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Tea-towels get the boot as Trust shop goes outdoors
The National Trust is dipping a boot in the world of outdoors retailing with the opening of its first ‘tea-towel-free’ shop.
BMC urges climbers and walkers to push for coastal access
The British Mountaineering Council is urging climbers and walkers to write to their MPs to put pressure on the Government to honour its responsibility to forge ahead with English coastal access.
Planning boss comes out against Highland gold mine
A national park planning chief has recommended plans for reopening a Highland gold mine be turned down.
Lost walker found after night on mountains
A walker has been found safe and well after a major search in the Scottish Highlands. Police were alerted at 4.45pm yesterday when they were called...
Map and compass skills on offer for munro walkers
Walkers can brush up their navigation skills this week on a Scottish munro. The National Trust for Scotland is offering hill-goers the chance to ge...
New walkers' deerstalking website goes into service
A pilot website to help hillwalkers know where deerstalking is taking place is now live. The Heading for the Scottish Hills site has Ordnance Surve...
Nevis walker stretchered off mountain after injury
A walker was stretchered from Britain’s highest mountain after injuring herself. The incident happened when the woman, who has not been named, wa...
Two bridges for Six Dales route
Walkers on one of northern England’s newest long-distance routes will be able to keep their feet drier after the building of two bridges over becks.
Ridge may be named after Everest hero Hillary
A ridge on New Zealand’s highest mountain may be named after the first man to summit Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary topped out on Everest with Sherp...
Alladale fence to come down as wolves plan shelved
Scotland’s mountaineering body has given a cautious welcome to the abandonment of plans to fence off a large area of the Highlands to house wolves.
Public can have its say on lake's future plans
Members of the public are being urged to have their say on the future of England’s largest lake. The Lake District National Park Authority is ask...
Sock firm puts Kalahari run on firm footing
Irish sock manufacturer Bridgedale is lending its support to an attempt to run across the Kalahari Desert for the first time.
Mountain rescuers benefit from criminals' ill-gotten gains
Two rescue teams will benefit from criminals’ activities under police scheme to ensure crime doesn’t pay.
Walkers will have new bridge thanks to drystone experts
Craftsmen have made an unusual donation to a national park: a drystone bridge. The bridge, made from local limestone and sandstone, was originally ...
Injured climber airlifted while raising cash for rescuers
A climber involved in a dramatic helicopter rescue earlier this year had to be airlifted to hospital again after injuring himself while raising cash for his rescuers.
Two walkers rescued after Lakeland injuries
Rescuers called to help an injured hillwalker found a second person needing treatment. Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had been alerted ...
Lomond core paths on view for walkers
A Scottish national park has introduced an online map showing all its core paths. The Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority compl...
Walkers needed to boot up for charity challenge
A conservation charity is looking for hardy walkers to help it raise cash by tackling a 100km challenge.