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

‘People need walking. More than ever.’ • Poet Lemn Sissay delighted us with his Winter Walk on BBC Four – and he believes walking has become a powerful force for good in the world…

GROWING UP IN DARKNESS

Land Rover Explore R Phone

How a computer program walked the Wainwrights • (And found the most efficient way of doing it, too...)

SHORT STEPS • The walking world at a glance...

DURNESS • It’s the Scottish village where the mainland ends, with golden beaches and high mountains that make for grand, far-flung adventure.

The word is…

“#walk1000miles is for everyone” • Debbie North loved climbing hills in the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales. But after a shock diagnosis in 2008 everything changed – except her love of climbing hills in the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales…

Advice from the friendly farmer • Most of us have experienced uncertainty around footpaths on farmland – and we’re doing it more thanks to travel restrictions. But relax! Heather Parrish from Bedfordshire is a farmer and 1000-miler, and she’s here to help…

Dan’s the man! • Daniel Adcock, 40, from Audlem in Cheshire has fast Become a firm favourite in the 2021 #walk1000miles community.

Teachers mobilise in lockdown with #walk1000miles

You really ARE worth it! • Motivate and reward yourself with something from our 2021 shop. All packed with love from Sara.

We struck gold! • Each month our #minichallenges are a chance to add a little something to your miles. Here are the latest winners – next time it could he you walking off with a money-can’t-buy Golden Badge!

Do more on your miles & win treasure! • Every month in these pages we pose a set of five minichallenges, designed to add a stretching, seasonal or bit of spice to your mile-munching. Entry details below (tag it with #walk1000miles and the hashtag listed with each challenge). Our 20 favourite entries win a Golden Badge!

Little things mean a lot • Best-selling sock maker – and longstanding #walk1000miles partner – Bridgedale knows better than most what a big difference little things can make.

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Your View

Views in brief

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 • From Chaucer to the PS4: storytellers have long known that walking makes a great tale…

A CURIOUS TOUR of BRITAIN • Featuring the STRANGEST, the QUIRKIEST, and the most wonderfully BonKeRs our shores have to offer: & HOW YOU CAN WALK THERE!

Ground control • It beamed Britain into the satellite age and could soon be mission control for deep space explorers. Goonhilly, we have touchdown.

The Phantom orchid • Pursuit of Britain’s rarest bloom will lead you on some beautiful walks, even if you never lays eyes on its ghostly flower.

5 CURIOUS botanicals

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