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10 great British walking trails where you won’t see another soul Kevin Rushby © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Izel Photography/Alamy In a densely populated country like Britain, finding somewhere to walk alone is never straightforward, but there are places that rarely see humans, and footpaths that have no footprints, often surprisingly close to towns and villages. There is nothing quite like passing an entire day of walking without seeing a single soul, never being called upon to utter greetings. When mental health is in the spotlight and the dangers of isolation ...

It’s important to study the map and choose a route carefully. Avoid any suggestion of cafes and pubs. There is a good reason why Snowdon is Britain’s busiest mountain walk: you can get a coffee at the top (it also has a railway, which takes a lot of the strain out of the actual walking element, too). Also to be avoided are routes passing near campsites and caravan parks, plus anywhere with that blood-sucking shadow, an Instagram presence. Bad weather, of course, is a great deterrent. Britain has hundreds of named long-distance footpaths, of which only a handful are well known (the L...

Features Ed Blog: The Glorious Peak District By It’s incredible to think how limited the public’s access to land was a hundred years ago. Landowners possessed large parcels of the countryside, offering no welcome to those seeking escape from the growing urban areas of our country. If you wanted a break from the hubbub, you couldn’t simply go for a walk. Many of the high and wild areas were reserved as shooting estates for the well-to-do. It was an event in the Peak District back in 1932 which helped the push for access rights. Protestors arranged a “mass trespass” on Kinder Scout, ...

Ludlow, Shropshire As one of the country’s celebrated foodie hubs, Ludlow will become a battle zone for outdoor table slots now that lockdown has relaxed. In a region famed for its wealth of local produce though, even low-key venues pack a flavour into every dish. Opt for takeaway salad boxes or cook-at-home three-course-meal kits from The Green Cafe, grab a box of nibbles go from Cicchetti Bar Ludlow or fine fare from Harp Lane Deli, where ingredients such as Amalfi lemons, n’duja and cognac are used as commonly as salt and butter by most of us. Along with the medieval streets of b...

Best gear for APOY Landscapes round: medium format film or digital? April 17, 2021 Entering the Landscapes round of APOY will be hugely stimulating and we can’t wait to see the entries. After all, there are almost as many ways to shoot landscapes as there are landscapes themselves, and there is certainly no ‘one size fits all’ approach. It is the same with your choice of camera – some photographers still steer more towards medium format film cameras for landscape work rather than digital gear, for example. A good example is Tom Illsley (@tomillsley), a medium-format film photographer,...