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A chill wind blows Fellsman off course in eventful 50th challenge

Jez Bragg celebrated a tough victory in the 60-mile event, but on the dark hills of the Dales, many faced bigger challenges.

Julia cleared in airline fraud inquiry

Fellwalking pin-up Julia Bradbury is to resume her role on the Watchdog programme after she was cleared of involvement in a frequent-flyer account fraud.

Artist's print sale will help mountain rescue dogs

An artistic hillwalker has produced a series of prints to raise funds for mountain rescue dogs. Andy Beck, who has a gallery in County Durham, is o...

Mine owner says: put Wainwright statue on a felltop

A Cumbrian businessman says the proposed statue to the county’s chronicler of the fells should be placed on one of his beloved mountains, rather than in Kendal town centre.

Julia will join Wainwright fundraising challenge

Television presenter Julia Bradbury will climb a Lake District peak to help raise funds for rescuers later this year.

Julia: drowning in the beauty and enjoying the leg burn

She’s become the pin-up of walkers across the country yet she’s been blamed for increasing the workload of mountain rescue teams across the Lake District.

Wainwright fans' challenge to hillwalkers

Fans of the best known chronicler of the Lakeland fells have thrown down the gauntlet to hillwalkers.

Wainwright's widow Betty dies

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Flags to mark Wainwright ale routes?

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Bonington helps round off Wainwright rescue dog fund effort

Veteran mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington helped round off a marathon fellwalking charity effort that raised £4,000 for search and rescue dogs.

Julia's coast walk hits the Heart of the Lakes

Julia Bradbury’s Coast-to-Coast Walk continues tonight with a trip through the Heart of the Lakes. In the second of the six-part series following...

Julia's Coast-to-Coast walk hits the screens

Set the recorders: Julia Bradbury takes to the hills on our screens again next week with the follow up to the Wainwright’s Walks series.

Wainwright statue to adorn his adopted town

A statue of Cumbria’s most famous recent chronicler of the area’s fells is due to grace the town that was his home for many years.

Kendal gears up to welcome world's top mountain names

Its previous claims to fame were that it was the home of the sickly sweet mint cake that fuelled many a mountain ascent and that it was where the Grumpy Old Fellwalker chose to lay his flat cap and create his masterpieces of Lakeland literature.

Stick-in-the-mud Julia's Coast-to-Coast will screen in spring

The latest Wainwright adventure by presenter Julia Bradbury is in the can and expected to air in spring next year.

Julia to start filming Coast-to-Coast series

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Sea to Sea: we follow Wainwright from Coast to Coast

Britain has 15 national trails – long-distance paths and bridleways that offer a challenge to anyone who wants to walk, cycle or ride a horse over linked rights of way..