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Our walks this month Ian Battersby 1 ...

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.

A walk by water is always inspiring and whether you like to paddle, plunge or just listen to the babble of a brook, a new book of waterfall, coastal and river days out is full of inspiration

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2025 marks 200 years since the birth of the modern railway, which gave millions of city-weary walkers a way to escape to the country.