{"id":16485,"date":"2025-09-10T14:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:55:59","slug":"fiona-barltrop-walking-guidebook-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/fiona-barltrop-walking-guidebook-author\/","title":{"rendered":"From Blisters to Books: Fiona Barltrop\u2019s Path to Outdoor Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<header id=\"block_fad2a1e984f146dc5381545eb7f72ceb\" class=\"SingleHero skip-lazy default\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"SingleHero__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities\/walking\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalking\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities\/women-outdoors\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWomen Outdoors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/tag\/os-authors\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOS Guidebook Authors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/tag\/fiona-barltrop\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFiona Barltrop\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"SingleHero__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom Blisters to Books: Fiona Barltrop\u2019s Path to Outdoor Writing\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"SingleHero__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished on \t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2025-09-10T14:14:05+00:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">September 10, 2025<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dot\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t6 min read\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SingleHero__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1720\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hd size-hd wp-post-image\" alt=\"fleet at sunset\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1-1536x603.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wild-swimming-1-1376x540.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1720px) 100vw, 1720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<article id=\"block_76a68388c0423cb4faa207d8aec37877\" class=\"Universal Universal--post c-small default pt-default pb-default mt-none mb-none    \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"InnerBlocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lead\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-os-guidebook-author-fiona-barltrop\">Meet OS Guidebook Author Fiona Barltrop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiona Barltrop is a freelance outdoor writer and photographer who has been contributing to outdoor\/walking magazines for many years. She is also the author a number of walking books, the latest being the new <a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/28-of-the-best-isle-of-wight-walks\/\">Pathfinder Guide to the Isle of Wight<\/a>. We asked her a few questions about her journey to becoming a specialist in writing outdoor guidebooks. (Fleet Lagoon at Sunset, Jurassic Coast &#8211; Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-w-cornwall-june-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Fiona Barltrop, W Cornwall June 2021\" class=\"wp-image-17363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-w-cornwall-june-2021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-w-cornwall-june-2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-w-cornwall-june-2021-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiona Barltrop walking in West Cornwall (Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-sparked-your-passion-for-the-outdoors-and-how-did-you-become-a-freelance-outdoor-writer\"><strong>What sparked your passion for the outdoors and how did you become a freelance outdoor writer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of childhood years living on a Caribbean island, the sea almost on our doorstep and a rocky shoreline full of nooks and crannies where the hours were whiled away endlessly exploring, is probably what first drew me to the outdoors. Indeed, the magnetic pull of the sea draws me back inexorably to the coast again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, as a teenager incarcerated at boarding school (my Diplomatic Service parents posted abroad again), the Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award scheme expedition section provided a welcome escape into the outdoors. I started with the Bronze Award and went on to complete the Gold Award in my last school year, with a memorable, four-girl Lake District expedition undertaken in rather dire late October\/early November conditions! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-sd-7-devils-dyke-pt-9.jpg\" alt=\"a stile in devil's dyke\" class=\"wp-image-17364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-sd-7-devils-dyke-pt-9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-sd-7-devils-dyke-pt-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-sd-7-devils-dyke-pt-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Devil&#8217;s Dyke &#8211; South Downs (Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also while at school at the age of 15, that a friend and I undertook our first long-distance walk together, the then 80-mile South Downs Way, completed in four rather gruelling days over a cold February half-term. A new pair of unbroken-in budget walking boots resulted in a most impressive collection of big blisters. Undaunted, we followed that with the 177-mile Offa\u2019s Dyke Path after finishing A levels.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After university and an office job in London (where the parks provided vital green space and daily exercise), I eventually escaped the metropolis and embarked upon life as a freelance outdoor writer and photographer, contributing to outdoor\/walking magazines. Back in the day, before email and the internet, communication was via letter or phone call. \u201cLet\u2019s see what you can do\u201d was the response to my initial slightly trepidatious call to the then editor (a well-known and highly respected writer and television presenter) of a long-standing outdoors magazine. The first feature I subsequently wrote and submitted, appropriately enough on the South Downs, my local tramping ground, was duly published, and to this day I still contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"block_f2b5c5ab2863f303f856b542ca6c31fa\" class=\"BigCommerce BigCommerce--no-products wave-peach pt-default pb-default mt-none mb-none     BigCommerce--slider \"  data-color-scheme=\"wave-peach\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"BigCommerceBanner\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"BigCommerceBanner__content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"BigCommerceBanner__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/untitled-design-1.png\" class=\"BigCommerceBanner__product-img\" alt=\"OS Guidebooks and Maps\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/untitled-design-1.png 393w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/untitled-design-1-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"BigCommerceBanner__subheading\">\n\t\t\t\tEXPLORE THE\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"BigCommerceBanner__heading\">\n\t\t\t\tOS Shop\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"BigCommerceBanner__description\">\n\t\t\t\tWe are with you every step of the way.\u00a0Shop our trusted walking and hiking maps and guidebooks\u2028so you can explore the outdoors with confidence.