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Bothy group's record spend on upkeep

The charity that looks after Scotland’s bothies spent a record £45,000 on renovating and maintaining more than half the buildings in its care.

08 September 2009

Family thanks Lakes rescuers who recovered body

More details have been released about the incident in which a man died while walking in the Lake District on Friday.

07 September 2009

MacLeod will coach mountain instructors

Mountaineering instructors will be able to improve their technique with a masterclass by two experts at their annual meeting.

06 September 2009

Walker's heroine turns dragon-slayer in green battle

She was described this week as a walker’s heroine; now she’s taken to slaying dragons. Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of campaign group the O...

04 September 2009

Kate joins Sir Ran in magazine's list of country greats

The woman once described as the ‘high priestess of the countryside’ is again listed among strange bedfellows in the latest rollcall of leading figures in Britain’s countryside.

03 September 2009

Trust chair Shonaig confirms she will step down

The head of one of Scotland’s biggest conservation charities, which owns many popular mountain areas, has confirmed she will step down.

01 September 2009

Walkers invited to Coast to Coast celebration

Walkers are being invited to follow in the footsteps of Lakeland’s most venerated chronicler of the fells – in the Yorkshire Dales.

01 September 2009

All smiles in Happy Valley as council drops fight

Campaigners are urging a council to restore a popular path after it abandoned plans to move its route up a steep-sided valley.

31 August 2009

Circular routes prove natural for walkers

Ever found yourself unintentionally back where you started when out for a walk? You’re not alone: researchers in Germany have found a propensity ...

31 August 2009

Woman dies after Peak District climbing fall

A woman has died following a fall on one of the Peak District’s most popular crags. The 32-year-old fell while leading on the Zig Zag crack route...

08 September 2009

Walker airlifted after night on Highland mountains

A walker was found unharmed after a major search in the Scottish Highlands. The man rang police at Fort William about 7.30pm yesterday, Sunday, to ...

07 September 2009

Rescue team recovers body from Lakes fell

A Lakeland mountain rescue team has recovered a body from a fell in the west of the area. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called to Burnbank F...

05 September 2009

Munro search called off as man turns up safe

A search for a walker lost in the Highlands was called off yesterday evening when the man turned up unharmed.

04 September 2009

Lomond bosses move to ban troublesome wild-campers

Wild camping will be banned in parts of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park in a move to tackle anti-social behaviour.

01 September 2009

Owner claims Snowdon rings

The owner of two rings found by a walker on Snowdon has contacted police to claim them. The woman will travel from Buckinghamshire to collect the j...

01 September 2009

Train crew brings child from windswept Snowdon summit

A two-year-old child was brought down from the summit of Wales’s highest mountain by train, after his father carried him to the peak in appalling weather.

01 September 2009

Naomi will keep an eye on national park

Walkers in the North York Moors have a new ranger to look after their landscape. Naomi Dillon has been appointed senior ranger for the northern are...

31 August 2009

Lake District Friends wade in with watergate project

Volunteers have waded in to help protect an area of Cumbria destined to become part of an enlarged national park.

31 August 2009

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