Country Walking

Country Walking Magazine shows you the best of British walks: the biggest views, the hidden gems, the sea cliffs and the mountain summits. All our features come complete with superb writing, inspiring photography and step-by-step instructions so you can follow every footpath yourself. In every issue, you’ll find: - In-depth stories of amazing walks - A booklet of 25 pull-out walks every issue - with OS maps! - Information about hotels, pubs, cafes, tearooms. - Clear, jargon-free tests of walking kit And... every issue our readers tell their walking stories, help us devise new walks and shape the places we go to. If you love walking, this is the magazine for you.

Welcome

IN THIS ISSUE…

Find a great walk near you! • Highlights from the 27 fantastic walks in this issue…

The View • SIGHTS | SOUNDS | WONDERS | IDEAS | COOL STUFF

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

Meet the Fell Foodie • How walking (and a stove) brought outdoor chef Harrison Ward back from the brink and into a much happier place.

AMERICAN STYLE PANCAKES

Troubles? We walk all over them! • We all face setbacks in life - but it’s the keeping moving forward, not the setback, that counts. With the challenge’s help, we can overcome anything!

How walking helps us see more and BE more

‘I’m not going to let worry blight my life’ • Four years on from a terminal cancer diagnosis Stella Childs, 67, from Hertfordshire, is still here, still walking 1000 miles, and still having fun!

Walkers DO make the best partners!

WIN with our partners

Badgers of honour • Do something silly, seasonal or involving a search and you could win a money-can’t-buy Golden Badge and first-time entrants looked on especially favourably!

Do more and win treasure!

Your View

Views in brief

Stuart Maconie • Why is it that a good walk and a good haunting so often go hand in (ethereal) hand?

THE COUNTRY WALKING Book of Lists • A cornucopia of curious walking inspiration, information & impetus

DIVINE intervention • Discover seven holy sites where the veil between Heaven and Earth is at its thinnest - starting with the original Mountain of the Angels.

LIFE OF BRYNACH

AXIS MUNDI

Plan your trip

MORE HOLY PLACES TO EXPLORE ON FOOT…

5 MAD MUSHROOMS • Make room for the mushrooms: our obscene, mind-altering, alarming little friends.

11 THINGS WALKERS THINK BUT DON’T SAY

4 RIVERS CALLED DERWENT • Four rivers, four completely different regions, one name. And all awesome.

4 CURIOUS WEATHER PHENOMENA • Walkers often have the best seats in the house for the greatest shows on earth.

8 FOODS THAT ONLY TASTE GOOD ON A WALK

The little hill that ROARED • For as long as anyone could remember, Latrigg had been open to all. But when the paths were suddenly closed in 1887, British walkers' birthright faced a reckoning.

Plan your trip

MORE WALKS OF PROTEST

6 VINTAGE GUIDEBOOKS STILL WORTH READING

6 WONDERFUL PLACES THAT ARE A MISSION TO GET TO • Some of walking's crown jewels are almost as hard to nab as the real thing - but for the adventurous it's totally worth the caper.

3 BEACHES THAT SING • A beautiful beach will make a walker's heart sing - and some special beaches will join in.

9 WORDS FOR RAIN

Queen of the south • Scotland has so many wild, wonderful mountains - but there's a Ben for everyone.

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MORE MAGNIFICENT BENS

4 BLOODY BATTLEFIELDS • Sometimes the humblest and most benign-looking spots hide the most gruesome secrets of our nation's turbulent history.

3 STAGGERING STAIRCASES • Usually found leading modestly up to bed or down to the Tube, when...