Ruth Paley lives in West Berkshire with her whippet, Albie. They are both keen walkers and Ruth is also the author of Kiddiwalks in Berkshire, The Chilterns Year Round Walks and Hampshire & the New Forest Pub Walks.

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• 1Upper Lambourn (6 miles)2West Ilsley and the Ridgeway (41/2 miles)3Hungerford (5 miles)4Bagnor to Boxford (41/2 miles)5Newbury to Marsh Benham (6 miles)6Newbury to Skinners Green (21/2 miles)7Frilsham and the River Pang (31/2 miles)8Woolhampton and Midgham Park (41/2 miles) 9Lardon Chase and the Holies (2 miles)10Ufton Court and Ufton Woods (4 miles)11Sulham (51/2 miles)12Reading and the River Thames (21/2 miles)13Swallowfield and the Blackwater Valley (41/2 miles)14Dinton Pastures Country Park (3 miles)15White Waltham and Shottesbrooke Park (3 miles)16Remenham and Aston (31/2 miles)17Wildmoor Heath, Crowthorne (4 miles)18Eton and the Brocas (41/2 miles)19Windsor Great Park (33/4 miles)20Cookham and the River Thames (3 miles)