We contributed several routes to the Independent's '50 best summer walks' article. You can see our recommendations on their website if you missed it in the paper at the weekend, and of course there are many more car-free routes on our website!

On the blog - Penny Woods from The Guardian went looking for red kites in the snowy Chilterns, a reminder of the cold winter just passed. For something a little more spring-like, why not dip into the archives to read about our trip to Corrour?

As always, we offer a winter-tinged whistlestop tour of the latest happenings in our Car Free walking world. On the blog - We've posted five tips for getting the most out of car-free walking in 2013 and shared a New Year's walk gone wrong in Suffolk.