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Four lists of twenty-two.

Some Saturdays all you want is a well-shaped list. Here are four, each already the right length, with no calls-to-action at the end. Pick one. Walk it, drink it, read it, cross it.

Walks

22 overlooked British hills

  1. Mam Tor, Derbyshire
  2. Stiperstones, Shropshire
  3. The Cheviot, Northumberland
  4. Helvellyn's Striding Edge, Cumbria
  5. Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacons
  6. Moel Siabod, Snowdonia
  7. Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh
  8. Roseberry Topping, North Yorkshire
  9. Glyder Fach, Snowdonia
  10. Ben A'an, Trossachs
  11. Fan y Big, Brecon
  12. Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales
  13. Cadair Idris, Snowdonia
  14. The Wrekin, Shropshire
  15. Win Hill, Derbyshire
  16. Ullock Pike, Lake District
  17. Goatfell, Arran
  18. Mount Caburn, East Sussex
  19. Suilven, Assynt
  20. Binsey, Cumbria
  21. The Malverns (any one)
  22. Tinto, South Lanarkshire

Drinks

22 quietly-brilliant British pubs

  1. The Harp, Covent Garden
  2. The Pelt Trader, Cannon Street
  3. The Cock Tavern, Euston
  4. The Cardinal, Victoria
  5. The Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington
  6. The Bell, Aldworth
  7. The Star, Alfriston
  8. The Bull, Highgate
  9. The Church House Inn, Holne
  10. The Anchor, Walberswick
  11. The Marble Arch, Manchester
  12. The Bridge Inn, Topsham
  13. The Duke William, Ickham
  14. The Nags Head, Belgravia
  15. The Royal Oak, Borough
  16. The Grove, Huddersfield
  17. The Kings Arms, Shouldham
  18. The Bhurtpore, Aston
  19. The Junction Tavern, Kentish Town
  20. The Blue Bell, Hedon
  21. The Old Ship, Seaford
  22. The Dove, Hammersmith

Structures

22 bridges worth an afternoon

  1. Clifton Suspension, Bristol
  2. Forth Rail, Queensferry
  3. Iron Bridge, Shropshire
  4. Humber Bridge, Hull
  5. Tower Bridge, London
  6. Millennium Bridge, Gateshead
  7. High Level Bridge, Newcastle
  8. Menai Suspension, Anglesey
  9. Tay Rail Bridge, Dundee
  10. Severn Bridge, Beachley
  11. Peakirk Bridge, Cambridgeshire
  12. The Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge
  13. Pultney Bridge, Bath
  14. Conwy Suspension Bridge, Conwy
  15. Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire
  16. Brunel's Royal Albert, Saltash
  17. Lune Aqueduct, Lancaster
  18. Skye Bridge, Inverness-shire
  19. Dartford Crossing, Kent/Essex
  20. The Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge
  21. The Transporter, Middlesbrough
  22. Thames Footbridge, Shepperton

Books

22 short British novels to re-read

  1. A Month in the Country — J.L. Carr
  2. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont — Elizabeth Taylor
  3. The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro
  4. Sylvia's Lovers — Elizabeth Gaskell (short? ambitious)
  5. Animal Farm — George Orwell
  6. The Go-Between — L.P. Hartley
  7. Waterland — Graham Swift
  8. Greenvoe — George Mackay Brown
  9. A Scots Quair — Lewis Grassic Gibbon
  10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie — Muriel Spark
  11. Loving — Henry Green
  12. Offshore — Penelope Fitzgerald
  13. The Bookshop — Penelope Fitzgerald
  14. The Uncommon Reader — Alan Bennett
  15. A Pale View of Hills — Kazuo Ishiguro
  16. The Old Devils — Kingsley Amis
  17. Black Dogs — Ian McEwan
  18. The Sea, The Sea — Iris Murdoch (if you allow length)
  19. Troubles — J.G. Farrell
  20. The Siege of Krishnapur — J.G. Farrell
  21. Excellent Women — Barbara Pym
  22. Mr Norris Changes Trains — Christopher Isherwood

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