■ Distance: 6¼ miles/10km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Easy

Distance: 6 miles/10km Time: 3 hours Grade: Moderate

Distance: 7 miles/11.2km Time: 3½ hours Grade: Moderate

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

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