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Campaigners launch Vixen Tor access survey
In a week when Defra launched its three-month consultation on coastal access, there is still unresolved business inland.Vixen Tor, the Dartmoor crag from which the public is excluded following a ruling under the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act, is the centre of a campaign backed by both the Ramblers’ Association (RA) and the British Mountaineering Council (BMC).The RA wants to hear from anyone who accessed the site before 2003, when its present owners bought the land and put up fences and keep-out signs.
MPs say: 'Give walkers more information on right-to-roam'
Walkers are being put off using access land because information on right-to-roam areas is hard to come by.That’s the verdict of a committee of MPs looking into how the countryside of England and Wales was opened up following the passing of access laws.
Show washout puts damper on rescue team's new building
A rescue team in Yorkshire has had to ditch plans for a new building after torrential rain washed out one of its main fund-raising events.The Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO), based at Clapham, aids both potholers and fellwalkers in the West of the Yorkshire Dales and parts of Cumbria.
Rescue for Lakes walker after fall
Rescuers went to the aid of a teenager who fell in the Lake District yesterday evening.The 17-year-old girl was with a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award team when she suffered a suspected broken ankle while making her way down to Wasdale Head on the Sprinkling Tarn route.Her team members used their tent for shelter and called for help.
Search teams rescue lost Beacons walker
Rescue teams in south Wales found a man who was suffering from the cold after losing his way.Brecon Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) and their neighbours Central Beacons MRT were involved in a four-and-a-half-hour search for the man, who was described as having learning difficulties.
Dales website bosses want your views
Authorities in the Yorkshire Dales want to know what you think of their website.The national park authority says its site is important for keeping visitors up to date, but it wants your views on how useful it is, how easy to use you find it and whether its information is useful.
Thousands expected at weekend outdoor event
Organisers of a Sheffield outdoor festival say they are expecting 30,000 visitors this weekend.Cliffhanger, a new venture, will include the British Bouldering Championships, a caving obstacle course, a chance to try scuba diving, bushcraft demonstrations and an alpine beer festival.
Survey will quiz Dales Way walkers
How much is the Dales Way worth? That’s the question being posed by authorities who are surveying walkers on the route which runs from Ilkley in...
Chinese to start building road to Everest
Everest’s remote position will soon be a thing of the past after China’s state news agency announced the regime will next week start surfacing the unmade road to base camp on the Tibetan side.The scheme, part of the preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, involves asphalting more than 100km (62miles) of track in order to accommodate the Olympic torch party, which plans to summit Everest en route.Conservationists fear the move will lead to a rush of tourists to the northern base camp which previously was the preserve of mountaineers and determined trekkers.
Law Lords back Ramblers in footpaths case
England’s Law Lords have overturned a ruling that allowed landowners to close footpaths in an underhand way.The Ramblers’ Association (RA) successfully appealed against a decision which meant that owners could claim a footpath was not public even if no signs or barriers had been erected to warn walkers.
Clear footpath or we'll see you in court, council told
A campaign group is threatening a London council with court action for failing to make sure a footpath is reopened.The Open Spaces Society says the footpath, across Northwick Park golf course, has been illegally blocked.
Dales walks will explore access areas
Walkers are being encouraged to use access land in the Yorkshire Dales with a series of guided walks.The national park authority is staging free accompanied outings in different areas of the Dales.
Ramblers face ?200,000 bill after failed court case
The Ramblers’ Association and the council taxpayers of Perth and Kinross may be saddled with a bill of up to £200,000 after the unsuccessful access case against bus magnate Ann Gloag.Mrs Gloag, whose estimated £400m fortune was made from the Stagecoach company, was awarded costs in the case in which Sheriff Michael Fletcher found in her favour.
Welsh Police seize off-road bikes in crackdown
Police have seized 30 motorbikes in a crackdown on illegal off-road biking in south Wales.Operation Pitman, involving the fire service and Forestry Commission, as well as police officers, aims at cutting rural crime in the valleys around Cynon, Rhymney and Merthyr.
Tiso snaps up Keswick retailer
Scottish retailer Tiso has bought one of Keswick’s best known outdoor stores.The George Fisher shop was snapped up by the Leith-based company founded by mountaineer Graham Tiso in 1962.
Secretive tycoon's firm takes control of outdoor retailer
Controversial retailer Sports Direct has paid £5m for a 60 per cent stake in outdoor company Field & Trek.The acquisitive group, which last week launched a £67m deal for boxing brand Everlast, already owns 29 per cent of troubled outdoor retailer Blacks Leisure.
Loo with a view for Europe's high spot
Alpinists will be relieved to hear some improbable news from the highest point in France.Authorities have installed two toilets near the summit of Mont Blanc, to counter what Saint-Gervais’s mayor Jean-Marc Peillix describes as the yellow and brown spots that blight the summit of the 4,808m mountain.The two conveniences have been airlifted to a point at 4,260m, making them Europe’s highest WCs.
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