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…

The View • SIGHTS | SOUNDS | WONDERS | IDEAS | COOL STUFF

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH

LOVED TO BITS

DID YOU KNOW?

THE WALKING POLL

HOW TO

‘The Thames is a thug. But it's a glorious thug.’ • Lara Maiklem's debut book introduced us to the world of mudlarking. But that was just a paddle, she says. The new one goes deep into the mud.

HOW TO GO MUDLARKING

THREE QUESTIONS WE ASK EVERYONE

FOOTWEAR FOR MUDLARKS • CW readers always like to know about footwear, so we thought we'd ask Lara for her recommendations for mudlarking.

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA • Away from the sun-bronzed beaches and astonishingly long pier lies a peaceful world of ancient castles, giant saltmarshes, relaxing eateries and abundant birdlife.

Don't miss…

You can get old, or grow bold

Walking's anti-ageing prescription

Bold, not old: your stories

Mini-challenge winners: golden, delicious! • Enliven your miles – take on a mini-challenge en route and you might win a money-can't-buy Golden Badger*

5 new ways to win gold

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 • A landslide victory? Fair enough. But to be really radical, this should be a landscape government…

GUEST COLUMN Rhiane Fatinikun MBE • Founding Black Girls Hike started an adventure I could never have dreamed of. Now it's time to share this joy on an even wider scale…

INTO THE WILD • Join us in a search for the furthest it's possible to get from a road in England, Wales and – remotest of all – here in Scotland. Because when you want to get away from it all, sometimes nothing else will do.

FINDING THE WILD

THE BACK OF BEYOND • Walk to England's remotest spot and into what feels like the private company of the country's most famous fells.

THE WILD, WILD WEST • Walk to the remotest spot in Wales and discover perfect peace – and Arthurian exploits – in the midst of one of our most popular national parks.

‘Nature needs mess and chaos. In this valley, we give her some.’ • Country Walking takes a stroll into the happiest valley in the Lake District, with the man who told its story in the extraordinary book, Wild Fell.

3 SENSATIONAL SPECIES • Visitor Experience Manager Annabel Rushton names three of her favourite species to spot across the Wild Haweswater valleys…

Plan your trip

THE WILDERNESS NEXT DOOR • Wild places needn't be far away or people-free to work their restorative magic, as Cannock Chase so wonderfully proves.

Plan your trip

WHERE THE REALLY WILD THINGS ARE • Cannock Chase's curious cast of cryptids

Adventurer, prankster, wildlife saviour • He bit his guests, leapt onto caimans and created the world's first bird sanctuary. Behold the curious story of Charles Waterton.

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The daily show • Let's play a game. One that populates your world with new friends and...