Country Walking Magazine (UK) - 1 Mai 2025
Britain’s favourite MAPS
THE INSIDE STORY
‘COULD YOU DRAW A MAP FOR ME, PLEASE?’
HAVE A 500-MILE SUMMER!
MAP READING MADE EASY!
WALKING SHOES TEST
Welcome
This month I’ve been...
Raynor Winn
Phoebe Taplin
Matthew Pike
A view on one of the top 10 Explorer maps, but where?
“It’s about two people and their relationship with a footpath. Is that really something you can film?”
Top 10 maps: #7 and #6
On the map vs on the ground
The luck of the draw
Top 10 maps: #3
Top 10 maps: #2 and #1
Top 10 maps: #10
Top 10 maps: #9 and #8
The walker’s work of art
Britain’s worst-selling map
Top 10 maps: #5 and #4
Could you draw me a map?
…and the worst-selling one
The Salt Path: inside story
Britain’s favourite maps…
Map reading made easy
27 new spring walks
Walking shoes test
Exploring (and loving) the worst selling OS map:
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Guest column: Phoebe Taplin
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Quizzes and prize crossword
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In next month’s issue
Classified directory
Where’s Kes?
Footnotes
WALK EXPLORE DISCOVER
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‘The spell of Lakeland’
5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS MONTH
DID YOU KNOW?
THE WALKING POLL
DODGE TICKS
Harvey Maps Cambrian Way
‘The Salt Path has changed from my story to our story’
‘The Salt Path has changed from my story to our story’
THE STORY OF RAYNOR & MOTH
ABERGAVENNY
ABERGAVENNY
Don’t miss…
NOW DO THE WALKS!
Are you up for a 500-MILE SUMMER?
‘But 500 miles is… well... MILES!’
Four ways to manage your miles
Getting Started
Hop to it!
Show us your favourite map
Keep Britain beautiful
Going for GOLD!
Win a precious badger!
Spot a lookalike
Walk to a waterfall
How to enter
Tracks and dogs and rock ’n’ roll
HELP US FIND THE TOP 10
PRIZE CROSSWORD
Walking wordsearch
Where is this?
Last month’s answers
APRIL ANSWERS
‘A bucketload of memories’
Down the river
Name game
A BERGHAUS WATERPROOF JACKET FOR KEITH!
Pennine memories
Where’s Kes?
All in the bag
Step into Comfort
HOW TO CLAIM
Stuart Maconie
Found On Foot
Phoebe Taplin
Found On Foot
Back to black
Britain’s favourite MAPS
Back to black
Southern charms
Southern charms
Ever heard of Pikeawassa?
‘Arranged to perfection’
Beyond the Three Peaks
‘Arranged to perfection’
Boats, Beatrix & Black Crag
Only fools and horses (and sheep and mountains)
Boats, Beatrix & Black Crag
Superstars… and silence
Walking the White
The deep, Dark places
The deep, Dark places
Clyde and Prejudice
Clyde and Prejudice
Founding father
Plan your trip
A fine ART
A fine ART
Plan your trip
On the map vs
On the ground
On the map vs
On the ground
1. LINES YOU CAN WALK
2. ACCESS
4. INVISIBLE THINGS
3. NATURAL FEATURES
NOW WALK HERE!
5. WHEN MAPS ‘FIB’
6. THE SUPER SAFE WAY
Luck of the draw
Luck of the draw
Hills and ridges
Rivers
Canals
Lakes
Coast
Walks you CAN do without a map…
WALK WALES… BY RAIL
1 Goodwick, Pembrokeshire
2 Llandovery to Cynghordy, Carmarthenshire
WALK WALES… BY RAIL
4 Great Orme, Conwy county
5 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
3 Welshpool, Powys
6 Criccieth to Porthmadog, Gwynedd
WALKING SHOES
About our reviews
OUR TESTERS
WHAT’S THE ‘TARGET PRICE’?
OUTSOLE
WATERPROOFING
UPPERS
FIT & SUPPORT
MIDSOLE & INSOLE
PROTECTION
HELLY HANSEN
SALOMON
MERRELL Moab Speed 2 GTX
KEEN
ALTRA Olympus 6 Hike Low GTX
LA SPORTIVA
SCARPA Rush 2 Pro GTX
MEINDL
Adventure calls
WALKS
How to use your routes
CW routes online and on your phone!
GRADE
MAPS (ON REVERSE OF ROUTE CARD)
Jenny Walters,
Emma Glanville,
Foot notes
Go out with a SANG
It’s a Wight-out
Wax on, wax off
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