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1. You are on a high mountain peak, looking east. Below you, you can see two knife-edged ridges which nevertheless have paths on them and a small lake called Red Tarn. What is the mountain called?
2. You have just climbed up from Eastbourne, and are looking down from a high cliff to a red and white striped lighthouse on rocks just a few yards offshore. What is the name of this eminence, which sadly often attracts suicides?
3. Walking near Eastbourne, carved into the South Downs, you might see a great chalk figure, known as "The Long Man of..."?
4. You are walking down a dale in Derbyshire. You pass Lion Rock, Reynard's Cave, Tissington Spires and Lover's Leap. What is the dale called?
5. Salisbury Plain is a great expanse of little-walked land in Wiltshire. Which of the following are you NOT likely to see on it?
6. Another mountain-top view. This time, you can see a number of paths, including the Watkin path, PYG track and Ranger path. What summit are you on?
7. You are on an island with many romantic, historical associations. You are in a region known as the Quiraing, where you see such rock formations as the Pinnacle, the Table and the Old Man of Storr. What is the island?
8. You set off from Edale in Derbyshire. A while (!) later, you are drinking a well-earned half in a pub in Kirk Yetholm. What famous long-distance footpath have you just completed?
9. What 100-mile footpath skirts three sides of the North York Moors National Park?
10. In one strenuous day's walking, you pass Loch Morlich, climb the second and sixth highest mountains in Britain, and descend past an under-construction funicular railway. What area or range of hills are you in?
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