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A diagram of the various rambling routes and sleeping accommodation identified by the Great Western Railway across Shakespeare-land and the Cotswolds. A special feature of this book of rambles, which I believe is unique, is the connecting up of all the walks so that they can be used as walking tours of various lengths. This should be a great boon for a form of holiday which is becoming increasingly popular with many people, but as usually indulged in has several drawbacks. One trouble is that it is often difficult to arrange each day's walk to fit in with opportunities for meals and sleeping accommodation, and another is that one's enjoyment is often marred by too slavish sticking to roads, as even experienced walkers do not generally care about trying out unknown paths, which have a way of petering out, when there is little spare time in which to reach a suitable place of lodgement for the night. Although a keen walker myself, I find no pleasure in walking along roads for long together, and I have therefore taken a great deal of trouble to use footpaths for the rambles whenever possible.

The diagram at the end of the book will give a comprehensive idea of all the walks and will show how walking tours of various lengths can be made out of them. These can be started and finished at any suitable point and specially cheap Point to Point Walking Tour Tickets can be obtained for them through the Rambling Federations…

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