Walk Dorset is Charles Davis’ Discovery Walking Guide surveying the many walks available in the rural landscape of Dorset. The guide covers a range of walks including routes on the Purbeck Way & Wessex Ridgeway, coastal walks near Piddle & Frome, island trips to Portland & ideas for rambles on weekend breaks in & around Chedington, Cranbourne, Evershot, Milton Abbas, Powerstock & Shaftesbury, often touching the very heart of Thomas Hardy country. There are also short walk & stroll alternatives for those seeking more leisurely days out. The guide describes a total of 20 GPS waymarked walking routes in & around Dorset & each has been thoroughly researched. A detailed introduction provides information on identifying Dorset & the county’s landscape & history. There is also useful guidance about map & walking information including details of walk location regional maps & using GPS on Dartmoor. Each walk gives an overview of the route & colour keys indicating difficulty, times, total distance, vertigo risks, ascents & descents & if refreshments are available on route. Appendices provide walkers with a summary of GPS Waypoints Lists, a list of recognised walking paths in Dorset & how to get to the county by road or rail. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by 1:40, 000 scale Ordnance Survey extracts mapping the route & GPS waypoints at every key point on the walk as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of each walk covered in the guide.