Knowing how far you have to go

While getting about on a hike part from obviously in the UK having your Ordinance Survey map at hand for the sheer wealth of information at hand on it and checking with your compass you are along the correct path, there are other things that can help.

The Milestone is one which is useful being erected often by local authorities in the early days of modern Local Government that can be found along roadsides from the days when travel was more difficult and took longer by road.

This example in the next door County of Cheshire for instance tells you how miles along what is now the A50 road the following significant settlements are which would give you a good indication of how long it may take you to arrive there although there are two small parish you go through to get to the first having walked along here.

The other thing is metal lased signage by the roadside.

As you can see there is a fair amount of woodland nearby and associated wildlife.