Search for solitude

Both imposing and invisible, KIRK FELL is a Lake District conundrum that can only be solved by walking every path on it.

ULTIMATE WEEKEND ▲ 3 ROUTES

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.

BEAUTIFUL RIDGE WALK

In my 20s, I thought nothing of strapping a tiny tent to the back of my boyfriend’s motorbike and heading off to the Lake District for the weekend, especially as I only lived 90 minutes away from Wind

The Victorians confused these Shropshire hills with the Alps. How? Why? Trail dons its lederhosen, downs a glühwein and reaches for the Stretton Skyline to find out.