Walking holidays

Going on a walking holiday gives you time to explore the scenery, breathe the air, meet local people and keep fit.

Robert Macfarlane on the Broomway - credit David Quentin.

Chalk path on the North Downs - credit Bram Arnold.

Double chalk path, South Downs - Credit Robert Macfarlane

Route of Neolithic path in Cambridgeshire, now expressed as a dip in the flower-seeding of a buttercup meadow - Credit: Robert Macfarlane

Sula Sgeir, the gannet-rock, 40 miles out into the North Atlantic - Credit: Robert Macfarlane

Minya Konka seen through prayer banners from the monastery on the route of the kora that circles the massif - Credit: Robert Macfarlane

Walking the West Bank on a wadi path with Raja Shehadeh - Credit Robert Macfarlane

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