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Fellsman Hike: Hartell makes it ten

Ultra-long-distance expert Mark Hartell put his stamp on the Fellsman Hike this weekend with an emphatic tenth win to equal the record number of firsts.He topped the list of 154 hardy hikers who completed the gruelling 62-mile course over some of the toughest terrain in the Yorkshire Dales, in weather ranging from torrential rain to bright sunshine.Read our account of this annual bog-trotting, fell-conquering festival of endurance, with pictures from the event.Winner Mark Hartell approaches the final checkpoint at Yarnbury See our collection of Fellsman Hike photographs at our photosales website .

PM's home centre of criminal-trespass row

A campaign group has succeeded in forcing the Home Office into a U-turn on a law which would have banned the public from right-to-roam land near the Prime Minister’s country home.The land, at Beacon Hill, half a mile from Chequers in Buckinghamshire, had been included in controversial regulations which would have meant walkers risked being arrested for venturing on to access land.The Open Spaces Society (OSS) spotted that a parliamentary order made it a criminal offence to walk on Beacon Hill, which overlooks the Elizabethan mansion which has been the official residence of premiers since 1921.

Lakeland incidents cause rescuers concern

Rescuers say fellwalkers should make sure they can find their way before venturing on to the Lakeland mountains.They have raised concerns about the increase in incidents, including a death and a serious injury in the past week.

?2m campaign to take Lakes upmarket

Tourism bosses in the Lake District have hired an agency to take the region upmarket.Cumbria will now be marketed as a destination aimed at ‘chic seekers’ looking for a sophisticated weekend away.Quite what the ABC1s will make of the thousands of Gore-Tex-clad walkers and climbers traipsing through their upmarket playground remains to be seen.

Three Peaks: take three

Our third batch of photographs from the Three Peaks Race is now uploaded. You can see the collection by clicking here. You can also order pictures fro...

Brit climber's Everest burial trip

The skewed ethics of high-altitude mountaineering are back under the microscope as British climber Ian Woodall returns to Mount Everest to bury the bodies of three people who perished there.Woodall attracted flak for leaving American climber Francys Arsentiev dying on the Himalayan peak.

Hat trick for Three Peaks winner Rob Jebb

King of the fells Rob Jebb today made it three Three Peaks wins in a row as he took the crown in the one of the country’s toughest fell races.Bingley Harrier Rob beat 509 other runners to complete the course in his fastest ever time.Rob, 32, completed the 24-mile course in 2 hours 51 mins 49 secs, nearly 2½ minutes less than his effort last year.

grough's new look

The more perceptive among our readers will have noticed that grough has had a spring makeover.We’re coming up to our first birthday, so we thought we’d give you a new-look website, with easier-to-read typefaces and a more logical layout to ease navigation.