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This special issue focuses on the thousands of dedicated Ramblers volunteers. We meet six volunteers who have been helping to promote walking, the Ramblers and our campaigns; we ask three walk leaders to share their top tips on leading group walks and we share findings from the latest volunteer survey. For a taste of adventure, we go island-hopping along the 251km/156-mile Hebridean Way; discover a Woodspring Ramblers volunteer’s insider tips to walking in North Somerset and take a Big Walk along the 217km/135-mile Glyndŵr's Way National Trail in mid-Wales. 

We celebrate our coasts with a look at the England Coast Path’s progress; 10 inspiring lighthouse walks; plus an interview with around-Britain walker and photographer Quintin Lake. Five years on from the EU referendum, we examine how changes in legislation will affect walkers. We follow the 625-mile Monarch’s Way; discover five unmissable locations in the French Alps and check in with broadcaster and Ramblers president Stuart Maconie. Our experts test warm weather walking kit, there’s a wild swimming Masterclass and insider’s tips for visiting the wildlife-rich Lincolnshire Coast. 

After a challenging winter, this issue celebrates the arrival of spring with 10 seasonal wildlife walks across Great Britain and a look at the Japanese stress-boosting practice of shinrin-yoku – or forest bathing. Get a travel fix with our selection of virtual walking tours or, closer to home, the Big Walk follows the progress of the 186-mile Greater Manchester Ringway. Catch up on the Ramblers’ plans to expand green walking networks and celebrate the role of desire lines or free-will ways. Insightful interviews with campaigner-author Guy Shrubsole and singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews round-off the issue. 

We head for the hills in this issue and celebrate the hills and mountains of Great Britain. Follow the Welsh 3,000s, a challenging classic route over all 15 of Snowdonia’s highest peaks, and receive a lesson in hill classifications in Ten Places. In Spain, a new Lord of the Rings themed pilgrim trail offers a delightful adventure into the Sierra Norte mountains above Madrid. Solo walker, bivvy-bagger and pack-rafter Hazel Strachan shares her experiences of bagging all 282 Scottish Munros ten times; Louis Rudd MBE talks about surviving a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica on foot and funny man Dom Joly reveals how seriously he takes his walking.