7 11.3km / 7 miles / 4.5 hours Ascent 680m/2231ft

■ Distance: 10 miles/16.5km ■ Time: 7 hours ...

■ Distance: 6½ miles/10.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ ...

AS hotel names go, this one’s a little unusual. Across Church Street, where I’m standing in the Welsh Border town of Chirk, is the Hand Hotel. Parts of it date back to 1610, during the reign of James

When we visited Beddgelert last June, we left home in shorts and T-shirts following a heatwave across the UK. The sun was shining, and we were confident it would stay warm for the week ahead. So imagi

2 10.8km / 6.7 miles / 8-9 hours Ascent 1224m/4016ft