290 articles found
Feature · 24 Apr 2017
Kingsley Jones lives in Ambleside and is the author of Cicerone's ‘Trail and Fell Running in the Lake District’. The project has been a personal journey and has taken years to...
Feature · 3 Apr 2017
The names of Kinder Scout, Bleaklow and Black Hill are famous for a true UK wilderness walking experience, within easy access of the major cities of Sheffield and Manchester. Paul...
Feature · 6 Mar 2017
If you are looking for a chance to escape the office and find real remoteness in the UK, then the Cairngorms are calling! Few other places in Britain bring out that primal feeling...
Article · 3 Mar 2017
The Pennine Way traverses the 'backbone of England', passing through three national parks and a huge Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It's Britain's oldest National Trail and...
Feature · 6 Feb 2017
The Pilgrims' Way traces the authentic ancient pilgrimage route from Winchester to Canterbury, with a link of equal historical importance from London. Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales suggests that April is the time to go on pilgrimage to...
Article · 29 Nov 2016
The idea of climbing all the 3000ft mountains in Scotland has, for over a century, captured the imagination of mountain lovers. Here we explain why the iconic Scottish mountains...
Article · 15 Nov 2016
The Ridgeway is a fantastic long-distance walking route through the south of England. Here are 8 things you may not know about this wonderful National Trail.
Feature · 7 Nov 2016
Within 20 years of opening, the popularity of Britain's first long distance path was such that the Pennines' fragile peat surfaces were suffering serious erosion. As walkers tried...
Article · 5 Nov 2016
We work with a wide range of specialist walking holiday companies that supply our guidebooks as part of the full package they offer to their clients. I caught up with Fran from Macs Adventure to find out more...
Article · 26 Oct 2016
Fancy a walk in the Pentland Hills? This sample route below is taken from the guidebook to Walking in the Pentland Hills by Susan Falconer.
Article · 1 Oct 2016
Jonathan and Lesley Williams take a few days off and do some cycling in Northumberland - into the wind.
Article · 26 Sept 2016
Jim Sutherland, author of Walking in Torridon, and his friend Dunc go on an adventure with Sean Benz's new guidebook to Mountain Biking in Scotland.
Feature · 5 Sept 2016
Guidebook author John Gillham shares his ten favourite hillwalking spots in Shropshire. Shropshire’s not a place associated with charts or hill lists but these hills deserve to be celebrated.
Feature · 5 Sept 2016
If somebody suggested you go and sleep under a wet rock in Scotland you’d probably think they were trying to insult you (albeit fairly lamely). Yet doing just this can provide one of the most vivid mountain experiences the UK has to offer – as...
Article · 17 Aug 2016
Have you ever wanted to walk the West Highland Way? Here is a quick introduction to this mostly easy, low-level trail from Milngavie to Fort William in Scotland.
Article · 21 Jul 2016
A few Welsh words for hillwalkers from author Terry Fletcher. It's always good manners to learn a few new words when you visit a different country and your reception is usually friendlier if you make the effort, even if you don't need to.
Article · 15 Jul 2016
Mountain biking is a great activity for getting to see loads of incredible places quickly. Here are eight epic viewpoints from Mountain Biking in West and North West Scotland. If you haven't got a biking trip planned then we apologise now...
Feature · 11 Jul 2016
In 2016 Cicerone’s Joe Williams completed Charlie Ramsay’s Round, a challenging ultra-distance route across 24 summits in the Lochaber region of the Scottish highlands. From Top Gun quotes to rationing Jelly Babies, he describes both the...
Feature · 11 Jul 2016
Rachel Crolla and family set out on a storybook adventure to strand themselves for the day on uninhabited tidal island of Hillbre off the coast of the Wirral in Merseyside. She...
Article · 29 Jun 2016
Have you ever wanted to walk the Kennet and Avon Canal? Here's a very quick introduction to this fascinating long distance walk.