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

Cabin fever

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

ON THE MAP

We asked… • What's the first thing you do when you get to a summit?

LOCATION SCOUT

Lucy Walker

'I felt like my body was rebelling against me' • Decades of chronic pain sent novelist Keegan Wilson to the darkest of places. Walking helped him find a way back.

CHARNWOOD FOREST • Old fossils, new forest: explore aeons of natural history in this pleasantly hilly part of Leicestershire.

Your nature moment of the year… • Whether exploring remotest Scotland or taking a walk around the block from your front door, keep your eyes peeled and Mother Nature might just reward you with something extraordinary, as these #walk1000miles challengers have discovered…

'Walking will become a therapy for cancer'

Take home a golden badger! • Add more fun to your miles with a mini-challenge (or five) and you could win a coveted prize – like these walkers just have!

Want to win gold? • Take on one of these mini-challenges, post your pics and stories in the Walk 1000 Miles Facebook group and we’ll award a money-can’t-buy golden badger to our favourite 20! You have until 18 September for this crop of challenges.

Your View

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 • Wind noise, barking dogs, awkward greetings. The many and varied imperfections of a walking podcast have a charm that speaks to us all.

Britain's BEST HILLS • FROM MINI MARVELS TO MIGHTY MOUNTAINS: THE FINEST SUMMITS AT EVERY HEIGHT

Mound Everest • Just 15m tall but the perfect place to start: let’s kick off our journey with the mini-mountains of England’s flattest county.

Main stage headliner • Pagan, pilgrim, Oasis fan: all have bowed before the sheer iconism of this small but timelessly magnetic West Country cracker.

Towering beauty • Almost the highest point in south-east England, this hill has long been a source of inspiration in a topsy-turvy world.

Small wonder • It’s a tiddler in a land of giants (#12,571 in the Scottish hill leagues) but this little peak has a disproportionate power to stun.

Reef encounter • Born under a tropical sea and now arching through the Peak District sky: meet the dragon of Derbyshire.

'The best fell top of all' • So said Britain’s best-known walker and who are we to argue? In fact, he loved this midsized hill so much he decided to stay forever.

That's a good point • Six hundred metres is where some argue hill becomes mountain – and this Snowdonian peak makes a strong case.

The giant that isn't a giant • Aesthetically, Suilven might be the most beguiling mountain in the country. It’s also a lot more accessible than you might think…

The green half mile • Forged from the ruins of other mountains, this turfed peak soars over half a mile into the Welsh sky in a spectacular bit of recycling.

Heaven… and Helvellyn • Why England’s third highest...