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Dales walkers urged to keep dogs under control

Dog owners were reminded to keep their pets under close control as the lambing season gets underway in the Yorkshire Dales.

Forget Tweets and get back to basics, says Ramblers vice-president

The Ramblers should spend less time Twittering and more effort on fighting for countryside access. That’s the view of one of the organisation’s...

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

Lakes 'checkpoint' will advise walkers heading for hills

Walkers heading for the Lakeland fells next weekend will face a checkpoint to ensure they have the correct gear.

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...

Keep dogs under control, pleads national park

Dog owners are being asked to take the lead by a national park. Although walkers do not legally have to keep their dogs on a leash while on a publi...

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..

Appeal to Gordon Brown to stop mountain-rescue radio charges

The campaign to protect Britain’s volunteer mountain rescue teams from proposed charges for using their radios on incidents has moved up a step with the launch of a petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Footpath rights must not be lost, says campaign group

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Six-hour rescue as Lakeland mountain walkers get lost

Five walkers were rescued from England’s third highest mountain after getting lost in the dark. Mountain rescuers spent six hours on Helvellyn af...

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009 (continued)

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

Campaigners 'jubilant' on double green-letter day

Typical! You wait more than70 years for landmark outdoors laws and then two come along at once. Campaigners have been reacting to what the Open Spa...

Waymarking would be'dumbing down the mountain'

The head of Scotland’s mountaineering body has taken to the airwaves to defend the nation’s objection to waymarking the hills north of the border.

Final Legg as campaigning chairman Rodney steps down

The chairman of Britain’s oldest national conservation body is to step down. Access champion Rodney Legg has announced he will retire after 20 ye...

Out with the old, as Ramblers lose their apostrophe

For decades, the name has conjured up an image, rightly or wrongly, of the breeches-clad hiker, complete with bobble-hat and canvas knapsack striding across the moors whistling a Ewan MacColl tune.

Hats, heads, and heat: medics debunk decades-old myth

It has been an enduring tenet of mountain wellbeing: cover your head, because you lose 60 per cent of your body heat through it; or 80 per cent; or 110 per cent… Well, a pair of scientists with far greater knowledge of physiology than anyone we’ve ever met have bebunked that ‘fact’ and we now have to relegate the old head radiator story to that of myth.

Border post: White Coomb and the Grey Mare's Tail

Mention hillwalking and Scotland in the same sentence and most people automatically think of the Highlands: munros, romantic-sounding Gaelic names, precipitous edges.

No need for coastal payments, say experts

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