Let your cardio off the leash

You don’t have to board a plane to take your running to wild and wonderful places – from big days out to long weekends and epic, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, here’s our guide to the UK’s very best running adventures

Just when you thought this long day high up in the Lake District couldn’t get any better, it saves the best until last.

If you want to climb a mountain, it’ll be tough, right? And there’s no point staying low in the valleys if you’re after a big adventure, right? Actually, wrong on both counts. CW sets out to show that at both high level and low, the Lake District has the power to surprise.

Because Skiddaw and Wast Water aren’t the only walks that defy conventional wisdom in the Lakes…

Gird your loins for a tough, steep, pathless ascent, but then settle in for a straightforward Lakeland round.

• Distance: 8 miles/12.7km • Time: 4½ ...