The Great Outdoors – July 2019

Year of the

founding

of the

Milestone

2001 Society

TWO

of the remaining

milestones are

Listed Buildings

THOUSAND

ARCHIVE

“I wonder how many of us can recall our own Dmascus

experience? That moment, frozen in time, when we became, as

Wainwright did, a fellwalker, or a climber, or a mountaineer?”

CameronmCneish

The Great Outdoors, December 2007

The popular podcast Folk on Foot will

return for its third series in July 2019.

Folk on Foot is the brainchild of

Matthew Bannister, one of the UK’s

leading broadcasters and a former

Controller of Radio 1 and Director of

BBC Radio.

Guests include more of the UK’s

most acclaimed folk artists – the

Unthanks, Martin Simpson, John

Smith, Lisa Knapp and Duncan

Chisholm – walking, talking and

singing in the landscapes that

inspired their music. The season

kicks off on July 5 with a special

episode inspired by The Lost Words,

the best-selling book by artist Jackie

Morris and writer Robert

Macfarlane.

The podcast has already captured

the imagination of a large number of

folk music fans as well as walkers and

nature-lovers. The first series raced

straight to the top of the iTunes

music podcast chart on its launch day

back in 2018 and its audience has

been growing ever since.

Folk on Foot is available to

download from via iTunes and

podcast apps. folkonfoot.com

IN NUMBERS

Culture OLDMILESTONES

MOUNTAIN

Walking,

Talking and

Singing Folk

View

THE

FROM HERE

Beinn Eighe

Beinn

an Eoin

Sail Mhor

Ab Teallach

Beinn Eighe:

Ruadh-stac Mor

Ruadh-stac

Beag

Beinn Eighe:

Spidean Coire

nan Clach Fionn Bheinn

Liathach: Stob a'

Choire Liath Mhor

Stuc a' Choire

Dhuibhe Bhig

Photo: Ronald Turnbull

Many of the old milestones in the UK date back to the 18th Century turnpike era, when travellers

were charged tolls at turnpikes in order to travel on sections of road. Milestones and other

waymarkers can still be found across the country, including notable examples in Yorkshire and the

Peak District. Find out more from the Milestone Society: http://www.milestonesociety.co.uk.

approximate

number of old

milestones

remaining

today

20,000 miles

surviving cylindrical

marker stones from

Roman times

117

of roads with mile-

stones at the height

of the turnpike era

1767

Year milestones

became

compulsory

on turnpikes

14 The Great Outdoors July 2019

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