Sunday 11 April 2021
The UK’s long-distance trails are a diverse bunch of characters – some snaking along beside rivers, others skirting Atlantic shores, one or two striding heroically across the glens of Scotland, a few pottering sedately through the downland of southern England. Wherever you may be hiking, there is no sight more welcome than a country pub at the end of a day on the trail: a place in which to unlace your boots, refill your stomach and feel the redemption of a warm shower and a soft bed. The following walking holidays offer ways to combine a hefty march with some of the country’s best hotels, pubs and restaurants with rooms – just remember to pack a clean set of clothes for dinner.