■Distance: 8 miles/13km ■Time: 5 hours ■Grade: Moderate

Tom Shepherd combines two iconic Irish coastal routes for a journey filled with breathtaking wildlife spots, dreamy scenic stops and a taste of adventure

Our walks is mon 1 Bruach na Frithe ...

Jim Perrin pens a paean to a famous place of threshold for climbers, equally beloved of coastal walkers: the cliffs of Gogarth and Holyhead

Take a road trip around Scotland’s ‘misty isle’ for volcanic rock formations, wild swimming at the Fairy Pools and warming drams of cask whisky.

■ Distance: 5¾ miles/9.4km ■ Time: 3-3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate