10 TOP
EUROPEAN HIKES
by: ANDREA KIRKBY
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urope is full of great landscapes, and there’s no better way to experience its variety of natural attractions than to hike some of the long distance paths that stitch the continent together. Hikers will always debate which are the greatest hikes, of course, but these ten routes are classics and ideal for fall weather trekking.
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ENGLAND/SCOTLAND Pennine Way starts just outside the busy
industrial city of Sheffield, but within a few miles it’s crossing bleak wild peat moors and striding gritstone cliffs. The route follows the watershed up the backbone of England, finally crossing Hadrian’s wall and the border into Scotland and the Cheviot hills.
267 mi l e s (430 km )
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