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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cuts put Big Society at risk in the great outdoors

The great outdoors is already a thriving example of the Government’s lauded ‘Big Society’, but cuts to professional staff put at risk the ability of volunteers to help maintain the countryside.

Police appeal after shot buzzard released back into wild

A buzzard that was found in a malnourished condition after it was shot has been released back into the wild.