Cheap fares on horizon for walkers on Scots ferries

Walkers and climbers heading for Scotland’s Western Isles will soon benefit from reduced ferry fares.Six routes have been chosen to pilot a scheme which will mean travellers pay only the equivalent of a road journey of similar length.

Chance for urban kids to get Peak experience

Peak District authorities are offering urban leaders the chance to get their townie youngsters into the countryside.The national park is putting on a taster day aimed at community leaders and teachers in the surrounding conurbations, to show them how to introduce young people to countryside skills.Youth Rangers help restore moorland at Black Hill, near HolmfirthThe Peak District National Park Authority is particularly keen to got teenagers from disadvantaged areas and those from ethnic minorities into the countryside.

Climber injured in Nevis fall

A climber is in hospital after a fall on Ben Nevis’s north face.The man, in his 30s and from the Leeds area, was rescued by members of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, aided by an RAF helicopter.Ben Nevis's north face A Northern Constabulary spokesman said the mountaineer was found near the CIC hut after a call to the emergency services about 3.15pm yesterday.

Experts say no to mountain safety measures

Mountain celebrities oppose the idea of introducing safety measures on Britain’s mountains. Everest veteran Sir Chris Bonington is among those d...

Woman injured in Glencoe fall

A woman was airlifted to hospital yesterday after a fall in the Highlands.Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team was called to aid the mountaineer after she fell 50m down a gully in Coire Odhar, Glen Etive.The unnamed woman was with a party of 13 other climbers from the Edinburgh area when she fell.

Mountain centre quiz will test your outdoor knowledge

Think you know your field pipit from a meadow pipit; or a Welsh mountain pony from a Dartmoor pony?Knowledge of the flora and fauna you may encounter on Britain’s uplands is bound to enrich any venture into the wild, so it pays to know a bit about those flowers, fungi and birds you might spot.Help is at hand: Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre at Capel Curig has devised a quiz to test your know-how on Snowdonia’s environment.

By gum: false teeth found after a year on Lakes fell

A walker has been reunited with a set of dentures he left on a fell top more than a year ago.Manchester rambler David Packer took out the false teeth to tackle a bar of chocolate on the summit of the Grumpy Old Fellwalker’s favourite fell, Haystacks.

Outrage as housing development blocks footpath

Footpath campaigners say developers must rip up the foundations of a house which have been laid across a right-of-way.The footpath at Basingstoke The site, at Basingstoke, Hampshire, is on the path from Buckskin to Worting, and members of the Open Spaces Society (OSS) have expressed outrage that developers have blocked the path with fencing and destroyed the surface of the route.The housing development is at Old Kempshott Lane, on the town’s western side.

Caver stranded below ground after ropes removed

A man was stranded at the bottom of a 110m Yorkshire Dales cave after another party mistakenly removed his ropes.The caver, from Skipton, North Yorkshire, was reported overdue after a trip down the Gaping Gill system on the slopes of Ingleborough.