My father, Gerry Stewart, who has died aged 90, was a champion of ramblers and public rights of way in Gloucestershire and beyond.
A police officer for much of his life, he went on to become an official guardian of public paths, protecting them from closure and encroachment, before devising a series of themed long-distance walks put together from existing paths, mostly in Gloucestershire but including parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
