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Grant will help trust maintain mountain paths

A grant from a mountaineering body will help the National Trust for Scotland care for some of its most popular upland paths.

Scottish long-distance trails feature in new guidebooks

A guidebook to a new long-distance trail is the culmination of six years’ work by the author. The Mary Queen of Scots Way is a 172km (107-mile) r...

Forestry bosses delay controversial car-park charges

Forestry bosses have said they will delay introducing controversial car-parking charges at a glen used by outdoor enthusiasts.

County's footpath cuts threaten Olympic fitness legacy, say Ramblers

Cuts by a local authority are jeopardising footpath networks vital to the fitness of a county’s walkers according to campaigners.

Outdoors groups say landowners' plans would hit access for walkers

Outdoor campaigners have accused the country landowners’ organisation of reneging on a two-year-old agreement to work together on rights of way.

Boat rescue for campers after canoe capsize

A mountain rescue team used its boat to reach three paddlers stranded on islands after their canoe capsized.

Bridge work will close part of national park trail

Walkers and cyclists are being warned part of a popular trail will be closed for at least two months.

£1bn deal will see canals hived off to new charity

A £1bn deal to transfer England and Wales’s canals and rivers to a new charity is a good deal for the taxpayer, the Government said.

National park looks to recruit apprentice rangers

A national park is recruiting two apprentice rangers for its service. The full-time, fixed-term posts are open to anyone with an aptitude or intere...

Tricky rescue as woman airlifted to hospital after fall from scramble

A woman was airlifted to hospital after suffering head and leg injuries in a fall from a scrambling route.

Salmond will launch writer McNeish's Scottish National Trail

One of the country’s leading outdoors writers and broadcasters revealed he will be working with the BBC this year to film a project that will follow a route from Scotland’s border to its north-west extremity.

Mountain body takes forest bosses to task over Highland car park charges

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has accused a government agency of not thinking through the implications of recently introduced car parking charges at what it calls one of Scotland’s finest glens.

Plea to walkers to keep dogs on lead after sheep die in attack

Police are warning walkers with dogs to keep their animals under control after an attack led to the death of nine sheep.

Government farming reforms mean 'uncertain time' for walkers

Walking and outdoors campaigners said Whitehall moves to relax farming regulations could put parts of the countryside out of bounds to recreational visitors.

Lakeland paths and tracks to close for rally cars

Walkers and mountain bikers are being warned to avoid some of the Lake District’s forests when the customary peace of the area will be broken by the sound of more than 100 rally cars speeding along tracks.