T is for tors

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.

ULTIMATE WEEKEND ▲ 3-DAY ROUTE

1 C erne Abbas Giant almost lost his ...

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.

■: 8 miles/12.7km ■Time: 5 hours ■Grade: Moderate ...

…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.