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Author: Matthew Montagu-Pollock

Improving walking routes from St Michael’s Hill

St Michael’s Hill has been a major artery into Bristol since at least the 14th century, when it was mapped as ‘the road from Bristol to Hembury’ passing by the Norman church of St Michael on the Mount Without (i.e.,… Continue reading

Author Matthew Montagu-PollockPosted on 3rd October 20176th November 2017Categories Opinions1 Comment on Improving walking routes from St Michael’s Hill

Walkable countries

In a recent study (paper in PDF format) by researchers at Stanford University, Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most-populous nation, came in last among 46 countries and territories for the number of walking steps its citizens take, averaging only 3,513 a day.… Continue reading

Author Matthew Montagu-PollockPosted on 23rd August 201723rd August 2017Categories NewsLeave a comment on Walkable countries

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