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

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

If we had to choose our “special place”, Andy and I would always choose Exmoor National Park. It’s a place we often escape to. Straddling the Somerset/Devon border, Exmoor’s coastline is littered with

■ Distance: 5¾ miles/9.4km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ ...

Half a century after its inception, the Coast to Coast path becomes a National Trail this spring, opening up the wild landscapes and historic villages of Northern England to a new generation of hikers

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