A winter’s trail: seasonal UK walks from Somerset to Scotland
Wales
Look out for the stars of Bethlehem … in south Wales
Winter solstice
10 places to see in the winter solstice in the UK and Ireland (that aren’t Stonehenge)
London holidays
Six lines, six walks: we explore London’s Overground reboot on foot
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Spotlight
Switzerland
Snowshoeing and rescue monks: a monastery escape in the Swiss Alps
Only accessible to snowshoers and skiers in winter, the Grand St Bernard Hospice has been a refuge for centuries and is the perfect place for a meditative mountain break
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‘The hike of a lifetime’ – a circuit of the Écrins national park in France
The Tour des Écrins in the Hautes-Alpes is one of Europe’s finest long-distance walks, and offers a chance to reflect on how best to live alongside nature
Sailing
My mission? A two-day voyage along the Norfolk coast to deliver potatoes for a chip shop
The beach on top of a Yorkshire moor
‘A wild swimmer’s paradise’
‘You know it when you see it’
Accidentally Wes Anderson exhibition opens in London
‘I slept in ditches and dreamed of marauding raiders’
A wild walk on the Hadrian’s Wall path
Coast to coast
Snapshots of Cornwall’s new Tamar valley walk
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UK
Exploring the museums and ceramics studios of Stoke-on-Trent
Health and fitness holidays
Happy new you! 10 great UK wellbeing retreats for 2025
Get the year off to a positive start by booking a restorative break. We pick the best wellness retreats, with yoga, wild swimming and more in pretty settings from the Highlands to Essex
UK
The gentle magic of walking in Somerset’s Mendip Hills
John Harris and family revisit the first halfway serious hill-walk they made in a landscape that’s more comforting than challenging – just what they’re looking for at this time of year
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