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View from the tops: the munro record attempt

Steve Pyke's attempt this weekend to smash the record for the number of munros climbed in one day was dashed by atrocious weather two-thirds of the way into the route.

No dream as midsummer night keeps rescuers busy

Midsummer weekend is always a busy time for the Lake District rescue teams, as masses of Three Peaks Challengers make use of the shortest night to head for Scafell Pike.

Dales Way features on BBC1 this weekend

The Dales Way will feature in this week’s Countryfile programme on BBC1.Pippa Rayner, the YDMT Hay Time Project officer, with John CravenYDMTPresenter John Craven has been out and about filming in the Yorkshire Dales national park.

TV presenter hits out at canoe industry after daughter's death

A TV presenter launched a fierce attack on the canoe-hire industry after an inquest into his daughter’s death.Billie ClaytonIan Clayton, who appears on ITV Yorkshire, was speaking outside a court in Welshpool where a verdict of misadventure was recorded on nine-year-old Billie Holiday Clayton, who drowned in an incident on the River Wye in April 2006.Billie’s twin brother Edward and Mr Clayton both survived when their hired canoe capsized, at Glasbury, near Hay-on-Wye, Powys.  The presenter said he had to make a choice between saving his son or daughter after the craft got into difficulties on a fast-flowing section of the river.

Thousand walkers complete Highland challenge

More than a thousand walkers and runners tackled a charity challenge in the Highlands at the weekend.The West Highland Way, route of the challengeThe competitors made the trek from Glen Nevis to Ardleish, on the banks of Loch Lomond, following the route of the West Highland Way.

MP to make plea for mountain-rescue tax break

A Cumbria MP is to meet a Treasury minister to plead for a tax exemption for mountain rescuers.A rescue Land Rover, due for a tax rise to more than £400Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, will put the case for rescue teams’ vehicles to be exempt from road tax when he meets Angela Eagle, the Treasury minister in charge of excise.

Hillwalking in the can after filming in Scotland and Lakes

The latest mountain-adventure film was completed last week in the Lake District and Scotland.But there will be no Clint Eastwood dangling from a rope on the North Face of the Eiger, nor Griff Rhys Jones quaking in the Cuillins.

'Clock is ticking' for 20,000 lost paths

Outdoor groups fear rights of way that have existed for centuries could be lost forever if a legal deadline for recording them is not put back.Routes on Definitive Maps, such as this one are safe, but thousands are at riskThis follows the announcement in March that the Government’s Discovering Lost Ways project was being abandoned.