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No snow for Snowdon by 2020

Welsh scientists are warning that the principality’s highest mountain will be snow-free in 13 year’s time.There has been less snow this winter since recording began 14 years ago.

Warm winter hits Blacks' sales

Outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Blacks Leisure is suffering in the warm climate.The company, which trades under the Blacks, Millets, O’Neill, Free Spirit and Mambo names, issued a profit warning after warmer weather hit its sales.The company reported a 6% drop in sales in the pre-Christmas period, which led to an immediate drop in its share price of 8%.

How to get cows down from trees

grough likes to think we’ve a reasonable knowledge of what goes on in the outdoors world. We know that birds fly, sheep baa, ramblers grumble.So...

Research project for mountain rescue devices

There’s a three-year, PhD studentship up for grabs for one outdoors minded academic who wants to conduct research into mountain rescue techniques.The University of Aberdeen’s Inverness outpost is offering the chance to study the value of what it calls ‘miniaturised physiological monitoring devices’.The successful applicant will need an interest in the outdoors and the mountain environment and a degree at first or 2:1 level.

Blackburn hillwalk will mark Wainwright centenary

The centenary dinner may have been cancelled due to lack of interest, but there’s a more appropriate way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Grumpy Old Fellwalker.Blackburn with Darwen Council has arranged a six-mile walk to mark Alfred Wainwright’s birth centenary.

Mountain tops bask in sunshine

While the recent weather may have brought misery to thousands of would-be air travellers, stay-at-home mountaineers have had the bonus of some spectacular temperature inversions to wonder at.grough reader Bob Schofield sent this picture of a crowded Pavey Ark in Great Langdale in the Lake District, taken yesterday afternoon.Normally, air temperature lowers by about 3 degrees Celsius for every 300m ascended – the lapse rate – hence the familiar chill on mountain tops.

New podcast to guide Ribblehead visitors

It seems the next essential gadget for all hillwalkers will be an MP3 player.The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) is the latest to adopt podcasts to guide visitors to the outdoors to its attractions.Ribblehead viaduct and Batty Moss (above right) : the audio guide will help visitors to the areaThe authority has produced a nine-minute long audio tour which can be downloaded and then taken on your personal MP3 player on the route of the walk, which takes the visitor round the environs of Ribblehead.The area is a site with lots of historic interest, from its time as a shanty town during the construction of the viaduct carrying the Settle and Carlisle Railway.

UN commander's TV bid to resolve Dartmoor conflict

He has worked in Bosnia and Northern Ireland, tackling some of the most difficult situations in the world.