TINTERN ABBEY AND DEVIL’S PULPIT CIRCULAR Level Moderate Elevation gain 328m Length 8.2km (2hr 35min) Description A loop that includes Tintern Abbey and a climb to Devil’s Pulpit for spectacular views

Roger Butler peers over steep slopes on a roller coaster along Offa’s Dyke

Alex Roddie enjoys the best bit of the undulating South Downs Way

Ian Battersby walks part of the Cleveland Way in Autumn

You don’t need all day to have a big adventure, as this Holy Mountain proves.

THE area where the River Tees approaches the sea has been largely industrial in recent times, but the upper stretch of the river is very different in character. Here, while the villages, hamlets and r