“there are all these layers of history to discover”

Twenty-five years ago, the government decided to open up three million acres of England and Wales to the public – a decision that has transformed our walking landscape.

Meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue, but which seemed terribly important at the time...

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After 150 miles the wonderful London Outer Orbital Path brings you back where you started – but we can’t promise it’ll be the same person who arrives.

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day