EdwardThomas (1878-1917)was a poetand writer. Educated in London and at Oxford, for many years he was a writer ofbooks about the countryside and a book reviewer, before finding success as a poet.In 1915 he enlisted in the army and was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917. JackCornish is the author of The Lost Paths, and is Director of England at The Ramblers,Britain's walking charity.

'The idea of the IcknieldWay may conjure grandeur, but the Way as experienced and described by Thomas isvaried, beautiful and ordinary, and it is precisely its everyday, changeablenature which makes it so wonderful.' Jack Cornish

EdwardThomas (1878-1917)was a poetand writer. Educated in London and at Oxford, for many years he was a writer ofbooks about the countryside and a book reviewer, before finding success as a poet.In 1915 he enlisted in the army and was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917. JackCornish is the author of The Lost Paths, and is Director of England at The Ramblers,Britain's walking charity.

'The idea of the IcknieldWay may conjure grandeur, but the Way as experienced and described by Thomas isvaried, beautiful and ordinary, and it is precisely its everyday, changeablenature which makes it so wonderful.' Jack Cornish

EdwardThomas (1878-1917)was a poetand writer. Educated in London and at Oxford, for many years he was a writer ofbooks about the countryside and a book reviewer, before finding success as a poet.In 1915 he enlisted in the army and was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917. JackCornish is the author of The Lost Paths, and is Director of England at The Ramblers,Britain's walking charity.

'The idea of the IcknieldWay may conjure grandeur, but the Way as experienced and described by Thomas isvaried, beautiful and ordinary, and it is precisely its everyday, changeablenature which makes it so wonderful.' Jack Cornish