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What: an eye-widening Panorama of the lake districtWhere: helvellyn, cumbriaWhy: sPring weather means bigger views

your first high-level walk in spring can be like taking off blinkers. longer days and better weather mean you can hike further and climb higher, and swap the cosy valley views of winter for vast hilltop vistas like this one. helvellyn is england’s third highest peak, part of a nine-mile range which cuts north-south through the central lake district and offers the perfect platform for all-day views. gawp east to high raise, high street and ullswater; gaze west for sunset over layered fells to the craggy skyline of scafell Pike and great gable.Map: ordnance survey explorer ol5

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What: an eye-widening Panorama of the lake districtWhere: helvellyn, cumbriaWhy: sPring weather means bigger views

your first high-level walk in spring can be like taking off blinkers. longer days and better weather mean you can hike further and climb higher, and swap the cosy valley views of winter for vast hilltop vistas like this one. helvellyn is england’s third highest peak, part of a nine-mile range which cuts north-south through the central lake district and offers the perfect platform for all-day views. gawp east to high raise, high street and ullswater; gaze west for sunset over layered fells to the craggy skyline of scafell Pike and great gable.Map: ordnance survey explorer ol5

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Is food on a hike simply fuel, just calories to power you from valley to view? Or can the right grub

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Andy admires the view north from the Cotswolds. Jenny dreams of dinner.

Words: Jenny Walters Photos: Tom Bailey