BST

The Peak District is famous, in the UK, as walking country. The Peak District has hosted industry for as long as man has recognised the value of rocks. The Peak District is full of old tales of mystical beasts and strange apparitions. All of the peoples who have inhabited the Peak District, and their religions, have left their marks on the Peak District throughout history, with some customs still surviving.

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New Forest Walks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:39:39 BST

The 'New Forest' is where you can explorer heathland, ancient woodland, wetlands and grassy plains. Many of the enclosure's have both deciduous and coniferous woodland to wander through on those hot summer days.

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Lake District Walks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:21:17 BST

Walkideas.com is your source for the best lake district walks, from circular walks to hill walks - we've got it covered. So explore the landscape of one of the most beautiful walking locations in the world.

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Tips For Walking With Diabetes

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:55:07 BST

Diabetics are encouraged to exercise regularly - primarily to try and control their blood sugar levels, but also to encourage general well-being. The rationale behind this is that working muscles will eat up more glucose than idle ones.

So if you're diabetic and want to exercise more, or want to get into walking, try our handy tips.

1. Get into the walking routine

The suggested exercise level for diabetics is to be active at least a few times a week. So pick a walking routine and stick to it - try not to miss a walk but don't be t...

Walking Facts

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:05:42 BST

Walking is widely known as a great form of exercise for all age groups. But where are the facts to back this up? We compiled some of the most interesting walking facts you may or may not know.

Walking an extra twenty or so minutes every day will burn off around half a stone (7 pounds) of body fat per year. 25% of all journeys in Great Britain are made entirely on footThe most popular reason for walking is to go shopping (23%), followed by personal business or accompanying another person (21%) and leisure or socia...

How Often Should I Exercise?

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:35:20 BST

The Government suggests healthy adults should do a minimum of 30 minutes moderate-intensity physical activity, five days per week.These don't necessarily have to all be in one go; you can spread them out if you wish. Walking is perfect for fulfilling this requirement - just walking to the shops counts, though this guideline suggests moderate activity so bear that in mind.

If you are obese, or have a medical condition that means you need to manage your weight, 45-60 minutes is recommended.

Deaths resulting from low physical activ...

How Many Calories Will I Burn?

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:46:22 GMT

You will burn almost the same number of calories whether you walk or run for a mile - the major difference is you'll get there faster running. Things change a bit depending on your fitness levels and bodyweight, but this is a good general rule. This doesn't mean we should all give up running; running will place a greater strain on the aerobic system and increase fitness at a greater rate than walking. Walking however, will put less strain on the joints. Both are excellent forms of exercise.

Calories burned walking Speed/Pounds 100 lb 1...

10 Tips For Buying Walking Shoes

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:24:01 GMT

Walking shoes can be expensive, and there are certainly a lot available. If you're feeling bemused, try our buyers guide to make sure you don't pick up a pair of winkle-pickers.

1. The fit of your shoe is important - make sure it's flexible, more flexible than a running shoe. Make sure your toes have room to move also. 2. Get a breathable shoe - it's better for your foot. Also, pick a mesh-style fabric over leather footwear. 3. The single most important thing about a shoe is comfort. If it doesn't feel right at first, don't buy it. ...

Is Walking A Good Workout?

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:20:58 GMT

Although walking isn't considered as strenuous as jogging, it can be almost as challenging. Why? As you walk faster (speeds above 3mph) the length between your strides increases which is more inefficient than a more natural walking stride. This requires more energy to move your legs, leading to more upper-body rotation resulting in a greater demand on the body and thus the aerobic system, burning more calories in the process. To put it simply, doing it the wrong way is harder.

Tests have confirmed that oxygen consumption for runners is...

Finding Motivation

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:18:10 GMT

Keeping motivated is one of the toughest aspects of any exercise or diet regime. Although walking is pretty easy to keep going, even the best of us fall by the wayside occasionally. So how should we keep motivated and push on? Here's our top tips.

Get a pedometer and track your progress. Walk further, walk faster. Keep track of your times/distances and try to improve.Register for an event. The more challenging the better - this will encourage you to keep training. You'll then get a massive sense of satisfaction later on.

10 Reasons To Take Up Walking

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:06:44 GMT

Walking is a great hobby for a number of reasons. Here's our top 10:

Walking burns mostly fat calories. Although walking doesn't burn as many calories as running, the calories it does burn are almost all fat. This is great news, especially for bodybuilders looking to hold on to muscle. Walking is low-impact, meaning your joints won't come under as much pressure.You can walk anywhere, for no cost and you don't need any expensive equipment. You'll get to see some wonderful sights if you're willing to ...

Warm Up For Walking

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:45:36 GMT

Warming up is more commonly associated with higher-impact sports such as running or football, but warming up for walking can help you perform better and lower the risk of injury.

Walk at your normal pace for around five minutes. This shouldn't be taxing - if it is, you're going too fast.Then up the pace to a more brisk walk. By doing this you are getting the body ready for exercise by increasing your heart rate slowly - increasing it too fast can cause problems, especially the older you get.

Warming up will increase the temperatu...

Choosing A Gps

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:05:31 GMT

GPS stands for Global Positioning System is a system whereby satellites orbit the Earth broadcasting signals to the relevant receivers. These receivers can then process this information and determine where they are. The GPS system was originally created by the US military but is completely free to use. You may have used it on your mobile phone or sat-nav system in your car.

So why is GPS useful for walkers? Well, it helps determine where you are on the ground - to an accuracy of around 10m. This helps walkers stay on the right track an...

Getting Started Walking

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:56:34 GMT

Walking can be a great way to improve your fitness, not only is it free, it doesn't require any equipment and you can do it whenever you please. Perhaps the only restriction to your walking habits is the weather!

Walking for 30 minutes or more every day provides many benefits: it can burn body fat, improve general fitness and is low-impact so won't put a great strain on your joints. Whether walking for fun or for fitness, the only limit is where you feel safe walking.

Make sure you consult your doctor before starting any kind of...