a footpath winding through the garden
found the footpath leading down into the valley
Recent Examples on the WebThe street wasn’t well lit, and the hostel reared up so suddenly from the footpath and was so tall and bright that walking past it in the dark felt a little like being in a tugboat bumping along the edge of an ocean liner.—Fiona McFarlane, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Other fans have shared details about how to get to Drayton House on social media, encouraging others to seek it out via the public footpath that runs through Sackville’s estate.—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024 Many fans have reportedly strayed off the public footpath, leading the wonders to enlist security to patrol around the house.—Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024 Just last month, TikTok user Rhian Williams shared two videos filming herself visiting the 700-year-old property, which in reality is called Drayton House, via a public footpath that runs alongside it.—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 Hike the King’s Trail, which was originally built as a footpath for royalty, to see coastal views, burial mounds, and black rock coves.—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023 Or follow footpaths to remote swimming holes like Plakes, with flat limestone rock formations for sunbathing.
St George’s Island
Cruise over to the tiny islet of St George, whose rocky coastline is ideal for snorkeling.—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024 The game is all about building connections via footpaths, roads, zip lines and other modes of transportation.—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024 Local Facebook groups are rarely a source of profound ecological insights, but this minor furor over a local footpath gets at something crucial in the fight against climate change.—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2023
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