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Head for Lakeland ’s Northern Fells to bag a couple of easy tops when winter puts more rugged peaks beyond reach.

■ Distance: 7¾ miles/12.5km ■ Time: 4¼ hours ■ Grade: Challenging

There have been several attempts at a winter round of the Wainwrights, usually continuous efforts by ultra-runners. But could two fellwalking friends reach all 214 summits in what turned out to be the wintriest season in Lakeland for years? David Johnson and Nicky Oliver decided to find out…

When it comes to length, most of the UK’s ‘toughest’ climbs are laughable by Alpine standards. Take France’s Col de la Croix de Fer. At 42km it makes Scotland’s 9km Bealach na Bà – the longest climb w

Jim Perrin pens a paean to a famous place of threshold for climbers, equally beloved of coastal walkers: the cliffs of Gogarth and Holyhead