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Adventurer Julie McElroy seeks disabled team for Lomond wilderness project
An award-winning adventurer is looking for volunteers for a wilderness project based on Scotland’s most southerly munro.
Black Sail youth hostel will close for a month to allow £¼m facelift
One of England’s remotest youth hostels will get a £¼m facelift for its 80th birthday. The Black Sail hostel at the head of Ennerdale can only ...
Walker dies in fall from Crinkle Crags in Lake District
A man has died in a fall from a Lake District fell. The walker was with a group making their way down from Crinkle Crags yesterday when the man fel...
Happy New Year from everyone at grough!
We’d like to wish all of our readers and all our friends and supporters a very Happy New Year. This year has been full of incident, and you can r...
McNeish: allowing Allt Duine turbines 'hypocrisy' in Natural Scotland year
A key outdoors author and broadcaster has joined opponents of a major windfarm development planned for the Scottish Highlands in calling for its rejection.
Injured walker rescued from Rossett Gill, Great Langdale
A walker was rescued from a Lakeland fell in an operation involving two mountain rescue teams. The man, who was walking alone, injured his knee and...
Scots environment groups add to criticism of Holyrood's hilltracks u-turn
The Scottish Government has come under renewed attack for its decision to continue the free-for-all for the building of tracks across the nation’s hills and mountains.
Your guide to the ideal Christmas presents for the outdoor fan in your life
We've lots of suggestions for Christmas stocking-fillers for the outdoor enthusiast in our look at festive gear and clothing.
British technology underpins Sir Ranulph Fiennes's The Coldest Journey
On the eve of the departure of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s expedition party for one of the most ambitious Antarctic journeys ever undertaken, more details have emerged of the equipment he and his team will use to try to keep warm in temperatures as low as –90C.
Campaigners threaten to 'bang the drum' again as cash cuts threaten forests
Campaigners say coalition Government cuts are harming the public forests that were saved from being sold off after a huge outcry against the plans.
Scottish Winter Climbing Meet in Fort William could be first of many
Organisers of an inaugural climbing gathering said they hope it will become an annual event. The first Scottish Winter Climbing Meet will take plac...
Met Office: 2012 was second wettest on record for UK
Last year was the UK’s second wettest ever, with rainfall just a few millimetres short of the record set 12 years ago.
The outdoors world in 2012: our backward glance at the year past
Our rearward glance at a news-packed 2012 includes, as always, tragedy as well as uplifting stories of the great outdoors, and a few oddities.
Happy Christmas to you all from everyone at grough!
The team at grough would like to wish all our online friends a happy Christmas. We hope you all have a fabulous festive season and that Santa bring...
Special brew helps Holme Valley mountain rescuers' new HQ bid
Christmas revellers will be able to raise a glass of festive cheer and help mountain rescuers. The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team’s local brew...
On test: Zamberlan Baffin GT RR WL boots
Zamberlan's Italian-made updated Baffin boots are now made on a wider-fitting last specially aimed at UK walkers.
£10m investment in hostels to help YHA shed its 'rickety beds' image
The charity that runs 150 youth hostels in England and Wales is to spend £10m in a modernisation programme to shed its public perception of rickety beds and compulsory chores.
Winter warning for Lakeland passes and hills as snow forecast
Outdoor enthusiasts in Cumbria are being warned of possible traffic disruption as freezing conditions are likely to affect high passes and routes in the East of the county.
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6 Manchester will host World Climbing Series round in 2027
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2 Rescuer injured as team battles Storm Amy 80mph winds to reach injured walker (5)
3 New West Yorkshire national nature reserve will include Brontë moorland (4)
4 Rescuers offer guidance after callouts to Lakeland wild campers (4)
5 Rebuild of Culra Bothy will be charity's most expensive project to date (3)
6 Heading for the winter hills: should you pack your crampons or micro-spikes? (3)
7 Happy 60th birthday to the Pennine Way (2)
8 The Angry Corrie founder Dave Hewitt dies, aged 64 (2)
9 Work on 'dreaded' stretch of Coast to Coast Walk paves way for National Trail opening (2)
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