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New maps issued for Scottish Explorers

The Ordnance Survey (OS) has issued updated Explorer maps for two areas of Scotland.The 1:25,000-scale maps cover Stranraer, Kirkcudbright, Castle Douglas and Dumfries and a further area in the East including Edinburgh, Dunbar, North Berwick and the Lammermuir Hills.Maps come off the Ordnance Survey's printing press (left)22 maps have been revised and are on sale at £7.49 for unlaminated versions, at the usual outlets as well as from the OS website. .

Season's greetings! Now get your boots on

It’s September, and with our local supermarket stocking up on Christmas crackers and New Berry Fruits, grough’s thoughts turn to the season of goodwill, fairy lights and the smell of dropped pine needles that cover our grough living room.Well, they do now that the National Trust has released details of its Christmas guided walks.

Record numbers see Dales celebrity family

More than 28,000 people were able to observe the Yorkshire Dales’ most famous family this summer.The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just reported that 3,500 schoolchildren were among the record-breaking number of people who took advantage of the project set up to view a pair of breeding peregrine falcons at Malham Cove, the sweeping 80-metre-high limestone crag that has been home to the raptors for the last few years.Peregrine falcon Clint (left) in flight.

Arrested men 'linked to Lake District terror camps'

Some of the men arrested last Friday in an anti-terrorist operation are believed to have taken part in training camps in the Lake District.The Guardian newspaper reports that the group had been under surveillance at the unnamed site in Cumbria by officers from the anti-terrorist branch of Scotland Yard and MI5.There are many remote areas of the Lake District suitable for training camps.

Wainwright followers want trail recognition

Diehard devotees of the prototype Grumpy Old Man are to launch a campaign for official recognition of one of his legacies to the outdoor world.Alfred Wainwright's illustrated guides to the Lakeland fells are some of the best read pieces of outdoor literature – idiosyncratic, opinionated and compelling.

Yorkshire Dales travel website relaunches

Outdoor enthusiasts visiting the Yorkshire Dales National Park can check out travel information on an upgraded website. Did you know, for instance, that coach drivers in the area should follow an advisory one-way system around the narrower roads to try and avoid meeting one of their colleagues coming the other way? The traveldales.org.uk site, also has advice for visitors on keeping environmental impact to a minimum and has links to public transport sites.

Nevis memorials to be removed

The charity that was set up to safeguard Ben Nevis’s environment has announced it will remove all the memorial plaques on the mountain summit (pictured below).

New book records anniversary tribute to Wainwright

If you’re one of the Wainwright fanatics who took part in last year’s Great Lakeland Challenge, you can now read the story of the event.The challenge, set up by the Wainwright Society to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grumpy Old Man’s first illustrated Lakeland fell guide, was to get people up all 214 Wainrights – the fell tops which have a chapter in his books – plus the extra 56 in his Outlying Fells tome, making 270 in total.The challenge took place during one week in May 2005 and each registered blagger was asked to produce an account and pics of their escapade.