Striding edge lake district

ULTIMATE WEEKEND ▲ 3 ROUTES

BEAUTIFUL RIDGE WALK

Both imposing and invisible, KIRK FELL is a Lake District conundrum that can only be solved by walking every path on it.

The Victorians confused these Shropshire hills with the Alps. How? Why? Trail dons its lederhosen, downs a glühwein and reaches for the Stretton Skyline to find out.

If you want to experience some of the airiness associated with YR WYDDFA ’s (Snowdon’s) edgiest routes, but with a focus more on walking rather than scrambling, the South Ridge is hard to beat.

In my 20s, I would think nothing of strapping a tent onto the back of my boyfriend’s motorbike and heading to the Lake District for the weekend, especially as I only lived about 90 minutes away from w