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Chris Alden and Paddy Allen offer you a click-through guide to the best walks in the world. </div> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/walks/0,,2085694,00.html" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Guardian guide to UK walks}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Guardian guide to UK walks</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/walks/0,,2085694,00.html" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Guardian guide to UK walks}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Walking boots" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2007/05/01/Boots140.jpg" width="140" height="84" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> Find a walk for every taste, from lazy strolls to Sunday-lunch pubs, as well as scrambles to some of the UK's toughest summits </div> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/04/walking-holidays-uk" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Footloose and free}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Footloose and free</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/04/walking-holidays-uk" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Footloose and free}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Cadair Idris, Snowdonia, North West Wales" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2009/4/2/1238681968707/Cadair-Idris-Snowdonia-No-003.jpg" width="140" height="84" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> Wander the countryside and you'll find natural wonders you never knew existed, says <strong>Charlie Connelly</strong>, who roamed the UK for three years </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/06/walkingholidays.scotland" name="&lid={sublinks}{Scotlands 10 best walks}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text" rel="nofollow"> A Highland chief's top 10 walks</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="normal last"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/02/top10.walkingholidays" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Britians top 10 coastal walks}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Britain's top 10 coastal walks</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/02/top10.walkingholidays" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Britians top 10 coastal walks}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Dunstanburgh castle, Northumberland, UK" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2007/05/01/DunstanburghCastle_Corbis140.jpg" width="140" height="84" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> From windy clifftop scrambles to seaside strolls, <strong>Martin Wainwright's</strong> coastal walks all have one thing in common, a healthy dose of sea air. </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011406/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/02/walkingholidays.uk" name="&lid={sublinks}{Seacliffs to shingle: Coast to Coast walk}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text" rel="nofollow"> Extract: Coast to Coast Walk, by Martin Wainwright</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/pluck-on.css'); 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