The Hundred Parishes is an thoughtful, new initiative to promote 100 mainly rural parishes in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire centred on the Essex countryside south of Saffron Walden. The website gives details of the towns and villages and walks within and between them. Annual family membership is available at the modest price of £10. Here is today’s coverage from the Herts & Essex Observer.

Congratulations to Ken MacDonald and friends for this valuable initiative. Walking is the best way to appreciate this part of England.