09 cambridgeshire alconbury

This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te

■Distance: 5 miles/8.1km ■Time: 24 hours ■Grade: Easy

When poet and painter William Blake penned the words ‘England’s green and pleasant land’, he was referring to West Sussex, living in the little village of Felpham at the time. Sitting on England’s sou

■Distance: 7 miles/11.5km ■Time: 4½ hours ■Grade: Moderate

■Distance: 5¾ miles/9.2km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

■Distance: 5 miles/8km ■Time: 3 hours ■Grade: Moderate