If you love mountains but aren’t a mountaineer, if you love exposure but can’t do the technical safety side of rock climbing then the via ferrata of the Dolomites will probably come as a blinding revelation. They did to me. Wires attached to the mountains, tracing the most incredible rock-climb-style routes up cliffs, across chasms and even with the odd rickety rope bridge thrown in, yet accessible to anyone with a head for heights, a rock climbing harness and a special via ferrata kit (about £60)? Words can’t express how good news this is.