■ Distance: 10 ½ miles/16.9km ■ Time: 4½ hours ■ Grade: Challenging

Winter walks aren’t always how you imagine them to be. Sometimes they’re a hundred times better – even more so if you make a weekend of it.

■ Distance: 7 miles/12km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Easy

Christine Faughlin sings the praises of a converted chapel on the 30,000-acre Bolton Abbey estate in the Yorkshire Dales

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■ Distance: 7⅓ miles/11.8km ■ Time: 3¾ hours ■ Grade: Moderate