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…

On the cover

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

CAUGHT OUR EVE

SHOULD BE FAMOUS

LOCATION SCOUT Happy Valley (BBC)

Sometimes it just hits me: this is all free. And it's there, waiting for us to find it… • Superstar singer-songwriter George Ezra has turned a three-month walk into a streaming sensation. Here's the story behind his journey from End to End.

THREE QUICK QUESTIONS

HAWICK • It's Scotland's cashmere capital, the birthplace of tweed, and the ‘town of 1000 trails’ with the Southern Uplands on its doorstep.

A thousand ways to a thousand miles • #walk1000miles is unique to you. Yes YOU! See how others take the challenge and tailor it to transform their lives. Then turn #walk1000miles into YOUR very own incredible, life-enhancing journey this year.

It's never too late to start • Because you've always got 365 days from the day you start. It's just 2.74 miles a day. Try it for a week! Sign up at walk1000miles.co.uk

THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION! ‘Don't let your condition define you’ • Thirty-two-year-old Meg Lewis has a rare lung condition that has made walking ‘bloody hard’. But sheer determination and continual support from the #walk1000miles community means she can once again enjoy the pastime she adores more than any other…

If at first you don't succeed… • Didn't get to 1000 miles last year? Then tie up those laces and try again, say these two determined challengers, who finally hit the golden landmark after years of trying… and boy did that success taste sweet!

Minichallenges are go!

Find a face in a tree

Do more and win treasure! • Spice up your miles with one of our quests this month, post the result in the Facebook group and our favourite 20 #minichallenge completers will win a Golden Badge! You have until 2 March for this crop. You'll need your copy of the mag to claim your prize if you win!

Your View

Stile counsel

Isn't three the magic number?

At home on the West Highland Way

Drinking it all in

How times change

Into the woods

First name terms

Views in brief

Power & glory!

Where's Kes? • Every month our favourite spaniel Kes goes walkies somewhere in the issue, and we want him back! Can you help find Kes?

Stuart Maconie • We might think a good view is a good view. But for the Victorians, agreeing on a good view was a very complicated affair…

START A LONG-DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR • Try a chunk of an epic trail this year P better still, make it the Coast to Coast before it goes official. It's the best way, and the best walk, to see Britain (and discover distance really does make the heart grow fonder).

MORE INFORMATION

MORE LONG-DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIRS • There are more than 1500 long trails in Britain! Try a first date or long weekend with one – we've a feeling they'll have you coming back...