Country Walking Magazine (UK) - 1 Nov 2025
A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE
FREE! WINTER GEAR GUIDE
NATURE’S DARKEST SECRETS REVEALED
214 HILLS, ONE INTREPID BABY
27 ROUTE CARDS + 2 PERFECT DAYS IN THE
Leona Purvis
Jenny Walters
Evie Nichols
‘A combination of Cumbric and Old English, Pendle Hill’s name means hill hill hill.’
Wicked kit for a wondrous winter!
A walk on the dark side
Rage against the machines
The sickener
The graveyard shift
The walking dead
The Fishguard fiasco
Fire in the hole
Something wicked
A screech in the dark
The tree of life?
Robot legs for climbing hills
214 hills, one intrepid baby
Invasion in Pembrokeshire
Nature’s darkest secrets
The biggest explosion
Witches in Lancashire
Plague on Dartmoor
Uprisings in Kent
‘They were possibly the most incompetent invaders ever’
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AI-assisted legs: Is this the future?
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THE WALKING DEAD
DON’T ‘EAT ME’!
DON’T ‘EAT ME’!
The Fishguard Fiasco
‘Black Bart’
THE TREE OF LIFE?
THE TREE OF LIFE?
Rage against the machines
Rage against the machines
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
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FIRE IN THE HOLE
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The other biggest bang
HERE COMES DR DEATH
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