Country Walking Magazine shows you the best of British walks: the biggest views, the hidden gems, the sea cliffs and the mountain summits. All our features come complete with superb writing, inspiring photography and step-by-step instructions so you can follow every footpath yourself. In every issue, you’ll find: - In-depth stories of amazing walks - A booklet of 25 pull-out walks every issue - with OS maps! - Information about hotels, pubs, cafes, tearooms. - Clear, jargon-free tests of walking kit And... every issue our readers tell their walking stories, help us devise new walks and shape the places we go to. If you love walking, this is the magazine for you.

Welcome

IN THIS ISSUE…

Find a great walk near you! • Highlights from the 27 fantastic walks in this issue…

What is… THE FUTURE OF WALKING? • Share your vision of what walking in Britain might look like in 2040.

WE BOUGHT A MOOR! • Community raises £3.8 million to turn grouse moor into nature reserve…

HOW TO REBUILD A CHALK STREAM

DID YOU KNOW?

Britain’s Oldest…

BRITAIN’S MOST SCENIC BUS RIDE?

Dear Santa... • Christmas gift ideas for you or the walker you love, like or live with. (But only if they’ve been good.)

I want one of those…

THE SHOWS GO ON!

CHIPPING NORTON • Snow-cloaked hills and honeyed stonework. Ancient marvels and cosy inns. What more could you want from winter in the Cotswolds?

The word is…

The toughest year, the greatest achievement • THE TOUGHEST YEAR many of us can remember and yet you’re looking at just a tiny fraction of the people who through it all kept on walking – and without quitting their job or deserting friends or family walked far, far further than the distance from Land’s End to John o’Groats. And felt amazing for it. We salute you! Join them next year – because there is no better investment in your health, happiness & resilience, as any of these or the dozens each represents will tell you…

What a year • Reflections on a year when the world was shaken but this challenge proved a remarkahle source of strength for tens of thousands.

‘The best thing I ever did!’

Lost and found • Sometimes the greatest joys of an epic journey lie in the things we lose and the things we find along the way...

Golden days! • Every month our #minichallenges add spice to your mile-munching. Here are the latest winners – next time it could he you walking off with a money-can’t-huy Golden Badge!

Are you ready for 2021? • Sign up for 2021, make sure you secure your launch pack, and pin your optimism to your chest: we’re going to make 2021 awesome, one step at time.

The map I live and worked on

Your View

Views in brief

WHERE’S KES? • Every month our favourite spaniel Kes goes walkies somewhere in the issue, and we want him back! Can you help find Kes?

Stuart Maconie • The Slow Ways is a fantastic idea – and it proves there’s nothing pedestrian about walking.

Katherine May • A winter walk isn’t only a thing of beauty, but of bravery and resilience too...

Tales of the sea • Often merely pleasant in summer, rarely less than dramatic in winter: Pembrokeshire makes the case for walking the coast out of season.

Wave chasing

Fossil hunting

Seal spotting

Flock watching

Sun soaking

Plan your trip

6 things you shouldn’t say in winter • There’s a devil on your shoulder who wants you to have a rubbish winter – and these are some of his favourite lines…

Winter in the WILDWOOD • Leaves gone, sap sunk, time paused: slip into a wood welly-clad this winter, to slow your pulse and blow your mind.

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