A couple of years ago Mark Reid, the author of Walks Around Skipton, hit on the bright idea of producing a book featuring a series of walking weekends in the Yorkshire Dales, staying at a country pub on the Friday, enjoying a good, long walk on the Saturday, relaxing back at the pub in the evening, and taking a shorter walk on the Sunday before heading for home.

It's an arrangement that neatly combines two British enthusiasms: for weekend breaks and walking. At the same time it helps the rural economy and adds very little to the carbon footprint.

Now he's applied the same winning formula to the Peak District in a book that features 24 circular walks from a dozen villages, each with a recommended pub or pubs (the author, writer of The Inn Way series of books, is as big an authority on pubs as he is on walking).

There's lots of information about the area through which each walk passes, including points of interest, pubs and accommodation. The maps and directions are extremely helpful in a sturdy volume attractively printed on glossy paper.

Says Mark Reid: "What makes the Peak District so special is the varied and contrasting landscape within such a compact area. Broadly defined by its underlying rocks, the district is divided into the Dark and White Peak.

"The White Peak forms the central and southern part of the Peak District and is characterised by a high limestone plateau that is criss-crossed by a myriad of drystone walls where you will find attractive villages and cosy pubs. This plateau is dissected by incredibly deep and steep-sided valleys cloaked in ancient woodland through which flow crystal-clear streams. The Dark Peak surrounds this limestone plateau to the west, north and east and is a world of broad valleys, jagged escarpments and windswept moorland that has a wild, untamed feel about it. Bring these two together in close proximity and you have some of the best walking country in the world."

As someone who discovered the delights of the Peak District about five years ago, I wouldn't argue with that.

l Walking Weekends: Peak District, by Mark Reid, is published by InnWay Publications, of Harrogate, at £8.95.