Footpaths

One thing I have noticed about the UK is that there seem to be a lot of designated public footpaths, often connecting neighborhoods with parks, the outskirts of the town, or even each other. The town we live in has quite a few of these and they are fun to explore: one could easily spend an afternoon or two walking the paths in the town. There's even a footpath by the side of the river. I always liked exploring paths at our property in Oregon (one of the states where we used to live), and having footpaths here lets us continue the exploring element. At my grandparents'/Dad's parents' home several footpaths are located there, which is a good thing because it appears that the footpaths are in the heavily populated areas (they live near a big city) too, rather than just confined to the rural places as I initially thought they would be.