Mind over mountains

There are many great routes up YR WYDDFA (SNOWDON) , but if you think the thrills top out on Crib Goch, you might like to learn there’s another ridge that ups the adrenaline ante.

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GREAT BRITAIN HAS A WIDE AND WONDERFUL SELECTION OF LONG-DISTANCE WALKS — FROM WELSH SEASIDE PATHS THAT CIRCUMNAVIGATE ENTIRE ISLANDS TO CROSS-COUNTRY HIKES THAT REVEAL LOCAL HISTORY AT EVERY STEP.

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.

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

With feet in the sea and head in the clouds, some of Britain’s finest mountains rise offshore – as we discover on the ISLE OF MULL .