Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

400 join walk to threatened national park land

Protestors joined a walk yesterday to land in Britain’s newest national park that is threatened by a sell-off by the local council.

Ramblers' joy as coast bill set to get Queen's assent

Access to the entire English coast will come a step closer on Thursday when the parliamentary bill introducing a new law is expected to receive Royal Assent.

New trail planned for western Lakeland

Walkers and cyclists are being asked for their view on a proposed new trail in the Lake District. The 16km (10-mile) route would follow the old tra...

Kate joins Sir Ran in magazine's list of country greats

The woman once described as the ‘high priestess of the countryside’ is again listed among strange bedfellows in the latest rollcall of leading figures in Britain’s countryside.

Ramblers: make English coast path 'envy of world'

England’s new coastal path should be the envy of the world, urged the Ramblers’ chief. More than a third of the country’s coastline has no of...

Bercow's first job: England's coastal path

One of the first jobs for new House of Commons Speaker John Bercow tomorrow will be to oversee the second reading of the bill which will introduce a right to walk the length of England’s coast.

Coastal path bill must go ahead, say Ramblers

Campaigners today upped the pressure on the Government to push ahead with the proposed coastal path in England.

Woman airlifted after island fall

A woman was airlifted to hospital after she injured her leg while on a coastal path walk. Coastguard rescue teams from Craigmuir, Knock and Ross of...