G is for the garth

Skip Wales’ highest peak and head for the runner-up, CARNEDD LLEWELYN . It’s a mountain with history, with attitude, with views, and with more than a few stories to tell.

If you like summits lofty and gnarly, Eryri has stars beyond Yr Wyddfa.

Runners-up rarely get the attention they deserve, but two days on Britain’s second-highest peak BEN MACDUI will show you why this is the king of the Scottish hills.

A Matterhorn, a pyramid, a dragon’s back: the peaks of Eryri strike some incredible poses.

From invisible hills to a mountain that might make you mad...

To cycle up a mountain is to pedal into a world of paradoxes. Mountains are a playground and a torture chamber; a means of outdoor adventure and inner discovery; an opportunity for wonder, a guarantee