Country Walking Magazine (UK)

THE WILD PLACES

DISCOVER Amazing species on our wildest mountain London’s ancient forest The highest sand dune in Britain A bird lover’s paradise A valley full of wild delights …AND MORE!

This month I’ve been...

1. Finding this 1980 gem in a charity shop. A cornucopia of delights, such as this line from Walt Whitman: Done with indoor complaints… Strong and content I travel the open road. 2. Wandering in one my happy places: Ecclesall (‘Eccy’) Woods, Sheffield....

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A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE

Witches in Lancashire Plague on Dartmoor Uprisings in Kent The invasion of Pembrokeshire And the scene of the biggest explosion on British soil

RAIN OR SHINE

Walking on sunshine Bask in Britain’s brightest spot Let it rain Why the soggiest hills make a sensational walk Blown away The curious history of Britain’s tornado alley Life in the freezer Discover sparkling beauty in the coldest glen

Britain’s BEST HILLS

The man-made mountains of Cambridgeshire The petite peak with a truly epic view Wainwright’s favourite Lake District fell The Welsh icon with a walk for all The hidden giant of Glen Coe And many more!

LOOK AFTER YOUR LEGS!

Trousers, shorts and leggings on test

This month I’ve been...

1. Marvelling at the fragile beauty of lili’r Wyddfa (the Snowdon lily) and suddenly realising what a brilliant metaphor it is. 2. Climbing a weird white mountain in the middle of London. Nice views, but no sign of a trig point. 3. Giggling with...

Summer wildlife special

Welcome

YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN that cartoon that pops up occasionally, with the explorer leading a group into the jungle, saying ‘we’ll be fine as long as Jeff remembered to bring the map’. Jeff, at the back, suddenly looks alarmed because, of course, he’s...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PENNINE WAY 60 reasons to love the trail at 60 CLEVELAND WAY END TO END What’s it like to walk the whole thing? ON THE TRAIL OF OWAIN GLYNDŴR Is this the best-kept secret in Wales?

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Welcome

WHAT SHAPES THE people we become? Parents, friends, school, work, loved ones? The places we’ve been, the experiences we’ve had, the opinions we’ve formed? Or could it even be the walks we’ve been on? I’m thinking about this for two reasons. Firstly our...

THE SECRETS OF BEN NEVIS… AND MORE!

Welcome

THE THEME OF this month’s issue is A Winter’s Tale, because the drawing in of the nights seems the right time to gather round the fire and spin a yarn. It’s the stories we tell each other, and ourselves, that make up so much of the richness of life –...

Welcome

WE MAY NOT consider ourselves particularly knowledgeable or even interested in art, but that would be to think of it as an academic subject, rather than everything above and beyond merely functional know-how. Doing things that aren’t directed by brute...

How do I get un-lost?

‘The train at platform one is the Pronounceability Trap, calling at Berwick, Mousehole...’

MARSDEN IS THE last hefty Pennine town before West Yorkshire gives way grudgingly to Greater Manchester. A handsome place, it has several claims to fame. It’s home to both the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage (himself a keen walker, whom I’ve accompanied...

Walk to the REMOTEST PLACES in Britain

Welcome

IDON’T KNOW ABOUT you but I like it when I hear Britain referred to as an ‘island nation’. It makes me feel exotic. For those of us who don’t live in sight of the sea of course, the island-ness of this country is rather theoretical. If you really want...

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