I came across a list of mountains called the Dales 30, which were all over 2,000ft and all located within the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. (They also have drops of 99ft in each direction). Just to explain that Jonathan Smith chose the 2,000ft criteria as its pretty much the difference between a mountain and a hill.

With dry January starting and the need to rid myself of a stone in weight I had managed to put on over Christmas, my wife and I decided a...