On the right is a series of links to commentary on my favourite walks. Some are recent but others older. I'd be glad to hear from anyone who has experienced any of these or can recommend some better ones I've not done.
For any reader who has not experienced the joys of backpacking in the British mountains its important to realise that this is not 'mountain walking' (except in Scotland) in the sense that an American might expect a week in the Rockies to be, but a more gentle exercise where you are no more than a couple of hours away from a village. If you go to Scotland walking however, forget the preceding advice as the weather and terrain demands much more respect than English or Welsh uplands.
The terrain may be harsh - either maddeningly boggy where progress is only made by leaping from tussock to tussock (the North York Moors, Dartmoor and most of the Pennines can fall into this category) or craggy and steep like much of the Lake District National Park ; but there is always a pub at the end of each day if you want there to be, and if you don't there is always the possibility as you pitch your tent for the night that you might just convince yourself that you really are out in the middle of nowhere.
Walking in the countryside really is one of the best past-times the British Isles holds; in my opinion the beauty of Sca Fell Pike and the Mickledor (pictured left) on a clear cold Autumn day really, really takes some beating.