Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2024 i Country Walking

 1 New national parks on the horizon Plans are afoot in England, Wales and Scotland for new designations. In England, the government has announced it will honour its manifesto pledge to create another national park and is set to launch its location search early this year. The Chiiterns, Cotswolds and Dorset were all recommended for recognition in 2019, making them frontrunners. The Scottish government has pledged at least one new park by 2026 with nominations currently open and early expressions of interest from 10 areas including Galloway (below), Lochaber and Eilean a’ Cheo (Skye and Raasay). In Wales, which hasn't had a new national park since 1957, the government is focusing on an area in the north-east, spanning and expanding the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape.  2 Walking…

IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE, Johnny Ball is a senior cartographer for Ordnance Survey. “As a kid growing up in Bolton, I absolutely loved maps,” he recalls. “The map I loved most was the enormous relief model of Bolton they had in the town hall. I used to stand over it and try and count all the chimneys. So as a teenager I thought I'd like to make maps for a living. I think I still would!” Cartography's loss was the gain of virtually every 40 to 60-year-old in Britain today, because most of us can remember being taught maths by Johnny Ball at some point. Johnny's TV shows – such as Think of a Number, Think Again and Think Backwards – were BBC flagships. Combining his gift for maths with his…

Also known as February fair-maids and Candlemas Bells, snowdrops are this month's superstar. The plant's delicate white flowers belie an iron constitution, with an armoured tip that can pierce frozen soil, and at North Hawkwell Wood near Wheddon Cross in Somerset (pictured above), they crowd the banks of the River Avill, pale heads bobbing this way and that as if exchanging secrets. Circuit the flower-filled combe – not named on the map but fondly known as Snowdrop Valley – and yomp to the top of Exmoor at Dunkery Beacon (519m) and you may just have the best February walk in the country. WALK HERE: Find a turn-by-turn route guide at walk1000miles.co.uk/bonusroutes DID YOU KNOW? Pembrokeshire Coast National Park was confirmed on 29th February 1952 which makes it a ‘leapling’ (born…

NO ONE SEEMS quite sure who originated the saying ‘March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb’, but whoever it was probably didn't spend a lot of Marches in the Lake District. The chances of March 31st being a lamb-ish sort of day in Seathwaite? Slim. In principle it's a great axiom. At the start of March, the weather is roaring because we're still in the teeth of winter. At the end, things are calming down, brightening up, getting pretty again. And there are literally lambs in the fields. In practice, not so much. Okay the lambs are around, but the weather is likely to be just as rude as it was on the first of the month – perhaps more cruelly so, given that many of…

Up close, each bloom is an exquisite cloche with curlicue tips; zoom out, and they jostle together to form an ocean of blue. The English bluebell poois across Britain in April, flooding through ancient woodlands, along field edges, under hedges, and at Rannerdale Knotts in the Lake District, running up the fellside in a wash of violet that's one of the best displays in the nation. Legend tells they sprung here from the spilled blood of Norman warriors defeated by Cumbrian and Norse fighters, and these witches’ thimbles have long been linked with magic. The ringing of its flowers is said to bring fairies to summer gatherings, but legend warns any human who hears the sound will die within the year, and any who pick one will wander lost forever.…

The irrepressible joy of a May day begins before sunrise, as birds lift their voices in the dawn chorus. Robins, blackbirds and song thrushes kick things off up to an hour before daybreak, then wrens and warblers, great tits, blue tits, sparrows, finches – and nightingales if you're very lucky – join in to build a full choir. The carolling is a way for males to exhibit their strength, impressing the ladies and intimidating rivals, while the shadowy light offers the yodelling birds some camouflage from predators. You will need to get up alarmingly early to hear the chorus in full song, but there's no music like it.…

June is cuckoo spit season – those uncouthlooking white foamy gozzings we never quite see often enough to find out about. The cuckoo is blameless (they just happen to be heard at this time too) – instead a tiny young creature called a froghopper nestles inside – a bug which will grow up to be the harmless adult insect also known as the spittle bug. And hop it can – capable of leaping 70cm in the air – the equivalent of you vaulting Canary Wharf – at an astonishing 400 times the force of gravity, or 45 times the maximum G a fighter pilot faces. The ‘spit’ is actually a protective bubblewrap made of a mix of sap from the plant they're feeding on, glandular secretions and air – and…

