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Best feet forward

There are lots of different types of walk – as this special issue reveals. Some are walks to escape, to find perspective, to work through a problem, to tame inner demons, to keep physically fit. The very act of putting one foot in front of the other stimulates blood flow to the brain, regulates breathing and provides a calming, more open view of life – especially when surrounded by green space.

Walking in the country

Dividing the counties of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, the Malvern Hills ridge path offers gorgeous panoramic views and a sense of loftiness usually associated with higher peaks. From 27 May, Malvern Walking Festival celebrates this AONB with nine days of themed and guided walks, from stopping in at a brewery on a hop farm or finding the most majestic trees of the Malverns to exploring routes off the beaten track

Opinion: Nicola Chester

There are many underlined passages in my much-thumbed copy of Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford (1939). But perhaps only one, in that semi-autobiographical chronicle of rural working class life, that might have led to a career.

Between the Western Shores

This was just one of several welcome surprises that came my way on my 100-mile hike from Weston-super-Mare to Weymouth. You won’t find this coast-to coast walk on any map of south-west England because this is one I cooked up myself. With a lack of invention bordering on the heroic, I’m calling it the Wewey.