G is for the garth

The Victorians confused these Shropshire hills with the Alps. How? Why? Trail dons its lederhosen, downs a glühwein and reaches for the Stretton Skyline to find out.

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It’s the busiest time of year for Britain’s beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

Jim Perrin conjures more Eryri magic, folding time on a lesser-known scramble to Wales’ highest peak

…it would be LIATHACH . Boisterous, delicately flavoured and fabulously moreish, this is the all-you-can-eat banquet you should sell a relative to attend. Here’s why.

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.