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Winter walks aren’t always how you imagine them to be. Sometimes they’re a hundred times better – even more so if you make a weekend of it.

■ Distance: 6 miles/9.5km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

■Distance: 8 miles/13km ■Time: 5 hours ■Grade: Moderate

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

Whisby Nature Park is an area managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, rich with wildlife, including birds such as sand martins, chiffchaffs, grey wagtails, and nightingales. Among the varied landscape