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Top level changes for Lakeland footpath workers

There are changes afoot at the top of a Lakeland organisation. Rob Clarke is handing over responsibility as Man at the Top of the National Trust’...

Walkers will rally against vineyard owner's no-go area

Campaigners will take to the South Downs to protest at being kept off access land in the new national park.

Rob steps in as Guy takes up head ranger's post

The British Mountaineering Council’s access and conservation officer is heading north to take up a post with a Scottish national park authority.

Warning to walkers as moorland fire risk rises

National park bosses are appealing to walkers to take care not to start fires accidentally on bone dry moors.

Plan for Highland wolves put on hold

The prospect of wolves roaming the Scottish glens receded this week with the news that a controversial estate has put on hold plans to reintroduce the animals.

New Ramblers' deal will see members quids in

Bargain-hunting walkers can snap up a cut-price offer this month for membership of the country’s biggest walking organisation.

Ponies provide horsepower for Lakeland path repairs

Workers repairing Lakeland footpaths were helped by some extra horsepower. Five Cumbrian fell ponies were enlisted to carry heavy bags a remote fel...

Ramblers will recreate history with Kinder 'mass march'

Ramblers will gather this weekend to commemorate a decisive event in the history of mountain access as part of the organisation’s 75th birthday celebrations.

Gathering hears of BMC push for wider Welsh coast access

Members of the British Mountaineering Council will see their subscriptions frozen following a decision at the organisation’s annual meeting at the weekend.

New guidebook follows in Wainwright's solitary footsteps

There are, according to the Long Distance Walkers Association, more than 1,000 long-distance paths criss-crossing Britain.

Parking in the park: Snowdonia's gridlock under scrutiny

Up to 700,000 people slog up the main paths to Wales’s highest mountain every year, and the limited car parks in the area are bursting at the seams.

Skye no limit as Spyke's munro attempt continues

He’s had to contend with ticks, missing camping gear and Achilles’ heel problems, but the man aiming to break the muscle-powered record time for a munro round has surpassed the greatest challenge yet – the Cuillin ridge on Skye.

Mountain rescue tax pledge missing from coalition list

The mountain rescue community must wonder what it has to do to squeeze any cash out of Whitehall. For more than three years, representatives of Mou...

Park bosses may use order to force trail through estate

A compulsory path order may be used for the first time to drive through an extension to a Highland trail against the landowner’s wishes.

Outdoor bodies analyse parties' election pledges

Returning officers the length of the UK are dusting down their ballot boxes ready for Thursday’s vote, and pollsters are phoning fickle voters to try to pin down their intentions in what has turned out to be one of the least predictable elections for some time.