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Bus provides scenic railway link for Dales walk festival

Organisers of a Dales walking festival will run a shuttle bus service to the nearest railway station to encourage visitors to use public transport.

18 March 2011

Ramblers' boss will join Government forest panel

The Ramblers’ boss is among 12 people appointed today by the Government to a panel of experts that will look at how England’s forestry is used in the future.

17 March 2011

Two injured climbers airlifted after Nevis avalanche

Two climbers were airlifted to hospital after being caught in an avalanche on Britain’s highest mountain.

16 March 2011

Columbia gear on offer to retailers joining trade group

Independent outdoor retailers are being given the chance to recoup the value of their intial membership fee of a trade association.

16 March 2011

Service marks aircrew deaths and birth of nature reserve

The deaths of eight RAF crew members on a remote mountainside were commemorated in a ceremony that also marked the birth of a new approach to rescues.

15 March 2011

Underground, overground, and not a Womble in sight

A festival celebrating the outdoor world’s ups and downs will take place in the Yorkshire Dales. Ingleton’s Overground Underground will feature...

14 March 2011

Last chance for youngsters to join in Dales outdoor activities

Youngsters living in and around a national park have the chance to take part in the final session of an outdoor activities scheme that is closing in the face of budget cuts.

14 March 2011

Everest climb record set – in Windsor

Two men have booked a place in the record books by racing each other the height of the world’s tallest mountain.

14 March 2011

Walkers' trail opened through historic ancient kingdom

Scotland’s tourism boss launched a new heritage trail linking some of the country’s most historic sites.

11 March 2011

Hundreds benefit from winter safety lectures

More than 900 people are better informed about mountain safety after attending one of a series of free lectures.

17 March 2011

Call for walkers to carry Model T to Nevis summit

Experienced hillwalkers are needed to hike to the top of Britain’s highest mountain – while carrying a vintage car.

17 March 2011

Simple tools help volunteers win award for cairns project

A project to record and repair Bronze Age cairns on Dartmoor has won an award. Volunteers from the Cairns Project worked at their own expense on th...

16 March 2011

Julia says: 'get on your feet' as walking day doubles in size

Walking celebrity Julia Bradbury is heading a move to get the nation on to its feet and walking. The Ramblers president, who recently announced she...

16 March 2011

Protests continue as campaigners warn forests still at risk

Outdoor enthusiasts are being urged to head into the woods as campaigners warned the battle to save the nation’s forests is not over.

15 March 2011

Mark Weir's final words before helicopter crash: 'I love you'

The partner of the Cumbrian businessman who died in a helicopter crash on a Lake District fell revealed today his final words to her were: ‘I love you’.

15 March 2011

Campaigners to fight renewed bid for windfarm on Bowland fells

A power company has submitted plans for a scaled-down windfarm after planners refused its original application.

14 March 2011

Walking festival will follow whisky trail and drovers' roads

Walkers in a national park festival will be able to follow in the footsteps of illegal whisky distillers and cross-border cattle drovers.

12 March 2011

England's uplands at tourism forefront in Government review

England’s hills and mountains will be at the centre of a push to support rural tourism, the Government said.

11 March 2011

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