Over 100 delegates attend Special Guest Lecture with Jack Cornish

ORN was delighted to welcome over 100 delegates to the Special Guest Lecture for 2024 with Jack Cornish, Director of England (former Head of Paths) at Ramblers GB.

At the lecture, Jack talked about the history of the people who have used, and in some cases created, paths across Great Britain – the drovers who herded their sheep and cattle to market; the wanderers who travelled between workhouses, seeking shelter and subsistence; the miners who ventured deep underground along the Cornish coast; the wartime heroes who built up Britain’s defensive infrastructure. This incredible ‘ordinary’ history of the land beneath our feet reminds us just how precious these paths are, and have been, to the human story of this island.

Jack’s book long-listed for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing. You can find ‘The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here to There’ online and in all major bookstores.