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Discovering the Missed Hills of your Youth | Anthony Toole | United Kingdom, Lake District, Cumbrian fells

When I first discovered the Cumbrian fells, in my early teens, I soon became obsessed by peak-bagging. I would venture out under any conditions to add just one more hill to my growing list

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Insurgentes Walk | Jasper Winn | Mexico, Central Mexico, Mexico City

Avenida de los Insurgentes, the world’s longest street, bisects Mexico City, crossing from north to south in a single line, and running through every zona from the poorest to the richest

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Madeira in Spring | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira

Portugal’s beautiful Atlantic island is made for ramblers jaded with the dulls and damps of northern Europe; and as for the flowers – well, I was walking on those, brushing the dew from their blooms with my boots

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Oops, There Goes Another Bit of Britain | Chris Moss | United Kingdom, Midlands, Derbyshire

Like many other circles, there is a rich pagan-cum-druidic folklore that extends way beyond the tentative specualtions of history books.

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Pole Position | Alf Alderson | United Kingdom, Wales, Snowdonia

Nordic walking is the new cross-training technique from Scandinavia that puts a whole new slant on the gentle art of placing one foot in front of the other

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Positano's Walking Trails | Cameron Wilson | Italy, Amalfi Coast, Positano

Positano epitomizes the Amalfi experience: its dark sand beach is overrun with visitors, its narrow streets clogged with tour buses. Yet the town’s setting is so absurdly picturesque

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The North Devon Coastal Path | Andrew Eames | United Kingdom, Devon and Cornwall, Devon

The cliffs look like shoulders of land who've rolled up their sleeves and plunged their arms deep into the water to rifle through the pockets of dead mariners lying below

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