Our walks th is month 1 Quiraing Isle ...

On a leisurely weekend break, the last thing I expected to be wearing was a hard hat with a headlamp, a battery pack and a pair of wellingtons. But there I was, fully togged up – along with seven othe

The Pennine chain has its southern hurrah on the crest of the Roaches – with views from the Peak District all the way to north Wales.

■ Distance: 8 ½ miles/13.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

When the first 10 British Railways Sulzer Type 4s appeared during 1959 and early 1960, they were named after English and Welsh mountains and hills, so unsurprisingly, they were soon referred to as Pea

Guess where we went last summer? A two-week tour that took in the UK’s first Dark Sky Park, also its largest forest, the world’s smallest post office, the First World War’s largest munitions factory,