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Roasts and Rambles

If you’re looking for new walking inspiration, Visit Herefordshire has launched a special guide called Roasts and Rambles, featuring ten circular walks with at least one great pub to refuel with a roast along the way.

The list includes options for vegetarians, including root roasts and vegan desserts, while some offer local ales and cider, as well as rooms for after lockdown restrictions lift.

The routes range from four to eight miles, with the majority around five miles long; choose between looking out to the Black Mountains, wandering along the River Wye, heading into the Malvern Hills, or discovering Arthur’s Cave after a walk through woodland.

Stargazing in Scotland

While the dark nights last, make the most of them by learning to stargaze with a new guide created by Visit Scotland. Aimed at families, A Stargazer’s Guide to Scotland’s Dark Skies includes guides, videos, activities and quizzes to check your knowledge.

Scotland itself is home to several great stargazing spots, if you’re planning to pack your telescope later in the year. Galloway Forest Park was the UK’s first Dark Sky Park, where you can spot over 7,000 stars by night, or Tomintoul and Glenlivet in the Cairngorms is the most northerly Dark Sky Park in the world.

Venture off the mainland to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and you could also discover one of Scotland’s earliest astronomical observatories, the Calanais Standing Stones, while Shetland and Orkney are great if you’re hoping to see the Northern Lights.

Download the guide here

 

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