Summer in the Shetland Isles is something special. Being so far north, the height of summer means immense hours of daylight; in fact it barely gets dark. The height of this ‘simmer dim’ (summer twilight) happens in late June, but in July you'll still have some 19 hours of daylight to play with. There are more than 100 islands to explore, connected either by bridges or ferries, and hopping amongst them is a joy. The vibe is truly remarkable more Scandinavian than Scottish -and the welcomes are as warm as that elongated sunlight. Just ask CW columnist Stuart Maconie, who says he fell in love with Shetland at first sight and will never tire of delights such as Sumburgh, Scalloway, Kirkabister Ness (above), Northmavine and the stunning tombolo (double-sided beach)…

One of the real treats of late summer is the sight of a sea of heather in full bloom. You can find this amazing spectacle on heathland and moorland – the latter of which the UK has in abundance. The North York Moors National Park will always be close to the top of the list for experiencing these pink and purple oceans, and the first 50 miles of the Cleveland Way National Trail (nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way) roams over many of these colourful moorland plateaus. If you only have a day to spare, then head to the national park's Hole of Horcum – a natural amphitheatre surrounded by Levisham Moor, where you'll find swathes of heather in full bloom. WALK HERE: Download our Hole of Horcum route from walk1000miles.co.uk/bonusroutes…

A summer trip to Newquay can involve as much queuing (in traffic, for ice creams) as walking, but in September things start to quiet down and the Cornish coast looks more alluring than ever. The South West Coast Path courses through town and it doesn't matter which way you hike; both are gorgeous. North takes you to the long golden strand of Watergate Beach and on past the famous rock stacks at Bedruthan, south wiggles round headland and cove to Perran Beach (right), and a good bus network gives you lots of options for how far to stride. There's much to distract you. The sea has been warmed for a whole summer, the surf is starting to swell, some thrift may still be waving pink pompoms, while sunsets from the…

There's something rather haunting about the elongated roar of a red deer stag during the autumn. October is the height of mating season (known as rutting season) for red deer and is the time you're most likely to hear the bellowing males as they compete for a mate. The best time is at dawn or dusk, and if you're lucky you might spot two males locking their giant antlers together as they determine who is dominant. The obvious place to go to experience this is the Highlands of Scotland, but in fact there are red deer parks all over the country, including Lyme Park in Cheshire, which has had these animals for more than 600 years. Rangers organise early morning walks there during rutting season. WALK Download our Lyme Park…

DECEMBER DOE SNOT obey the laws of time. One minute it's November 30th, the next it's December 20th and oh crikey I still haven't bought that bath bomb set for my sister and WHY ARE CHOCOLATE ORANGES SO EXPENSIVE and DO WE REALLY NEED CRANBERRY SAUCE and DEAR GOD IF I HEAR SLADE ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR I'M GOING TO STUFF SOMEONE WITH PAXO. Yep, welcome to the most time-crunched month of them all, where every spare scrap of downtime seems to be consumed with planning, browsing, googling, or jostling for a parking space in an overcrowded shop-o-plex. Even if Christmas isn't part of your year, chances are you'll still feel somewhat swamped by it all. (And you'll still feel the same about Slade.) That's why December is possibly…

YOUR COMPLETE BUYING GUIDE TO THE BRITISH CLIMATE might be unpredictable, but one areawhere it's fairly reliable is its willingness to throw us a good cold snap or two over winter. The temptation during these times is to throw on the biggest, thickest jacket you can find. But for a walker who needs a good insulator, as with many things in life, size doesn't always matter. You might have visited an outdoor store recently and been surprised at just how ‘un-puffy’ some of the winter jackets on sale actually are. This is because it's substance rather than bulk that really counts. The substance in insulated jackets is normally either down feathers from geese or ducks, or a synthetic fabric. This fill sits between two thin walls of breathable material that…

‘I never need to be lonely again.’ Viv Wilde, South Yorkshire THE TALL, THE small, the old, the young, the blind, the fit, the frail, the ambitious, the doubtful, the hopeful, the lonely, the believers, the faithless, the cis, the trans, the urban, the rural, the busy, the bored, the strong, the weak, the struggling, the comfortable, the big boned, the whip thin, the first-time walkers, the mountain goats, the quiet, the loud, the humble, the proud… ‘Clearer outlook, more confident, more friends, happier.’ Mandy Proud, Bradford ‘The best thing I have ever done.’ Linda Webb, Witney ‘I am just much stronger than I was.’ Glenda McLarty, Manitoba ‘Brought me health, happiness, freedom, friendships and love.’ Lizzie Wright, Norfolk ‘You can face anything after a good walk!’ Jacqueline Odd, Leeds…

