The Great Outdoors

Scafell Pike Lake District ENGLAND

Emily Woodhouse takes a long – and more interesting – route up England’s highest mountain

O YOU WANT to go up Scafell Pike to stand on the highest point in England, but you want to make a day of it on a full mountain outing that takes in more of the Lake District’s beautiful fells. You’re not scared of doubling the amount of distance you must walk uphill to get there – in fact, that

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