Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany
The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers
July 2024
Country diary
Country diary: Dragonflies zoom on an unusually sunny day
Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland
Other lives
Brian Thompson obituary
Three castles, three days, three writers in Wales’ border country
Readers' travel tips
‘Stunning lakes and majestic mountains’: readers’ tips from Europe
Country diary
Country diary: A family ritual, a familiar route
‘Walking away from the world in Scotland’: an easier way to plan long Highlands hikes
June 2024
Notebook
Following in the footsteps of David Nicholls’ characters turned out to be good for our soles
Rachel Cooke
The Great British Seaside
‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast
How I conquered the Isle of Man’s summit trails
Readers' travel tips
Bagging Munros, wild camping and mysterious lochs: readers’ favourite wilderness trips in Scotland
Wild west: a walk on Brittany’s rugged Crozon peninsula
Men should heed female hillwalkers’ safety concerns, says climbing expert
Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths
Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk
‘It’s very wild. I’ve seen wolves’: a hike through the forests and ghost villages of secret Galicia
Readers' travel tips
Readers’ favourite UK national parks: ‘Rain, sun or snow, there’s beauty everywhere’
Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam
Night-time is an intoxicating new land: how learning to love the dark eased my grief