CUT-OUT AND-KEEP ROUTES OUR POCKET-SIZED ROUTE CARDS START ON PAGE 83 SOUTH WEST Landacre Bridge, Somerset Stepping stones, a pub once run by a spymaster, and a medieval bridge all feature in this Exmoor classic. TURN TO WALK 3 MIDLANDS Clun, Shropshire The 11th-century ruins of Clun Castle and the eighth-century earthwork of Offa's Dyke make this a walk for the ages. TURN TO WALK 13 WALES Talybont Reservoir, Powys Enjoy a family amble around this picturesque body of water in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. TURN TO WALK 21 SOUTH EAST Denham, Bucks/Herts Explore the first real stretch of countryside beyond London's urban sprawl, with canal, wetlands and wildlife. TURN TO WALK 8 NORTH WEST PHarter Fell, Cumbria What this walk in the southern Lakes lacks in paths,…

‘C LUNTON AND CLUNBURY, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places, Under the sun’… So said the poet AE Housman in his collection of works, A Shropshire Lad published in 1896. If Housman were to visit today he'd find his words still perfectly encapsulate this corner of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. It's a true literary landscape. As well as AE Housman, Bruce Chatwin wrote the opening chapters of On The Black Hill while staying in the area, EM Forster used Clun as his inspiration for Oniton in Howards End and Sir Walter Scott found inspiration in Clun Castle which he used in The Betrothed. With nothing more than a B-road traversing its entire length, the rest of the world, quite literally, passes by. Our first walk explores the western…

Walking wordsearch 10 Viking place names – and one hidden Viking god to find JUST FOR FUN ● THORPE (secondary settlement) ● THWAITE (woodland clearing) ● TOFT (site of a house) ● KELD (spring) ● NESS (headland) ● STY (path) ● KIRK (church) ● GILL (ravine) ● BECK (stream) ● SCAR (crag) Last month's answers WHERE IS THIS? Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Lake District, England PRIZE CROSSWORD Win Cicerone guidebooks Three lucky winners will each get to select two guidebooks from Cicerone's range, including The National Trails of England, Scotland and Wales and Walking in Arran. For more details, Tel. 01539 562069 or visit www.cicerone.co.uk EMAIL COMPLETED PUZZLES TO: cwcrossword@bauermedia.co.uk Closing date: 26 January 2024 JANUARY ANSWERS DECEMBER WINNERS Bernard Skinner, Hull Gillian Snelgar, Whitehall Leigh Lawrance, Yatton January issue winners will be published next month. ►Full terms and conditions can…

Now's a top time to take a trip to (Little) Switzerland. The Victorians gave the nickname to the spa town of Church Stretton, nestled in the Shropshire Hills. The comparison is a little fanciful, but in the best way for winter walks. Instead of jagged Alps shellacked with ice only climbers can tackle, the slopes here round up to reassuringly chunky summits. The Long Mynd in particular is topped by a vast shelf, hitting 516m at Pole Bank. It's high enough for panoramic views (as far as Snowdon if you're lucky!), but not so big you have to worry whether you'll make it back before dark. Numerous valleys, known as batches, are chipped out of its flanks, with Carding Mil! a particularly scenic way up. WALK HERE: Download your Long…

There was an elephant on the Thames. There were swings and skittles and stalls serving roast ox. There were tents for drinking and dancing, and a grand walkway dubbed City Road. London's great river had frozen over and on February 1st an impromptu carnival had begun. It was the last in a series of Frost Fairs: Britain was then in the grip of the Little Ice Age and the arches of old London Bridge were narrow enough to readily dam with ice. It's pretty unlikely the Thames will freeze this winter, but you can still spend a day celebrating the waterway and its bustling banks on today's bridges, (pictured right). The route was a favourite of journalist Bernard Levin and ‘consists of walking back and forth across the Thames, crossing…

The hare is so profoundly entwined with the lore of March that ‘mad as a March hare’ has been part of our lingo for centuries (helped, of course, by Lewis Carroll). At this time of year you may see them engaged in mazy, madcap chases through the fields, and boxing each other like Fury and Usyk. You might think the boxers are males fighting over the favour of a female, but in fact it's more likely you're watching a female fighting off the advances of an unwanted male suitor. And there's one specific breed to look out for if you're up in higher places: the Arctic or mountain hare (Lepus arcticus). This is the one whose coat changes from brown to white for winter camouflage, and back to brown in spring.…

AH, MAY. THE month that's practically perfect in every way. Few walkers will need persuading of its delights; I find it hard not to skip with joy. Spring is finally in full swing, safely over the hiccups of March and April, and we're into the year's sunniest month, and one of its driest. The daylight feels endless and its still stretching, there are two bank holiday weekends, and the whole country is abloom, abuzz, and fantastically abundant. It hardly matters where you choose to walk in May; everywhere looks gorgeous. Verges froth with cow parsley, hedges with hawthorn blossom, fresh leaves paint trees forty shades of green, meadows flower into Monets, the ocean twinkles, the mountains beckon, and the warm sunlight cheers everyone you meet. But there are two places…

