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Houlding will reopen adventure booking centre

Climbing star Leo Houlding will officially reopen a historic Lake District building at the centre of fellrunning challenge.

13 May 2010

Helicopter drop for 'critical moss' in moorland trial

A helicopter was used to drop vital moorland moss by national park staff in an effort to reverse decades of erosion.

12 May 2010

Jeremy Clarkson loses fight to keep walkers off land

Petrolhead television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been told he must allow walkers across land at his holiday home on the Isle of Man.

11 May 2010

Body found after Skye search

Rescuers have found the body of a walker who went missing on Skye. Skye Mountain Rescue team were joined in a search by the Stornoway Coastguard he...

10 May 2010

Ramblers welcome new MPs' walking pledge

Britain’s biggest walking charity has welcomed the election of more than 100 MPs who signed up to put walking on the map.

07 May 2010

Police find man's body in Cumbrian lake

Police have recovered a body from a Cumbrian lake, a week after a man went overboard from a pleasure boat.

06 May 2010

Rescuers head to four corners in push for new base cash

Mountain rescuers in need of a new headquarters will be heading north, and south, east and west, in a quest to raise cash for the new building.

05 May 2010

Ramblers will help mark double anniversary along canal

Ramblers will take part in relay walk celebrating a double anniversary. The 140km (87-mile) route along the Kennet & Avon Canal will mark both ...

05 May 2010

Ramblers' boss forced to stop walking

The head of Britain’s largest walkers’ charity has given up walking. But the move is only temporary, as Ramblers’ chief executive Tom Frankli...

04 May 2010

Series of wildlife poisonings prompts RSPB reward offer

Police have warned walkers after a series of wildlife poisonings near a national park. Derbyshire Constabulary issued the warning after two dead fo...

12 May 2010

Police investigate deaths of three golden eagles

Police are investigating the deaths of three golden eagles after their bodies were found with other dead birds of prey.

12 May 2010

Royal visit will start cave rescuers' celebrations

A member of the royal family will visit the world’s oldest operational cave rescue team. The Duke of Kent will tomorrow meet members of the Cave ...

11 May 2010

Man dies after 70m scrambling fall

A man has died after falling 70m (230ft) while scrambling in north Wales. The incident happened about 3pm yesterday, Saturday, on the Glyderau in t...

09 May 2010

Call for women to brush up GPS skills

Women wanting to brush up their high-tech navigation skills can take advantage of courses being run in the Scottish Highlands.

06 May 2010

New Ramblers' deal will see members quids in

Bargain-hunting walkers can snap up a cut-price offer this month for membership of the country’s biggest walking organisation.

05 May 2010

Silence will mark Fellsman start in memory of Tracy

A minute’s silence will precede the start of one of England’s toughest long-distance races in memory of a regular competitor who was killed earlier this year.

05 May 2010

Outdoor bodies analyse parties' election pledges

Returning officers the length of the UK are dusting down their ballot boxes ready for Thursday’s vote, and pollsters are phoning fickle voters to try to pin down their intentions in what has turned out to be one of the least predictable elections for some time.

04 May 2010

Soap drama as rescuers free climber in a jam

A mountain rescue team found itself at the centre of a soap drama after a climber became wedged following a fall.

04 May 2010

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