{"id":2231,"date":"2021-03-30T23:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2021-03-30T23:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:13:24","slug":"introducing-the-armchair-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/?p=2231","title":{"rendered":"Introducing \u2026 the Armchair Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Armchair-Walker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Armchair-Walker.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Armchair-Walker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Introducing \u2026 the Armchair Walker<\/h1>\n<p>Damn, it\u2019s back to lockdown! Or at least to Tiers of Frustration. Please, if you are going to do one of my walks, observe the social distancing and countryside code advice &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-countryside-code\/the-countryside-code\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-countryside-code\/the-countryside-code<\/a>. Please also park thoughtfully. There are a lot more of us walking in the countryside for recreation and relief at present, and the pressure has increased on local residents and their cherished footpaths.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of you have said you like the Armchair Walkers I\u2019ve been posting during the Covid-19 outbreak. So I\u2019ll keep them coming on this page, for anyone who can\u2019t get out and about on foot. No maps or detailed directions \u2013 just an invitation to sit back with a cup of tea or a glass of something nice, and savour some moments, memories and plans for the future!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3241.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3241-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><br \/>\nGrease the Boots! Stay Frosty!<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: somervillewalkman<br \/>\nTwitter: @somerville_c<br \/>\nFacebook: @BlogCS<\/p>\n<p>Facebook Like: <script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" width=\"200\" colorscheme=\"dark\"><\/fb:like><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nMore Armchair Walkers  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/?page_id=1989\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing \u2026 the Armchair Walker Damn, it\u2019s back to lockdown! Or at least to Tiers of Frustration. Please, if you are going to do one of my walks, observe the social distancing and countryside code advice &#8211; https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-countryside-code\/the-countryside-code. Please also park thoughtfully. There are a lot more of us walking in the countryside for recreation <a href='https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/?p=2231' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-4-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christophersomerville.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}