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We're heading towards peak fungi season. These strange life forms can be tasty, deadly, beautiful, hideous, microscopic, enormous, and can even smell like death. And if it wasn't for mushrooms, none of us would be here: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/th…

Ever thought of getting away from everything and going to live as a hermit on a mountain somewhere? That's what artist George Smith did in 1863. His story is extraordinary, as well as sad: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/in… @KeswickMuseum

How to stay connected with your true love in the 1700s when you live three miles apart (and you have a fair bit of cash)? ... Build a folly, of course... one that's visible from both your homes. Behold Wilder's Folly in Berkshire, and this lovely walk: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/wa…

Looking for a family walk this summer hols that involves a beach, a famous bridge, mountain views, a ferry journey and a ride on a light railway? Try this one on the west coast of Wales: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/wa… Photo: Nigel Vile Fairbourne Railway

Do your knees buckle at the thought of the Buachaille? Try Buachaille Etive Mor's smaller sibling, Buachaille Etive Beag. See all of Glen Coe's big hitters, and climb two Munros, without the really scary bits: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/wa… Photo: Alex Foxfield

You might think the modern day Olympics started life in Athens. But you actually have to head to the hills of Shropshire to discover where the starting pistol was really fired: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/le… Visit Shropshire

Ben Nevis wins gold, Ben Macdui wins silver. Our less well-known bronze medallist – Britain's third highest mountain – is Braeriach in the Cairngorms. It's a tough one to reach, but it'll be one of the most epic walks you do this year: countrywalking.co.uk/read/jul-24/wa… Photo: David Marsh

Where's the most remote spot on the British mainland? Country Walking's Tom Bailey didn't just visit... he spent the night there: countrywalking.co.uk/read/sep-24/in…

He bit his guests, leapt onto caimans and created the world's first bird sanctuary. Behold the curious story of Charles Waterton: countrywalking.co.uk/read/sep-24/ch…

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Where do you go for your fix of greenery? In our October issue we head to the Wyre Forest, one of the largest green havens in Britain. Photos: Tom Bailey

Harmony, confidence, sadness, infinity, cold, calm... what does the colour blue in nature represent to you? Photos: Tom Bailey

Did you know, leaves don't turn orange, yellow and gold in autumn? Those colours are already there, but are otherwise masked by the dominant green of chlorophyll. So when someone talks about leaves turning orange, you now have a smug response in waiting. Photo: Tom Bailey

Is there anything more sinister than this benign-looking stretch of river in North Yorkshire? Here, the River Wharfe suddenly narrows and deepens, with water plunging into an unseen chasm. If you fall in, you tend not to climb out again countrywalking.co.uk/read/whats-the…

What's the most underrated walking destination in Britain? Country Walking's Tom Bailey reckons it might be the Rhinns of Kells in the Galloway Forest. Never heard of it? Perhaps you should give it a try... countrywalking.co.uk/read/nov-24/wh…

Where's this? Central Europe perhaps? It's actually Knighton, on the border between England and Wales, and it's one of Britain's finest walking towns, with several long-distance trails running through it. We spend a weekend there in our December issue. Photo: Simon Whaley

Great landscapes are timeless. You can stand near the shore of Snowdonia's Llyn Nantlle Uchaf today and see an almost identical view to the one Richard Wilson saw in 1766 when he painted this masterpiece. We visit this very spot in our December issue.

You don't usually see pictures of it from this angle, but this is Worms Head - a headland that just keeps going, snaking west from the Gower Peninsula for 2km. This is looking back towards the mainland. Photo: Tom Bailey

High Cup Nick offers one of the grandest windows into our glacial past. Situated in the Northern Pennines along the Pennine Way, you can head there yourself from the Cumbrian villages of Dufton or Murton explore.osmaps.com/route/9787335 Photo: Tom Bailey

Delighted to welcome Professor John Tregoning as our Guest Columnist this issue. He’s tried every alleged life-extending activity and diet known to science for his new book Live Forever? and guess which simple idea comes out on top? Yep. (But the journey to that conclusion is brilliant) 😉