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■Distance: 4½ miles/7.3km ■Time: 2½ hours ■Grade: Moderate
Three contrasting walks to discover the ever-changing terrains encircling the Borrowdale valley and village of Rosthwaite in the Lake District .
Vivienne Crow gets to walk two National Trails for the price of one
Roger Butler peers over steep slopes on a roller coaster along Offa’s Dyke
TINTERN ABBEY AND DEVIL’S PULPIT CIRCULAR Level Moderate Elevation gain 328m Length 8.2km (2hr 35min) Description A loop that includes Tintern Abbey and a climb to Devil’s Pulpit for spectacular views
You don’t need all day to have a big adventure, as this Holy Mountain proves.
Twenty-five years ago, large chunks of Eryri’s Aran range were out of bounds. That all changed in 2000. To celebrate a quarter-century of the legislation that changed the game, Trail set out to walk the entire ridge… unobstructed.