THE DAY DOESN'T get any bigger or the prospects for walkers any brighter than in June. The grass still green, and leaves full of zing, the ground enthusiastically returning more energy to every step. The temperature liberating rather than oppressing – the vigour of every living thing at its absolute zenith. From the summit of June, what unlimited riches we survey. Looking at it from winter, hard to believe what glamorous circles we used to move in. We were so complacent! In June the world wants you to walk it. Spring showers have rinsed it clean and it's been out to dry – the countryside clean to the squeak. Grassy paths hush your footfall and amplify the suppleness of your joints. Before you, June presents a menu of unmatched possibility,…

EMEMBER THOSE HOT summers that seemed to last forever when you were a kid? Well, the chances are that you're recalling a collection of Augusts from yesteryear. And if these memories are rose tinted and a bit hazy, then you've got it about right. August is a month that seems to demand relaxation. It's a time for days at the beach and picnics in the park. Even the birds have gone into holiday mode – those frantic months of feeding a dozen mouths are over, and now, just the idea of singing feels a bit too much like hard work. Instead, the hum of bees predominates in our meadows and gardens – a sound that's as warm and drowsy as the sensory cocktail of sun rays, soft grass and gentle…

Having mentioned evergreens, where else could we suggest but a nature reserve containing some of the most remarkable evergreens in the land? And that would be Kingley Vale, a 500-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest folded into the southern edge of the South Downs just north of Chichester, On the western arm of the main coombe you'll find a grove of yew trees, and like all evergreens they will cheerfully retain their lush green hues through December, of course. Estimates of their ages differ, ranging from 500 to 2000 years, but even at the most conservative end of the spectrum they are firmly among the oldest living organisms in Britain. What's even more remarkable is that they are here at all, because most yews of their age were hacked down…

Email your picture, along with a few words about the walk and your contact details to cwroutes@bauermedia.co.uk DINAS BRAN, Route 24, September 2018 As Nick Hallissey's route from October 2014 and Dorothy Hamilton's route from September 2018 are very similar, we selected the best parts from each route to make a superb outing. Both routes ascend to the beautiful ruins of Castell Dinas on the summit of Dinas Bran. We followed Nick's ledge route along the cliffs overlooking Castell Dinas and up a gully on to the top edge of Eglwyseg mountain. Later we descended to the Offa's Dyke path and followed Dorothy's route to World's End below the stunning limestone escarpment of Eglwyseg mountain. We completed the walk via Nick's route along the canal towpath back to Llangollen. Roy…

I have questions… Walk 1000 Miles 2024 PART OF THE beauty of the challenge is it's up to you to set the precise rules – it's YOUR challenge, not a competition. Many people, particularly those starting from a lower fitness level, will choose to count every step on their step counter or phone's health app. Most will count all the miles they do that they wouldn't otherwise have walked before – and whether it's in your lunch break, getting off the Tube a stop early, round the block in the evening or exploring the country, it all adds up. Some will count only the miles they cover on walks with ‘boots on’ and in the countryside. It's up to you! Walk at lunch A lunchtime walk can be the bedrock of…

Get out there and find yourself Walk more, and walk earlier, there is so much out there yet to be discovered Take the leap, don't worry about what people think of you – join a group walk and talk! Don't worry what other people think about you, exercise more and don't smoke you idiot! Never take tomorrow for granted – live life in the present and savour every moment You can be introverted outdoors too! Don't wait. The right time is now! Don't wait until your body's too old and broken… get out now, complete that long trail… work can wait Start walking earlier. Make sure you do all you dream of doing Your health and relationships are the only things that matter Keep active throughout life and never say…

The YHA has a wonderfully restored water mill in Clun, where you can camp, stay in a private room, or book the whole place. YHA Clun Mill, yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-clun-mill Eat, drink and sleep at The White Horse Inn, where many of the ales are from their on-site microbrewery, food specials change regularly and rooms start at £60 (01588 640305, whitehorseclun.com). Clun Castle has perched on a rocky knoll by the river at the edge of town since just after the Norman Conquest. It's been a ruin since the 16th century, but the extensive remains are still there to see today, free of charge (english-heritage.org.uk). How to tell when winter is behind us? When the Green Man defeats the Ice Queen in Clun town centre, that's when. The Clun Green Man Festival…

