Love walking and the countryside? You’re in great company…
★ “I love hiking. It’s great to get away in nature. It’s grounding. I go up to the country a lot, but I also love the coasts… shooting ‘Richard III’ [was] the most amazing heritage tour in the English countryside, with all the castles and manor houses and nunneries. It’s stunning.” Benedict Cumberbatch
★“The trouble with me is, everyone thinks I’m a loud person… The reality is, I need quiet and stillness, and that is what I get from going walking. Honestly – I’ve walked out of rehearsals to go for a walk, many times. It doesn’t matter if it’s a pond in a wood or a mountain in the Alps: I find the same peace at either.” Brian Blessed
★ “The mixture of elation and sheer pleasure that comes with rhythmical striding, and the achievement, come rain or shine, of a good distance walked at a good pace, seems to set me up for the day (my walks are early morning affairs).” Stephen Fry
“The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head. I love that I can go for a walk, pick blackberries and feed them to the baby as I go along. I love that, as I’m doing this, I get to notice that the ones growing closer to the sea taste slightly saltier than the ones on the other side of the hedge. That’s a pretty gorgeous thing to observe of an afternoon, wouldn’t you say?” Kate Winslet
★“I prefer the simple things and I love walking in the countryside, or going camping… but simplicity is hard. It’s easier to over-complicate things.” Bill Bailey
★“I am crazy about walking. I do not want to go to a gym for exercise. I like walking alone – you see more. The other day I actually stroked a wild rabbit. I approached it slowly, slowly and it didn’t run away. I want people to get out of the English countryside what I get out of it. I remember once lying on top of a hill and shouting into the grass ‘I love you’.” Jean Marsh
★“The world wants us to consume stuff, and walking is a great way to disobey. If I’m walking, I’m not buying anything. I’m not destroying anything. I’m just providing myself with an incredibly rich and nourishing pastime, and at no cost to the planet.” Nick Offerman
★“I really do love being outdoors – I mean, you’d never think it in my high heels and pencil skirt! But I really do miss the smell of hay and farms, and I like milking a cow.” Christina Hendricks
★“Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I’m in a Jane Austen novel when I walk aroun
