The South Downs NPA has recently launched a free guide to 12 car-free sections of the South Downs Way. A pdf with routes and travel information is available to download from their website, and printed versions are available by post or at Tourist Information centres. Much of the initial planning for Car Free Walks was done in the hills . . .

To celebrate the news that the Dales and the Lakes have both got a little bigger, why not revisit our trip to the Howgills? Now part of a National Park, but of course it was just as splendid (if a little wet) back then.

Over recent months we have had a host of great walks added to the site. Regular contributor Mac Hawk has been diligently submitting a wide range of routes from the Settle–Carlisle line in the north of England, such as this one to Great Shunner Fell, as well as classics like this route up Whernside.