Country Walking Magazine (UK) - 1 Dez 2024
THE WONDERS OF KIELDER
WISHLIST!
On a life on the road and a walk at every stop
And why there’s no such thing as a bad ramble
Welcome
IN THIS ISSUE...
On the cover
National Parks at 75: Not for the privileged, but for all
CW goes in search of the man with a plan which would transform the country.
Winter optimism
Whet your appetite for winter walking with a classic story from Henry David Thoreau.
The good, the bad and the Ugley
Is there any such thing as a bad place for a walk? Let’s find out.
The gift that kept on giving
The National Park Act: the greatest Trojan horse ever.
The call of the wild
The old masters
In the picture
The eyes of the beholder
The writing on the wall
New ground
The wonders of Kielder
27 step-by-step walks
The retirement rebel
Britain’s ugliest walk
National Parks at 75
Gear of the Year
Walks of Art
Banksy
Christmas list at the ready:
‘The pure, stinging cold is an elixir to the lungs’
Well are you an oil painting? The good, the bad and...
Gear of the Year
Guest column: Guy Shrubsole
The View
Walking Weekend: Knighton
Your letters, emails & posts
#Walk1000miles
Column: Stuart Maconie
Quizzes and prize crossword
Special subscription o
er
Contact Country Walking
Our routes, your walks
In next month’s issue
Classified directory
Where’s Kes?
Footnotes
The light fantastic
100 year old mystery solved
5 Walkers wanted for tree hunt
There’s a new Peak District pilgrimage
Listen along to LEJOG
YOU CAN HAVE A SAY
Skinners Comfort 2.0 Sock Shoes
Rivals, Disney+
WELCOME TO RUTSHIRE
THREE QUESTIONS WE ASK EVERYONE
KNIGHTON
KNIGHTON
Don’t miss…
Destination: a higher, healthier, happier you!
‘Happy, grateful and proud'
‘Priceless’
‘Mental and physical health greatly improved’
‘Better every year’
‘Aren’t we lucky?’
‘Changed what’s possible’
‘I’d be dead if it wasn’t for my wife’
Get your 2025 calendar and let’s make it a year to remember!
‘A great deal of satisfaction’
‘We can do anything’
‘Kinder to myself’
‘My biggest achievement’‘
A letter from America!
Win Trekmates gloves
Join the biggest Secret Santa in walking!
‘I’m struggling with this horrible fear’
Happy tears
Mindful steps
One step at a time
Group hug
Faithful friend
Break out the Golden Badgers! Take a football to new heights Eat a field mushroom Gives us your Smith & Jones
SEEN YOU’VE WON?
What'll you do for gold?
Take a forcedperspective photo
Show your oldest bit of walking kit
How to enter
Double top
20’s plenty
Go us!
A BERGHAUS WATERPROOF JACKET FOR JEANETTE!
WRITE TO US AT:
Bus man’s holiday
Hally’s herogram
The bon mot
Where’s Kes?
A warning from the past
Lather strange idea
A Sussex primer
Stuart Maconie
Guy Shrubsole
The world’s a more colourful place on foot, and our eyes are never wider than on a walk. Join us on a journey of discovery combining the beauty of the landscape with the best of human creativity…
CLASSiC LANDSCAPES
KiELDER SCULPTURES
BANKSY’S BRiSTOL
THE OLD MASTERS
CALL OF THE WiLD
NEW GROUND
Skyspace and the Kielder Observatory
Silvas Capitalis and the Janus Chairs
Silvas Capitalis and the Janus Chairs
Freya’s Cabin & Robin’s Hut
Wave Chamber
Specere
WHO PUT THAT THERE?
Wave Chamber
We know what we like
Plan your trip
Plan your trip
Not for the privileged, but for all.
Not for the privileged, but for all.
THE TENTATIVE TEN
E wise words of John Dower
Plan your trip
The gift that kept on giving
Welcome to the pleasure dome
5
The Gower and the glory
Special reserve
Nature’s nest egg
Green lights all the way
The good, the bad and the UGLEY
The good, the bad and the UGLEY
‘Wha r coul eve equa th unshin of winte ' da ?’
‘Wha r coul eve equa th unshin of winte ' da ?’
PRIZE CROSSWORD
Walking wordsearch
Where is this?
Last month’s answers
NOVEMBER ANSWERS
GEAR OF THE YEAR
RAB
SPRAYWAY Fionn Vihar Insulated Jacket
ALPKIT
PÁRAMO
‘ALPKIT SAY THE SIGMA IS THEIR LOWEST-IMPACT WATERPROOF JACKET YET, BEING FULLY RECYCLED AND RECYCLABLE, AND USING NO HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN ITS WATERPROOF COATING. AND AT £170, IT’S AFFORDABLE INTO THE BARGAIN.’
TOP 3 FOOTWEAR
TOP 3 INSULATORS
TOP 3 SOCKS
TOP 3 FOOTWEAR
TOP 3 INSULATORS
TOP 3 WATERPROOF JACKETS
TOP 3 BASE LAYERS
TOP 3 LEGWEAR
TOP 3 COMPACT RUCKSACKS
TOP 3 NICE-TO-HAVES
TOP 3 MID LAYERS
Arise, champion
Call of the wild
WALKS
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THIS MONTH’S PRIZE WINNER
Jenny Walters,
Tom Bailey,
Nick Hallissey, Amazing journey
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