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Welsh Three Peaks walkers rescued after getting lost on Cadair Idris

Two walkers attempting the Welsh Three Peaks were rescued after getting lost on Cadair Idris. The pair called for help when they become disoriented...

11 February 2022

Suspended jail sentence for Yorkshire Dales farmer after cows trample walker to death

A Yorkshire Dales farmer has received a suspended prison sentence after a walker was trampled to death by cows on his land.

09 February 2022

Sharp Edge group call for help after getting into difficulties

A group of walkers tackling a Lake District scramble in severe weather called for help when they got into difficulties.

05 February 2022

Bothies charity appeals for £100,000 for renovation of Greg's Hut on Cross Fell

The Mountain Bothies Association has launched an appeal for its costliest ever renovation project. The charity has estimated restoring the roof of ...

02 February 2022

Nikwax and Páramo founder Nick Brown hands company to its employees

Nikwax and Páramo founder and owner Nick Brown has passed his company on to its employees. He announced on Tuesday he had sold the firm and its br...

01 February 2022

Man dies in 200ft fall while scrambling on Glyder Fach in Snowdonia

A man has died after falling 200ft from a scrambling route in Snowdonia. The 25-year-old was leading a route on the Dolmen Ridge on the cliffs of G...

31 January 2022

Restrictions placed on Lochan Estate near Dunkeld after hen harrier death

A Perthshire shooting estate faces three years of restrictions after a Scottish government body imposed limitations on its general licence.

26 January 2022

Injured Snowdonia walker in eight-hour rescue after fall on Y Garn

An injured walker was rescued from a Snowdonia mountain in an operation lasting eight hours. A Coastguard helicopter made repeated attempts to reac...

23 January 2022

Walkers' charity the Ramblers unveils new logo and corporate identity

Campaigning charity the Ramblers has unveiled a new logo and corporate identity. The organisation said the emblem represents an open path and uses ...

19 January 2022

New stretch of England Coast Path opens in little-visited corner of Cumbria

A new stretch of the England Coast Path has opened in Cumbria. The 11-mile section runs from Silecroft in the south-westernmost corner of the Lake ...

10 February 2022

Passing nurse aids Lakeland walker injured in slip above Rosthwaite

A passing nurse who was walking in the area went to the aid of a woman who injured herself while walking above Rosthwaite in the Lake District.

08 February 2022

Student stretchered from Cadair Idris after injuring ankle in slip

A student was stretchered from a Snowdonia mountain after injuring himself when he slipped. The student was walking on Cadair Idris with a group fr...

03 February 2022

Pavel Paloncý abandons winter Wainwrights round after Achilles' injury

Athlete Pavel Paloncý has ended his attempt to complete a round of the Wainwright fells. The Czech runner pulled out of the challenge on Tuesday b...

02 February 2022

Rescue team member called out to his own son after mountain biking crash

A Lake District mountain rescuer was called out to aid his own son, who was reported unconscious after a mountain biking accident.

31 January 2022

Czech athlete Pavel Paloncý attempts winter Wainwrights round

Czech endurance runner Pavel Paloncý has begun an attempt on a winter completion of the Lake District Wainwrights.

30 January 2022

Outdoor and adventure bodies pledge to work to increase diversity

A group of eight outdoors and adventure bodies said they need to work to improve the diversity of people taking part in activities.

26 January 2022

Olympian Chris Boardman takes lead of new Active Travel England body

The Westminster government is to set up a new agency to oversee cycling and walking in England. Active Travel England, which will be based in York,...

22 January 2022

Mountain rescuer Keith Hill to head to Beijing for Olympic ski patrol duties

A volunteer with a Cumbrian mountain rescue team will this month head out to China to help with safety at the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

18 January 2022

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