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The subject of this Yorkshire Worthy is a noble curving escarpment, dramatically delineating the north western termination of the North York Moors. The extent of the full escarpment is around fifteen miles, although it is the western half that is the most distinctively enjoyable, comprising an undulation of four linked hills – Carlton Moor, Cringle … Read more
There is something special in the air amidst the Preseli Hills, a pervading atmosphere of antiquity that captures the imagination, elevating this ridge of gently undulating moorland into a quest for adventure. Wherever you wander, there is a sense of an ancient past, from the prodigious quantity of prehistoric remains to the powerful links with … Read more
The Ochil Hills thrust a forbiddingly steep escarpment above the flat carselands of Clackmannanshire, abruptly liberating the hills from a Lowland landscape; their southern flanks incised by a succession of deep folds shutting out the world. Beyond this, as the gradient eases, the terrain softens into grassy, rolling hills that gradually decrease in elevation to … Read more
Beachy Head presents the highest exposed chalk cliffs in Britain, which together with the adjoining and equally precipitous Seven Sisters, comprises a landmark spectacle of extraordinarily raw grandeur. Danger is ever-present in the form of frequent rockfalls; the crumbling chalk crashing onto an uncompromising beach, itself blockaded by vast boulders and lashed by heavy seas. … Read more
Ingleborough was the nearest ‘proper’ mountain to my childhood home and the first over 2,000 feet that I ever climbed. I was twelve years of age and took the bus to Ingleton one very wet winter Sunday. I didn’t see a thing all day and my primitive waterproofs were wholly inadequate, yet the sodden experience … Read more
Ben Lawers is the friendly face of 4,000-foot mountains, rising proudly above the shimmering waters of Loch Tay and set in a softer landscape than the rockier or more remote giants to the north. With the option of a high starting point and a gently graded path, the ascent might just feel a little like … Read more
The two historic routes to the Isle Skye, through Glen Shiel and Glenfinnan demark a vast, remote mountain landscape penetrated by just two minor roads, both abruptly terminated by the fabled Rough Bounds of Knoydart. Amongst this wilderness are twenty-eight Munros with Sgurr na Ciche claiming first place in altitude and Gleouraich a close second. … Read more
Snowdon is majestic in its glacially sculpted profile, exuding undisputed dominance as the fundamental nucleus of the national park that bears its name. The mountain well deserves its plaudits and is all things to all people, a multifaceted giant, friendly in benign conditions to all abilities, yet with a ferocious reserve for those who stray … Read more
Pen y Fan is the highest point in South Wales and a mecca for its denizens, with two million people living within an hour’s drive of the national park and seemingly born with the innate desire to stand on its top. The mountain also attracts walkers from far and wide, the National Trust now estimating … Read more
Mam Tor is a social media phenomenon, although most of the 700,000 visitors who stand upon the summit every year have no knowledge of the geologically complex and historically significant land beneath their feet. The hill may be the focal point of Derbyshire’s Great Ridge, although many do not progress beyond Mam Tor’s trig point, … Read more