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GPS gift will aid walkers' navigation courses
Technophobe navigators will be able to hone their skills more easily after a manufacturer’s gift to mountain experts.
Survey puts Welsh mountain into 1,000m 'super league'
The league of Welsh ‘super mountains’ gained a new member today with the news that a survey of a Snowdonia peak revealed its true height to be more than 1,000m Glyder Fawr, Wales’s fifth highest mountain, has been promoted to the super league following measurements by hill sleuths Graham Jackson, John Barnard and Myrddyn Phillips.
Will Welsh peak be promoted to metric super league?
Wales could have a new ‘super mountain’ after a group of amateur hill sleuths turned their attention to a Snowdonia peak.
Lomond core paths on view for walkers
A Scottish national park has introduced an online map showing all its core paths. The Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority completed...
Axe falls on 'erudite' body of commons experts
The coalition Government today announced it was abolishing a panel of experts which deals with common land in England and Wales.
Common-ground report urges greens peace
A campaign group has produced a guide to finding common ground when protecting the nation’s green spaces.
Tryfan's final reckoning looms as surveyors head for summit
It’s the summer weekend with the longest daylight hours, which means, almost certainly, the mountain rescue teams of the western Lake District will be looking forward to interrupted sleep as hapless Three Peaks Challengers struggle to find their way on the felltops.
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.
Walkers follow Wainwright's footsteps to launch impending guide
More than 40 walkers stepped out in the footsteps of one of the most celebrated guidebook authors to celebrate the launch of a new book detailing one of his earliest routes.
Giant map adds to aerial photography project
Countryside lovers can now walk the length of Britain in just a few strides with the opening of a large-scale open-air Ordnance Survey map of the country.
Navigation advice on offer from Trust expert
Walkers are being offered the chance to learn how to navigate on the hills, with advice from an expert ranger.
New walkers' deerstalking website goes into service
A pilot website to help hillwalkers know where deerstalking is taking place is now live. The Heading for the Scottish Hills site has Ordnance Surve...
Man airlifted after Award student rescue
A seven-hour rescue operation was launched to rescue seven students on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition.
English footpaths face dead-end future, warn Ramblers
Britain’s biggest walking charity is urging councils to use its small army of volunteers to help keep footpaths open.
It's official: trio reveal Tryfan's true height
Thousands of boots have tramped its rocky inclines and the bravest mountaineers have made the leap from Adam to Eve, the twin columns of rock that adorn its summit.
Hill navigation courses on offer from mountain-safety expert
Hillwalkers who want to brush up their navigation skills can take advantage of subsidised courses in the Highlands.
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.
Swedish Girls publishers fold after Ordnance Survey dispute
The publishers of a bawdy tale of romance and footslogging on the West Highland Way have thrown in the towel in a legal dispute with Britain’s national mapping agency.
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