Helvellyn via swirral edge

HIGH FELLS & ANCIENT HISTORY

Our walks is mon Alex Roddie 1 ...

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.

MULTI-DAY HIKE

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

Skip Wales’ highest peak and head for the runner-up, CARNEDD LLEWELYN . It’s a mountain with history, with attitude, with views, and with more than a few stories to tell.