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Lake District is public's British favourite

Forget John Sergeant and Martina Navratilova. The public has spoken: and the winner is – the Lake District. Thousands of voters put the Cumbrian ...

23 November 2008

Walking website wins innovation award

A Scottish walking website received an award for innovation in the ‘tourism Oscars’. Walkhighlands was presented with the award at a ceremony i...

23 November 2008

Hot meals back on menu after Black Sail u-turn

Pressure from hungry walkers has forced a u-turn on plans to stop serving food at one of England’s best loved youth hostels.

21 November 2008

Durham Dales night races will test adventure all-rounders

Two night races will be an innovation in a new adventure event scheduled for next spring. The iROC meeting will take place in the Durham Dales and ...

17 November 2008

Lords change to Planning Bill will safeguard commons

Pressure from campaigners has forced a Government u-turn on a new law which put common land at risk. Provisions in the Planning Bill going through ...

17 November 2008

Kendal gears up to welcome world's top mountain names

Its previous claims to fame were that it was the home of the sickly sweet mint cake that fuelled many a mountain ascent and that it was where the Grumpy Old Fellwalker chose to lay his flat cap and create his masterpieces of Lakeland literature.

13 November 2008

All I want for Christmas is a new footpath...

Loath as we are to mention the C-word so early – we hate the ads for hideous sofas and jingle-bells jollity just as much as anyone in the midst of dark, miserable November – we have come across a festive gift for the fellwalker who has everything.

12 November 2008

Injured walker stretchered from Lakeland mountain

A man had to be rescued from a Lake District Peak today after injuring his leg in a fall. The 39-year-old, from Bristol, slipped while coming down ...

09 November 2008

Government pull-out threatens Snowdonia Sherpa buses

A project to encourage walkers and mountaineers on to public transport has been thrown into doubt by the sudden withdrawal of funding.

08 November 2008

Stirling work earns doctorate for Ramblers' Scots president

The Ramblers’ Association’s Scottish president was awarded an honorary doctorate this week. Dennis Canavan, a former MP and MSP, received his d...

23 November 2008

Douglas Scott, mountaineer and photographer, dies

The last survivor of the 1950 Scottish Himalayan Expedition has died. Douglas Scott, a renowned photographer and broadcaster, was one of four who s...

23 November 2008

Entries open for Lowe Alpine Marathon

Competitors in next year’s Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon may find the going a little easier after organisers decided to change the event’s courses.

19 November 2008

Recycling award winners map out future building blocks

Useful things, maps: route planning; navigating through the hills; sitting on to have your picnic; building houses.

17 November 2008

Walkers warned after death of Dales dormouse

Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales have been asked to be on their guard after a baby dormouse was recently crushed to death.

13 November 2008

Nevis cairns: job done, now leave Ben in peace, pleads trust

Walkers on the summit of Britain’s highest mountain are being asked not to build any more cairns on it.

13 November 2008

Highland cable-car firm fined for accident that left five injured

The operators of the cable cars that hoist thousands of mountaineers up Scotland’s ninth-highest mountain were fined £2,000 after an accident which left five people injured.

11 November 2008

DVD launch brings historic commons into focus

Tomorrow will see the launch of a 21st century initiative to protect ancient open land which is under threat.

09 November 2008

Mountaineers will remember the fallen this weekend

The annual Remembrance Day service on Great Gable will take place this Sunday. The summit of the 899m (2,949 ft) Cumbrian fell is the location of a...

05 November 2008

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