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Why drive between summits when you can walk out of your B&B door and into the hills? These six British base towns deliver a weekend's worth of vertical with zero parking stress and a proper pint at the end of it.
Every peak-bagger knows the frustration of a ruined forecast. Here's how to read Britain's hill weather properly — and how to build a bagging list with a Plan B baked in.
Linear ridge walks are Britain's best days out — and the car logistics are the reason most of us never do them. Here's how to crack the two-car shuffle, from bike drops to bus timetables, plus the ridgelines that make the faff worth it.
Every great hill day deserves a proper finish line, and in Britain that usually means a pint and a chip butty within sight of the car. We've found eight boozers — from Lakeland institutions to tucked-away Welsh locals — that sit within a mile of a classic summit path. Boots on, dogs welcome, maps drying by the fire.
Some hills are worth climbing for the view. Others are worth climbing because there's a proper boozer waiting at the bottom. We rate seven of Britain's best hike-and-hops routes on summit quality, descent time to bar, and pure reward-to-effort ratio.
Your dog doesn't care about your Strava split or your trig point photo — they just want the next stile. Here's how to plan hill days that work for four legs as well as two, from grouse moor lead rules to post-summit wild swims.
Who says you need a full rest day and a 6am alarm to bag a proper summit? These six hills deliver big views, honest effort and a well-earned pint — all wrapped up in under two hours on foot.
We spend all our training energy on the uphill and treat the descent as a victory lap. The mountain rescue statistics tell a very different story. Here's why the walk down is the most dangerous part of your day — and how to get better at it.
We celebrate the summit push and forget the walk down, yet that's where tired legs, loose scree and dodgy decisions gang up on us. Here's why the descent deserves a whole lot more respect — and how to get down safely.
Fifty new summits will teach you fifty hills. One hill, climbed four times a year, will teach you yourself. This is the case for the two mountains rule — pick one, and keep going back.
We stripped a well-worn day sack down to the last carabiner and took it up a 10-hour mountain day to find out which grams actually counted. Spoiler: the expensive stuff mattered less than you'd think.
Apps, spreadsheets and summit registers — peak-bagging has never been more popular, or more polarising. We weigh up whether ticking lists is killing the magic of the hills, or simply giving more people a reason to lace up their boots.
Completing all 282 Munros is Britain's greatest hillwalking obsession — and starting it is easier than you think. Here's how to plan your first rounds, budget realistically, and pick a timeline that actually suits your life.
The 3am alarm hurts, but the payoff — a golden summit above a valley full of cloud — is worth every yawn. Here's how to plan a pre-dawn push properly, from headtorch kit to the five hills where Britain's sunrise truly earns its keep.
You don't need to queue for Snowdon's summit to get a proper mountain fix. These overlooked 2,000-footers deliver serious drama, cracking views and — crucially — elbow room. Here are ten hills that punch way above their altitude.