Ahh, to be in the countryside rambling over hill and dale,with sturdy shoes and a chirpy friend. One of a series of walking guides produced for Southern Railways in the 1940's to entice people to use the railways.The guides, written by S,P,B,Mais,provide wonderfully written one day walks around locations served by Southern Railways.The routes "ramble" along well beaten rovers paths, hop over weathered stiles and beat their way through many old woodland tracks.The rambler passes old villages, interesting windmills,curious churches, gypsy caravans and prisoner of war camps and many inns before being led safely back to a railway station. Some of the routes still exist, it is definitely possible to follow the pilgrims way walk with the guide descriptions still legible in the Twenty first Century, whilst others are now smudged and erased by the ill built new builds and business parks of progress.
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