Hiking around Britain Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

According to studies walking just 10,000 steps a day can decrease incidents of major diseases and illnesses. It can also help mental health and release endorphins into the brain to make you feel good.

Answer: a navigation aid, waterproofs and some food/drink

It's a good idea to take as a minimum a map or GPS (it's very easy to get lost, especially if the weather changes, it's also a good idea to know how to use it!), waterproofs (as you get cold very quickly if you get wet - even in the summer) and some food (it keeps your energy up and if you do get lost then you could be out for a lot longer than expected).
All the other stuff you can take with you but should be seen as optional extras.

Answer: The Ridgeway

The 87 mile long trail follows the line of an ancient trackway across the crest of a chalk ridge. It has been described as Britain's oldest road and passes countless prehistoric burial mounds, the stone circles at Avebury, the Uffington White Horse and several iron age hill forts.

Answer: Munros

Peakbagging involves climbing every hill in a certain set. For example all the mountains above 3,000 feet in Scotland would be a Munro Bagger. If you aimed to climb all of the lake district hills mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's guide books you would be a Wainwright Bagger, etc. Other groups could be all the county high points, the Welsh 3,000 footers, there are loads of possibilities.

Answer: An acorn

Britain's 14 National Trails have a combined length of around 4,000 miles. In Scotland, they have 4 Long Distance Routes, the symbol for which is a thistle in a hexagon.

Answer: He should give way to you

It is perfectly legal to cycle on a bridleway, however, cyclists should give way to other users. As the name suggests, bridleways can also be used by horse riders.

Footpaths are purely for pedestrians.

Answer: The Ordnance Survey

The ordnance survey got its name from the fact that it was originally set up to provide accurate maps of the country during the Napoleonic Wars when the government was worried about the possibility of a French invasion of Britain. The first map produced was of Kent in 1801.

Answer: Kendal

Kendal mint cake is made from sugar, water and peppermint oil (sometimes it is covered in chocolate). It is standard kit in the Irish Defense Force's 24 hour ration kit and was taken on expeditions by Edmund Hillary and Ernest Shackleton. The general public seem to think of it as being inextricably linked to walkers and hikers although personally I can't stand it (sorry Kendal Mint cake but you are just too sugary for me).

Answer: a church with neither steeple nor tower

Maps are works of art and I could look at them for hours (I do and I know I am very sad). Anyway, by looking at detailed maps before you set out and during the walk you can get a very good idea of the lie of the land; contour lines show the shape and steepness of hills, symbols show buildings, rivers, roads, etc. Among the most useful of the symbols are ones for churches. If you are sat on top of a hill and can see several villages one of the best ways of working out which is which is from the amount and type of churches. Churches with steeples have a different symbol from those with towers and so can be identified easily.

Answer: Land's End to John O' Groats

Land's End to John O' Groats is a traditional charity walk. The distance covered is around 1,200 miles. John O' Groats is usually cited as being the most northernly tip of Scotland (although Dunnet Head is actually the most northernly point about 2 miles further on), Land's End is thought to be the most southwesterly point of the British mainland.