Puff your way up 530 steps to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral for a heavenly view of London, p141.

Let the train take the strain while you admire the views on the Ffestiniog Railway, p730.

Get your Gaelic up to scratch with a course on the Isle of Skye, p900.

Tube ride a Cornish wave in Newquay, a the capital of English surfing, p331.

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