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Bothy restrictions in place as deerstalking season gets underway

The charity that looks after mountain shelters has warned some of them have restrictions during the deerstalking season.

07 August 2013

New boot launches help boost brasher half-year sales by 30 per cent

Leading boot brand brasher saw its sales increase by 30 per cent in the first half of this year, compared to 2012.

06 August 2013

'Ill equipped' pair rescued after injury on Snowdon

Two rescue teams went to the aid of a pair of ill equipped walkers on Wales’s highest mountain after one of them slipped and injured himself.

05 August 2013

Ramblers urge action on England Coast Path as seaside towns decline

The Ramblers’ boss is due on national television this evening to press the case for the England Coast Path.

05 August 2013

Buttermere walker rescued after breaking ankle in slip

A Lake District walker was rescued after breaking her ankle. The 64-year-old woman was walking on the path between Scale Force and Buttermere today...

03 August 2013

Primaloft announces sponsorship of Original Mountain Marathon

PrimaLoft will sponsor this year’s Original Mountain Marathon, the company has announced. It is the second time the insulation brand has backed t...

01 August 2013

BBC's Countryfile rapped for featuring Rab clothing too prominently

The producers of the BBC’s Countryfile programme have been rapped for allowing its presenters to give undue prominence to an outdoor brand.

31 July 2013

Sir Chris Bonington reopens refurbished Ambleside youth hostel

Mountaineering elder statesman Sir Chris Bonington officially opened one of his local youth hostels. The YHA Ambleside hostel has undergone a £1.4...

31 July 2013

Gordon Moss named as mountain biker who died in fall at Laddow Rocks

The mountain biker who died in a fall at Laddow Rocks has been named. Gordon Moss, 54, of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, was with five companions on Bl...

31 July 2013

Instructor praised for helping Corn Du walker with broken ankle

An outdoor instructor was praised by rescuers after he helped an injured walker and raised the alarm when he came across the man on south Wales’s second-highest mountain.

06 August 2013

Manslaughter charge for Paul Waterfall after Roger Freeman killed by bull

Police have charged a man following the death of a walker almost three years ago. Roger Freeman was killed by a bull while walking at Stanford on S...

06 August 2013

Oggie 8 mountain challengers help raise cash for Ogwen rescuers

More than 80 walkers and runners helped raise cash for a rescue team in a Snowdonia mountain challenge.

05 August 2013

Four children among group rescued in Helvellyn mist

Four young children were among eight walkers rescued after getting lost on England’s third highest mountain.

05 August 2013

50-year-old Stuart Mills wins gruelling Montane Lakeland 100 race

One of the toughest ultrarunning races in the country was won by a 50-year-old, and the fastest woman knocked more than four hours off last year’s winning time.

01 August 2013

Injured walker airlifted from Hay Stacks

A walker was airlifted from a Lake District fell after injuring his leg. The 42-year-old, from Essex, was on Hay Stacks today when he injured his k...

01 August 2013

Walker suffers head injury in fall at Malham Cove

A walker was rescued after suffering a head injury in the Yorkshire Dales. The 71-year-old woman fell on rocks at the foot of Malham Cove today. ...

31 July 2013

James Dunsby named as third soldier to die in Pen y Fan incident

The Ministry of Defence has named the third soldier who died after collapsing on south Wales’s highest mountain.

31 July 2013

Cumbria walkers warned not to approach escaped porcupines

Walkers in the Eden Valley are being warned not to approach two porcupines that have escaped from an animal rescue centre.

31 July 2013

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