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.osmaps.com\/\" class=\"Button Button--orange \" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGo to the shop\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"BigCommerceProductsBox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper BigCommerceProductsSwiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper Products\" data-products=\"4060,6521,6366,2783,5706,2881,2886,2876,6521,2817\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between align-items-center swiper-navigation\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center BigCommerce__button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.osmaps.com\/\" class=\"Button Button--orange \" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGo to the shop\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Guidebook work followed over the years, working for different publishers, along with regular magazine work for a number of publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-you-tell-us-a-little-bit-about-the-process-for-writing-one-of-your-guidebooks\"><strong>Can you tell us a little bit about the process for writing one of your guidebooks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial process involves discussing with the editor (in the case of OS guidebooks Kevin Freeborn) the walks to be included in the book. These need to provide a good spread across the area in question and, for Pathfinder Guides, a variety of distances. The routes are planned in advance, and for the Short Walks Made Easy series, details about the \u2018Stories behind the walk\u2019 and \u2018Nature notes\u2019 that accompany each of the routes in the book are also planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to researching walks on the ground I take a great many \u2018record shots\u2019 on each walk which provide a good comprehensive photographic coverage of the route. These are extremely useful as an aide-memoire and for checking route details, eg gates, stiles, waymark posts etc. Of course, many photos are also used in the books themselves, especially the Short Walks Made Easy series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-pf-iow-alum-bay-multi-coloured-sand-cliffs-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cliffs on the Isle of Wight\" class=\"wp-image-17374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-pf-iow-alum-bay-multi-coloured-sand-cliffs-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-pf-iow-alum-bay-multi-coloured-sand-cliffs-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-pf-iow-alum-bay-multi-coloured-sand-cliffs-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alum Bay cliffs, Isle of Wight (Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-you-share-3-top-tips-for-people-starting-to-get-into-hiking-eg-is-there-anything-you-wish-you-d-learned-earlier-to-save-you-time-be-safer-more-comfortable\"><strong>Can you share 3 top tips for people starting to get into hiking (eg is there anything you wish you&#8217;d learned earlier to save you time \/be safer \/ more comfortable)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you wear boots or trail shoes do break them in properly at first! I have never again experienced such blisters as I did on that South Downs Way expedition all those years ago! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good map reading skills and the ability to use a compass are also very important, even though most people these days seem to rely on their smartphones. I have always used OS paper maps, carried in a waterproof map case hung round the neck, when exploring new terrain. That is the way I still operate today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-8-worth-matravers-general-chapmans-pool-from-emmetts-hill-between-pts-5-6-3.jpg\" alt=\"Chapman's Pool from Emmetts Hill\" class=\"wp-image-17375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-8-worth-matravers-general-chapmans-pool-from-emmetts-hill-between-pts-5-6-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-8-worth-matravers-general-chapmans-pool-from-emmetts-hill-between-pts-5-6-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-8-worth-matravers-general-chapmans-pool-from-emmetts-hill-between-pts-5-6-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chapman&#8217;s Pool from Emmett&#8217;s Hill on the Jurassic Coast (Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-you-have-a-favourite-of-the-books-you-have-written-what-made-it-so-special-to-create\"><strong>Do you have a favourite of the books you have written? What made it so special to create?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I have enjoyed researching and writing all of the books, most recently the new Pathfinder Guide to the Isle of Wight, as well as previously Short Walks Made Easy guides to the South Downs, Dorset\u2019s Jurassic Coast and the New Forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-6-lulworth-cove-general-view-e-from-swyre-head-overlooking-durdle-door-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lulworth Cove. Overlooking Durdle Door from Swyre Head.\" class=\"wp-image-17376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-6-lulworth-cove-general-view-e-from-swyre-head-overlooking-durdle-door-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-6-lulworth-cove-general-view-e-from-swyre-head-overlooking-durdle-door-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-6-lulworth-cove-general-view-e-from-swyre-head-overlooking-durdle-door-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Overlooking Durdle Door from Swyre Head, near Lulworth Cove, Jurassic Coast (Image\u00a0\u00a9 Fiona Barltrop)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They have all been interesting to produce. In addition, I also have responsibility for route checking and updating a few other Pathfinder titles in the South East of England. These include the South Downs National Park &amp; West Sussex, the SDNP &amp; East Sussex, Surrey, Kent and, as of this year, the New Forest, Hampshire &amp; South Downs title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not the original author of these guides, it can be an interesting exercise field checking, updating and revising other authors\u2019 guidebooks. In the process I\u2019ve discovered new paths and places of interest through this work that were hitherto unknown to me. Admittedly, not all of the walks are ones that I might have devised myself, but they\u2019ve certainly provided variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-can-we-learn-more-about-you-and-follow-your-adventures-online\">Where can we learn more about you and follow your adventures online?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I must admit I am not on social media and don\u2019t have my own website, and indeed, I am always behind the camera, not in front! But as a long-time contributor to various outdoor\/walking magazines, quite a lot of my work has appeared online \u2013 and continues to do so. In particular, as a devotee of coastal walking, many of my articles have been re-published online on both the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/walescoastpath.co.uk\/\">Wales Coast Path<\/a>&nbsp;website and the <a href=\"https:\/\/englandcoastpath.co.uk\/tag\/fiona-barltrop\/\">England Coast Path<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first walked the <a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/nationalparks\/pembrokeshire-national-park\/\">Pembrokeshire Coast Path<\/a> 30 years ago, followed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/tag\/south-west-coast-path\/\">South West Coast Path<\/a> a year later. I have returned many times over the years to re-walk sections, and have also walked much of the rest of the Wales Coast Path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-10-studland-general-walkers-on-studland-beach-ballard-down-beyond.jpg\" alt=\"Walkers on Studland Beach, Jurassic Coast\" class=\"wp-image-17377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-10-studland-general-walkers-on-studland-beach-ballard-down-beyond.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiona-barltrop-interview-jc-10-studland-general-walkers-on-studland-beach-ballard-down-beyond-300x225.jpg 300w, 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