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 28 fantastic walks in this issue…

The View

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

The Full English

Save the Countryside, 1928-30

THE WALKING POLL

Succession (Sky/Now)

‘It's about space and connection. And nothing gives you that like a walk.' • Out & Wild is Britain's only festival dedicated to LGBTQ+ women – and walking is right at the heart of it…

ADVENTURE AND EMPOWERMENT

Why your #walk1000miles is going great! • Setbacks, disappointments, changes of plan: you've had them or you're going to, in your challenge and your life. We must get that gremlin of self-criticism off our back – and walking is our powerful ally.

Perfectly imperfect

They would, would you? • Walk 500 miles this summer & proclaim it the best ever. Whether you're starting fresh or giving your 1000-miles a boost, get your free progress charts now!

Bringing up an upwardly mobile kid with #walk1000miles • Seven-year-old Austin Hollingworth from Darwen in Lancashire is doing the challenge with dad Dan, 41 – and it's proving a recipe for success for their relationship and his appetite for adventure.

The things we do for gold… • Each issue we invite you to spice up your miles by doing something seasonal, silly or highly specific. The prize? For 20 lucky entrants a money-can't-buy Golden Badge. New challenges on the right. Join in!

Do more and win treasure! • Spice up your miles with one of our quests, post the result in the Facebook group and our favourite 20 will win a Golden Badge! You have until 25 May for this crop. This month's challenges were suggested by Ali Bradnock, for which she wins a Golden Badge too!

LETTER OF THE MONTH • Suspicious on Snowdon

Views in brief

Hooray for Hamza

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?

Long-distance love affair

Dora the Explorer!

Stuart Maconie • The Devil hogs a lot of great British placenames – but most of them seem only to prove he was a massive wuss.

THE GREATEST WALKS IN BRITAIN • The best walk in every square of the National Grid (the one that matters to us!).

Ring of fire • Walk somewhere the drama of our isles' creation still seems fresh, the state of the world still a work-in-progress.

Old man of the sea • Some extraordinary things await in the squares at our northerly extremes…

Small wonder • Scotland's far north is the land of mountainous special effects and vast solitudes. Never will a three-mile walk take you so very far away as Stac Pollaidh.

Life is sweet • If a mapful of mountains makes your mouth water like a box of chocolates, this is the ultimate selection.

Plan your trip

Monarch of the glens • The greatest glen in Scotland is more rewarding than any mere mountain…

The sky glen • Among a land of giants, an improbable spectacle on a small isle gets our vote for the walk of square NM.

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