Survey of people's experiences completing The Ridgeway National Trail

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Welcome to the Ridgeway user survey

Congratulations on completing The Ridgeway National Trail!

This survey is for walkers, runners and disabled people in mobility scooters or equivalents completing the Trail between Avebury/Overton Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon and for cyclists and horse riders between Avebury/Overton Hill and Streatley-on-Thames. Combinations of these are also invited, e.g. running some of it, walking the rest of it!

Details about entering the Ridgeway Hall of Fame are provided at the end of the survey.

Note that some questions have to be answered, whilst some are optional. The more feedback you give us, the more we can understand how to cater for different visitors.

Thanks for your help.

Please tell us how you completed The Ridgeway National Trail

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I completed The Ridgeway as one visit (over one day or several consecutive days)

I completed The Ridgeway over a series of separate visits/stages, e.g. several weekends.

Please tell us if you completed it on foot, bicycle, horse and/or other. Tick all that apply.

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How many days did it take you to complete The Ridgeway (excluding rest days when you were not moving along the Trail at all)?

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What YEAR did you START The Ridgeway?

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What YEAR did you FINISH The Ridgeway?

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What MONTH did you FINISH the Trail?

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What MONTH did you START the Trail?

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What was the LONGEST distance that you covered in ONE DAY whilst completing The Ridgeway and was it on foot, bicycle or horseback? Please state the distance, miles or kilometres and foot/bicycle/horse.

Tell us the truth, we aren’t looking for record breakers! This can include distances you covered between the trail and your accommodation, for example

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Did you complete the Trail on your own or with companions?

No, I did the Trail on my own

Sometimes I had one or more companions, sometimes I was on my own

I was never or rarely on my own

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If you had companions doing the Trail with you for some of the time or all of the time, how large was your group? If group size varied, state the largest group you were on the Trail with.

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If you completed The Ridgeway alongside others, they are encouraged to provide feedback by completing this survey as well as you.

To help us look out for possible duplications in the data, please let us know if you think they will do this survey themselves too.

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Not relevant - I did the Trail on my own

Maybe some or all of my companions will complete the survey

Yes some or all of my companions have or will complete this survey

None of my companions will be completing this survey or I doubt very much that any of them will

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On AVERAGE, approximately how much did you SPEND PER PERSON PER DAY while you were using The Ridgeway? (Including accommodation, food, car parking, souvenirs etc. Do not include the costs of long distance travel between home and the Trail.)

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Where did you stay while you were completing the Trail? (Tick all that apply). I stayed at:

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Thinking of places you stayed, have you got any tips or recommendations for other visitors?

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Thinking of the places where you stayed overnight when using The Ridgeway, what was the MOST you paid for accommodation. (Cost per person per night excluding extras like breakfast).

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Did you use the National Trail website www.nationaltrail.co.uk ?

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Yes

Not sure

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Apart from the National Trail website, what other information sources did you use when planning your visit and whilst out on the Trail? Please tick all that you used.

Information signs on the Trail/in the car parks

Local tourist information office/local library

Holiday provider/ package holiday gave information to me

Newspapers or magazines

Internet

Social media

Printed publication – leaflets

Printed publication - The Ridgeway official guide published by Arum

Printed publication – other (e.g. Cicerone, Rucksack Readers etc)

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Please give the names of the books/newspapers/magazines/websites/social media that you used to plan your visit so that we know it would be useful to work with them. Thanks.

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How did you arrange your trip?

I/we planned the trip myself/ourselves

I/we bought a package from a holiday company

Other

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Thinking of your experiences travelling around the area, please share any tips you might have for other visitors and any difficulties we could aim to help future visitors with, e.g. good taxi companies, useful bus links, ticket deals etc.

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Did you pass along The Ridgeway with relative ease?

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On the whole, there was nothing or very little that made it awkward to pass along.

There was a major problem at one point

I can recall a number of times when it was difficult to pass along.

I can't remember.

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Did you get lost or feel lost while on The Ridgeway?

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Yes

I can't remember

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Did you feel unsafe at any point while on The Ridgeway?

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Yes

I can't remember

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Please tell us the highlight of your Ridgeway experience.

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How did your time on The Ridgeway affect your sense of wellbeing?

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Boosted my wellbeing

Made no difference to my wellbeing

Reduced my wellbeing

Not sure

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Do you think we could have done anything to improve your experience of The Ridgeway?

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Having completed one National Trail would you consider doing another one?

Yes, I have already started planning my next trip / have already done another one

I am thinking of doing another one, for sure

I might do another one sometime

I'm not sure

No, I don't want to do another one

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