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Rescue callouts up by a third after busy weekend for team

A series of slips by walkers kept a Cumbrian rescue team busy this week. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called to the aid of three people on Mond...

Bonington and Friends victorious as planners reject holiday village

Planners have turned down a bid for a holiday complex on the edge of the Lake District which was opposed by renowned mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington.

Farmer says sheltering OMM racers cost him £14,000

A Cumbrian farmer says he is thousands of pounds out of pocket after helping runners in last year’s Original Mountain Marathon.

Dartmoor to host mountain marathon

Mountain marathon runners are being welcomed back to Dartmoor, for the first time in almost three decades.

Mountain marathon announces Welsh venue for autumn event

This year’s Original Mountain Marathon will move south to Wales. Entries are now being taken for the event in autumn, with interest expected to b...

Groups come together to oppose holiday plan for Borrowdale

Another pressure group has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop a development of luxury holiday homes on the eastern edge of the Lake District.

Health boss: 'make marathon organisers pay rescue costs'

Cumbria’s health chief today waded into the flood of comments swirling around the aborted Original Mountain Marathon last weekend.

All back safe as media storm follows OMM weekend

All competitors in the Original Mountain Marathon are now safely accounted for. Borrowdale became the centre of international media attention this ...

Mountain marathon hits Lakeland fells

Elite runners Sean and Brendan Bolland will defend their title this weekend as the Original Mountain Marathon decamps to the Lake District for its 2008 event.

Plans for Lakes-Dales 'bridge' national park to go ahead

Some of the best walking country in the North-West of England could be afforded further protection with the extension to two national parks.

Julia's coast walk hits the Heart of the Lakes

Julia Bradbury’s Coast-to-Coast Walk continues tonight with a trip through the Heart of the Lakes. In the second of the six-part series following...

Bonington backs campaign against 'eco-lodges'

Britain’s best known mountaineer has thrown his weight behind a campaign against a holiday village in a Cumbrian valley.

Shoe-factory mountain club wants your hut memories

An outdoors club that was originally formed for workers at a shoe factory wants your help. The K Fellfarers, formerly the walking and climbing club...

2008: take a trip with us through the highs and lows of the year

In the slovenly hiatus between Santa’s return north and the alcoholic debauchery of the New Year, journalists traditionally have a problem: how to fill the space on their various publications when, well, not much happens..