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Safety advice follows student's climbing fall
The body responsible for overseeing safety for youth outdoor activities has issued a safety alert over the use of a piece of climbing equipment.
Lake District knicker shopping is pants
Shopping for knickers in the Lake District is pants, according to a study being commissioned by the national park authority.
EU ban will end walkers' use of iodine
Iodine, for many years used by walkers and mountaineers to disinfect water, will be banned in the European Union from autumn.
Highland walkers urged to check for deerstalking
Walkers in the Highlands are being warned to check whether deerstalking is taking place before setting off for the hills.
Body find sparks Peak District stir
The discovery of a body close to a controversial quarry has caused a stir in the Peak District. But police won’t be looking into the find – the...
Walker catches falling woman on Lakeland mountain
A woman had a lucky escape when she was caught by a passing walker after falling from a Lakeland ridge.
Climbers must tell Coastguard before starting Devon routes
Climbers are being warned to contact the Coastguard before tackling routes on a popular Devon sea cliff.
Woman taken to hospital after Lakeland slip
A woman was taken to hospital today after falling on a Lake District path. Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to help the 5...
Benn urged to buy out quarry rights to save beauty spot
Campaigners are urging the Government to buy up quarrying rights to save a national park beauty spot at the centre of a six-year planning battle.
UFO followers will trek to British peaks
Followers of a society which believes its founder was visited by alien beings will next week make the journey to the top of three of his ‘holy mountains’ in Britain.
Paths are vital for tourism, says Ramblers' campaigner
Well maintained public paths are vital for tourism, a former Ramblers’ chairman said. Kate Ashbrook, speaking at a meeting to celebrate the 20th ...
Government holds off action on 'lost' paths
The Government has given a stay of execution on the threat to thousands of unrecorded rights of way. Walkers, cyclists and horse riders may lose th...
Holiday firm's cash for Highland paths
A holiday company has handed over cash to help maintain footpaths in the Highlands. HF Holidays runs breaks tailored to walkers and its customers r...
Rescued again: students from 'regular customer' college
A group of 23 walkers which had to be led from a Lake District fell at the weekend comes from a college that is a ‘regular customer’ of mountain rescue services.
Calendar Girl will meet Three Peaks walkers
A Calendar Girl who persuaded her Women’s Institute friends to pose naked in front of the camera will be the first member of the newly formed Friends of the Three Peaks.
Second walker drops in on rescuers at Lakes blackspot
A walker who fell at a Lake District accident blackspot found himself dropping in on rescuers who were already tending to a man who had fallen at the same place minutes earlier.
Dartmoor walks celebrate parks anniversary
Walkers will converge on a Dartmoor beauty spot this weekend to celebrate the diamond anniversary of the setting up of Britain’s national parks.
Ramblers: make English coast path 'envy of world'
England’s new coastal path should be the envy of the world, urged the Ramblers’ chief. More than a third of the country’s coastline has no of...