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'Dalek' generation is 'terrified of the countryside'

Bacon comes from sheep, according to more than a quarter of teenagers, and a Dalek is more familiar to many youngsters than a magpie.

30 October 2010

Minister confirms forest sell-off plans

The coalition Government today confirmed reports that large tranches of publicly owned forestry will be sold off.

29 October 2010

Police warning to walkers after pair stranded on Skye

Police appealed to walkers to watch out for changeable weather and shorter days after two walkers had to be led to safety when they were stranded by rising water levels in mountain streams.

29 October 2010

Troubled Blacks reduces losses as sell-off talks continue

Troubled outdoors retailer Blacks Leisure managed to reduce its losses in the last year in what it called ‘a difficult trading environment’.

28 October 2010

Women climbers will top Dundee film festival bill

There’s a strong female presence at this year’s Dundee Mountain Film Festival, with top French climber Catherine Destivelle topping the bill, and South African mountaineer Cathy O’Dowd joining musician Anni Hogan.

27 October 2010

Artist's hyper-realist paintings will feature in mountain festival

Paintings by a mountain artist will be on show from this weekend as part of the Kendal Mountain Festival.

26 October 2010

Everest sea-to-summit climber to lecture in England

The man who claims the record as the only climber to ascend the full height of Everest will hold a series of lectures in England.

26 October 2010

Forest sell-off plans condemned as 'environmental vandalism'

The coalition Government plans to sell off half the Forestry Commission’s land in England, according to a newspaper report.

24 October 2010

Walkers fill footprints with project gift

While the world seems obsessed with carbon footprints, a group of walkers has made a donation to help the effects of their actual footprints on the Lakeland fells.

22 October 2010

Man dies after fall from Dales crag

A man has died after falling from a Yorkshire Dales crag which is a favourite with climbers. The Cave Rescue Organisation was called at about 11.35...

30 October 2010

TV detective backs wild land campaign

A television detective more suited to solving murders on the streets of Maryhill is backing an appeal to protect the wild hills and countryside of the UK.

29 October 2010

Report says Lake District could be used to bury nuke waste

The whole of the western Lake District would be suitable for burying radioactive waste, according to a study released today.

28 October 2010

Climbers and walkers asked to help with Snowdon clean-up

Hillwalkers and climbers are being asked to help with a clean-up of the area round the highest lake on Wales’s highest mountain.

27 October 2010

Scottish minister demands talks on forest sell-off plans

Scotland’s environment minister said today she was worried about the potential sell-off of forestry land south of the border and had asked for talks with her Welsh and English counterparts.

27 October 2010

Snowdonia death-fall walker named

A walker who died after falling 50m (170ft) from a Snowdonia mountain at the weekend has been named. Graham Bunn, 46, of Stockton on Tees, County D...

26 October 2010

Coroner urges proper training after Ten Tors death verdict

A coroner said that all adult supervisors in an annual challenge event should hold a nationally recognised qualification.

25 October 2010

Cragfast overnight campers helped from summit of Dales peak

Two men were helped from the summit of one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks after camping on the mountain overnight.

23 October 2010

Outdoor expert's fears over plans to close safety body

An outdoors consultant has voiced concerns about the forthcoming abolition of the body that oversees adventurous activities in the UK.

22 October 2010

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