Article · 18 Jun 2022
Hidden Roman sights along Hadrian’s Wall Path
While walking the Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail there are a few unusual treasures you may find still on the original spot - revealed here
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Article · 3 Apr 2021
10 new UK staycation ideas for walkers
The Lake District, Snowdonia, the Peak District, Cairngorms... which of these busy honeypot destinations are you dreaming of? If you have jaded memories of overcrowded hillsides (particularly during the brief summer of 2020), then these suggestions...
Feature · 4 Oct 2020
Fastpacking in the Cheviots: A baptism of fire (and rain)
When Cress Allwood was seeking a new challenge during lockdown, she called a friend, hoping she’d be up for an adventure. Having to resort to their Plan B, that adventure was...
Feature · 6 Sept 2020
The Pennine Way: is it really a slog through bog?
Having discovered the Pennine Way from a signpost pointing towards a desolate landscape and then being warned that the walk was a slog, Tarjei Næss Skrede set out on England’s...
Feature · 22 Mar 2020
The Yorkshire Three Peaks – with added challenge
Having taken on the Yorkshire Three Peaks, Cicerone sales rep James Benson found he was running out of light and time. At least he had his map… oh. Luckily, help was to hand.
Article · 31 Jul 2019
Hidden Gem – Nidderdale, a Yorkshire Dale often overlooked
Nidderdale – not necessarily the first name you would think of when visiting the Yorkshire Dales, and yet it is no less worthy than its better-known neighbours of Wharfedale and...
Feature · 16 Feb 2019
North York Moors – now available in purple
The North York Moors offer a huge variety of walks and landscapes to explore, most notably its famous purple heather moorland, as Paddy Dillon describes.
Feature · 1 Aug 2018
Five days on the Pennine Way: Completing the trail 63 years after beginning it
Tony Howard’s boyhood ambition to walk the Pennine Way was finally realised this summer when the good weather inspired him to finish what he’d started 63 years ago.
Article · 3 Mar 2017
An intro to... the Pennine Way, the UK's toughest National Trail
The Pennine Way celebrates 50 years on the 24th April 2015. Here, Paddy Dillon, author of the Cicerone guide, answers questions about this trail and what inspired him to write...
Article · 11 Jan 2017
Paddy Dillon's Dales Way Christmas
Paddy, one of Cicerone's most prolific authors, lives in Cumbria and was invited to a Christmas dinner at the foot of Ilkley Moor. He decided that walking to Ilkley along the Dales Way would be a great way to work up an appetite. Faced with a lousy...
Article · 29 Aug 2016
An intro to... The Cleveland Way
Have you ever wanted to walk the Cleveland Way? Here is a little run down of this walk around the North York Moors National Park, plus two other neighbouring long distance walks: the Yorkshire Wolds Way and the Tabular Hills Walk.
Article · 11 Jul 2016
An intro to... St Cuthbert's Way
Fancy following the footsteps of a saint? Well, you can walk like one at least with St Cuthbert's Way in Northumberland.
Article · 22 Jun 2016
Paddy finishes the Pennine Way
Paddy Dillon has been walking the Pennine Way in order to update his guidebook to the first National Trail. Here he gives us his general thoughts on his walk.
Article · 9 Jun 2016
Pennine Way Personalities
Paddy Dillon has been re-walking the Pennine Way in order to update his guidebook and meeting plenty of characters on the way.
Article · 2 Jun 2016
Five people you'll meet on the Pennine Way
Paddy Dillon is walking the Pennine Way in order to update his guidebook. Now that he has walked it several times it has become clear that there are several types of walkers that...