Walking Weekends

Country Walking (Jan) list 52 Walking Weekends. They combine great walks with the optimum time of year to do them, so you'll see the views and the local countryside at its stunning finest. Here are three great walks for February:

1. Scale the highest point.. in Lincolnshire! Explore "Tennyson Country" for the weekend.

2. A wild and sexy walk for Valentine's Day at Men-an-Tol, in south-west Cornwall, an ancient fertility site.

3. Look out for fabulous displays of snowdrops - the first signs that winter is losing its grip on the countryside. Try Hopton Hall in the Peak District or Hodsock Priory near Blyth in Nottinghamshire.

Save the World

February's Wanderlust Magazine features: How your travels can help preserve our planet! If you want to feel like a hero and do your bit for saving the world it is a really good read. Alex Robinson takes up the challenge of traveling to Cost Rica's bountiful rainforests - the question is can he travel there with a clean conscience? The rainforests depend on visitors for survival - but they are also a carbon-heavy 8,700km flight from the UK.