Where is the nearest nature walk near you? Too soggy in the UK at the moment. But we can dream....

Where is the nearest nature walk near you?

Too soggy in the UK at the moment. But we can dream. I have the South Downs Way and the 1066 Way near me. They will have to wait at least another month.

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cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

There is one about 3 miles away in a wilderness park. A park where meth addicts like to camp out. So no thanks to walking there. They found a body a few years ago, the man had frozen to death in the winter and in the early spring a lady decided to go for a walk and discovered him. The police have cleared out the camp several times but they keep coming back.

peterlee · M

@cherokeepatti That’s a shame.

The canal paths are often like that in England, especially in the industrial towns.

My paths are rural, undulating. Few people use them.

cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

@peterlee I was sent a parks survey from a survey company that contracted with the city about 4 years ago. They were asking how often I frequented parks, the reasons I would go, the reasons I didn’t go etc. I told them I didn’t feel safe at the local parks near my home. Too many transients walking around or hanging out in them fouling up restrooms, dropped used needles on the ground etc. They can be very hostile if encountered with a fake friendliness leading up to asking for money. I was walking several times a week and there’s a small park about 6 blocks away. It backs up to a dense wooded strip bordering the park. I used to sit down on a bench and rest or whatever when I needed to. The last time I walked near that park I had a very eerie & strong feeling that I was being watched. The woods (with paths) are dark enough that if someone was in there watching me I couldn’t have seen them. I know that transients are sleeping there, evidence of that according to the police. Anyway I walked as fast as I could and left. A couple years later the same thing happened to my neighbor and she was scared enough that she said she wouldn’t walk there again. There is a new residential area across the street but that didn’t make us feel any safer. There are sex offenders and violent offenders that aren’t allowed into the shelters and they end up staying in densely wooded areas. A Walmart is a short walk away on the other side of those woods, they go there and steal spray paint to sniff and throw away the empty cans in the woods.