The View
Every month our favourite spaniel Kes goes walkies somewhere in the issue, and we want him back!Can you help find Kes?
Another walking movie
Another one for your walking films – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, based on the book by Rachel Joyce. Very funny and sort of sad. And also the book The love song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, companion volume. A bit like the other side of the story, and explains of few things readers might have missed. Not the typical walking manual, but well worth a read.
Kes the conker-colour Cocker is an inveterate explorer, often finding his way into the unlikeliest of places when we’re busy putting the magazine together. In fact he’s hiding out in this issue for you to find! Spot him (not on this page) and you could win over £47 worth of Mountain Paws goodies – just email the page number where you found Kes, along with your address, to: ifoundkes@LFTO.com by 23 February 2024 putting ‘Kes March’ in the subject line. Congrats to Marion Jones from Worcestershire, who spotted Kes on p54 of the January issue, and wins this month’s prize!
Paine and pleasure
It was around 2016 that I first heard of Patagonia, Torres del Paine national park and the Base of the Towers hike. On 13th December 2023 it was like a dream to be standing there, on the edge of the turquoise lake, the granite towers rising like a fortress into perfectly blue skies. It was not an easy trek. Four hours of hiking, the famous Patagonian strong winds to contend with and the last one kilometre going into a 300-metre ascent was hard work, but this one photograph is so worth it all.
I feel very fortunate to live in a country which offers extensive opportunities of walking and hiking throughout the year, a network of trails through impressive scenery. It keeps me go
