Pinnacle ridge, st sunday crag

Secret passages, sheer walls and the maddest descent of a mountain in literary history: SCA FELL might be England’s Number 2 in height – but in kudos, it might just beat all of them.

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HIGH FELLS & ANCIENT HISTORY

■ Distance: 9¼ miles/14.8km ■ Time: 7 hours ...

MULTI-DAY HIKE

Runners-up rarely get the attention they deserve, but two days on Britain’s second-highest peak BEN MACDUI will show you why this is the king of the Scottish hills.