After having a baby in 1997 I got fed up of being stuck with walking on tarmac once my baby graduated from a backpack, so I decided to write Walks in North Wales With a Pushchair, having previously written two books of walks with a friend. This was the first book of its kind, though there are hundreds of them now.

Every walk was tried out in all weathers and seasons. I use a typical lightweight pushchair - you don't have to be a serious walker with an all-terrain buggy. The book covers walks from Anglesey to Dolgellau, but there's a cluster round the Betws-y-Coed, Trefriw, Dolwyddelan and Llanrwst area.

There's one short, gentle walk in Betws which I call the two rivers walk. You start at the Tourism Information Centre and follow the Lligwy down stream until it meets the Conwy, then follow that river back up to old St Michael's church.

There's also a lakes and forest walk. The circuit begins and ends at Nant Bwlch yr Haearn, passing Llyn Sarnau and Llyn Parc.

On the whole, the footpaths in the forest are too muddy and rocky for pushchairs, so I stick to the tracks. But be careful, as some are stony, very bumpy and not really suitable. It's not just a case of taking a map and striking out on a track - I did a lot of trailing round the forest to find out which are OK for pushchairs.

We had a great time trying these out, though I got on some footpaths and tracks which weren't passable and I had to carry my baby in one arm and the pushchair in another.

After a huge amount of research, I found 22 walks, although I'm sure there are more. I list them as easy, moderate and intrepid - one takes you up Moel Famau and another round Llyn Brenig. You need to be fairly fit to do these, although I'm not a supermum, just an ordinary one that likes walking.

You just need to be sensible, wear the right clothes and have a waterproof cover for the pram to keep your baby dry and out of the wind - you're keeping warm whilst walking but the child isn't.

My son loves it. We've been collectors of things on the way and I always point interesting things out and now he's keen on walking because we've made it interesting from birth.

At the beginning of each walk I put an honest description of its difficulty, including the distance, total ascent, what the surface is like, whether you have to pull rather than push the chair in certain places and whether there are any stiles or kissing gates for which you'll need two people to carry the pushchair. It's always better to be honest than optimistic.

Contact Hilary at hilarybooks@aol.com or call 01690 710741 for a copy of the book.