Our walks th is month 1 Quiraing Isle ...

Bag five Wainwrights on a wintry outing across the Uldale Fells of Back o’Skiddaw – a quiet escape from the crowds of other parts of Lakeland .

■ Distance: 7¼ miles/12km ■ Time: 3-3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

■ Distance: 8 ½ miles/13.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Yorkshire is a vast and varied county. Historically it had three distinctive ridings: North, East and West. People from the West come to the East to be near the sea, whereas we live in the East Riding

The vicious cold of velvety, green water bites my legs and I gasp as I inch my way deeper into the lake. The sun casts a buttery glow over the surrounding Powys hillscape and I pause to take it all in