Explore the surrey hills

■ Distance: 7 miles/11km ■ Time: 3-3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

The Lake District, nestled in the north-west corner of England in Cumbria, is the country’s most poetic landscape. From Wordsworth to Beatrix Potter, the Lake District has always drawn writers, artist

■ Distance: 9½ miles/15.3km ■ Time: 4½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Christine Faughlin sings the praises of a converted chapel on the 30,000-acre Bolton Abbey estate in the Yorkshire Dales

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