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Secret passages, sheer walls and the maddest descent of a mountain in literary history: SCA FELL might be England’s Number 2 in height – but in kudos, it might just beat all of them.

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning

hey say that Wales is home to more sheep than people, the UK has more potholes than miles of road, and at any given time a third of all French workers are on strike. But should you believe them? In my

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A Matterhorn, a pyramid, a dragon’s back: the peaks of Eryri strike some incredible poses.

Why aren’t these elegant Eryri delights better known than they are? We’re not sure, but let’s not tell anyone about them anyway…