I LIKE TO FEEL the seasons, to know each month through a series of remembered emotions. February, well that's the most brutish of them all. You're nearly through the winter, spring within reach, but oh-no, February often has different ideas, knocking your hopes to the ground. You don't mess with February. Whether I'm up in the frozen wastes of the Scottish mountains or tramping through the flatlands of my home patch in the east of England, I like to meet February head-on. By that I mean, if is does freeze I'll be out. Deep winter has much beauty as well as pain. Given the fleeting winters we seem to have these days, it makes it imperative for me to seize every one of those moments. I can recall a February…

The nest of the long-tailed tit is a work of art. Shaped like an egg, six-inches across, it is woven from lichen, moss and spider silk which, ingeniously, lets the nest stretch as the eight to 12 chicks grow. But before the clutch is laid, the home is lined with thousands of feathers; when Victorian ornithologist William McGillivray took an old nest apart he counted 2379 plumes. Grand designs like this take time and these little birds often begin construction in February, with male and female working together for three or four weeks. Look out for nests tucked deep in thorny gorse or bramble, or listen for these endearing blush puffballs with the long tails flitting through the trees in merrily chattering flocks.…

IT BEGINS WITH a fool and ends with the flowering of the trees. April is the bursting forth of the coming summer, the skin of winter Anally sloughed off by the end of its 30 days, revealing a familiar, yet new and shiny world. It's a world just begging to be walked. But April always starts at its beginning and that can go either way, particularly in the mountains. Snow in April is bittersweet. On the one hand I always feel like I want to get on with the summer; on the other I feel a sense of loss for the winter, especially if we didn't get much of the white stuff. All this means my rucksack is often as full as it can be: winter layers and spare pairs…

Ambition tends to soar in May and high on many bucket lists is Suilven. This isolated sandstone beauty rises from a plinth of ancient gneiss in Scotland's north west Highlands. From the nearest village of Lochinver it looks like a colossal salt-pot, from Fionn Loch it looks like a mile-long breadknife across the sky, and whichever way you look at it, Suilven is a long way from anywhere. The classic route treads in from Lochinver, 5Vi miles over the moors to the foot of the mountain, then a sharp haul up to the bealach between its two main tops. Caisteai Liath is the higher at 731 metres, and the easier to summit; Meall Meadhonach is just eight metres lower, but a legjellying scramble to reach. And the views. The. Views.…

IT'S FUNNY HOW often ‘one day’ turns out to be in July. All those times you tell yourself ‘I must get round to that one day’ or ‘one day I'll go there’? I bet you a slab of Kendal mint cake that when that one day comes, it'll be in July. Because this is the month when big dreams come to life. Long hours of daylight, reasonably reliable levels of sunlight, time off booked months ago: couple all that with an itch in the soul to do something beyond the ordinary, and July becomes the obvious target. What form that big dream takes, of course, is entirely up to you. What does a big challenge look like in your world? A long single day; a two or three-day hike; a…

AFTER THE LANGUID days of August, the pace picks up again in September. Maybe it's that first revitalising nip in the early morning air, or the back to school vibe, or the sudden feeling the year is rushing towards its end and it's time to make the most of all that's left. Wildlife is starting to bustle again too. Migratory birds are preparing for departure – many more than arrived here in spring of course, as the young feed up for their first long journey south. Each day that I see or hear swallows, warblers or flycatchers, I wonder if it will be the last this year. Resident finches and tits start to gather into flocks for winter; young tawny owlets practise their twit-twoo in the dusk. The new generation…

I'M NOT GOING to lie, I used to see the arrival of October as a bit of a shame. To me, it heralded the end of the long evenings and T-shirt days I'd become accustomed to. But my perception of it began to change a few years ago when walking my regular lunchtime circuit. I spotted something bright red poking up from the mud. It was a ping pong-sized ball growing out of the ground. The following lunchtime, it was at least twice the size and had a lovely white stem beneath. And, without warning, two more had sprouted alongside it. I now had three fly agaric mushrooms (those ones always featured in Disney cartoons) to watch grow and flourish, and it compelled me to repeat that same route each…

THIS IS THE beauty of it: it's an enormously long way – a quarter of the way to the centre of the Earth, all the way across the Gobi Desert, 5360 Eiffel Towers, Land's End to John o'Groats the long way, 10½ West Highland Ways, 25 times the trek to Everest Base Camp, 83 times higher than the highest Concorde ever flew. But it's also just 2.74 miles a day (about the time it takes for a stick of chewing gum to lose its flavour) averaged over 12 months. You can do it in your lunch hour and still have time to eat a Flake elegantly. You can do it in 20-minute chunks of otherwise wasted time in a stressful day. You can plan great weekend adventures or you can…

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