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Mountain council courses will help walkers find their way

Scotland’s representative body for mountaineers is offering cut-price courses to help novice walkers find their way.

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Scots Government renews mountain rescue teams' funding

The Scottish Government today pledged to carry on its financial support of mountain rescue teams north of the border.

Fiennes honours Wainwright walker Tom, six

The six-year-old boy who conquered all the Lake District’s Wainwright summits was honoured today by explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Ramblers' magazine will go on sale to public

The Ramblers are pitching into the outdoors magazine market with the news that their magazine Walk, previously only supplied to members, will go on sale to the public.

Recycling award winners map out future building blocks

Useful things, maps: route planning; navigating through the hills; sitting on to have your picnic; building houses.

Marilyns, munros and how to make a mountain out of a moel hill

Hands up all those who knew there was an official definition of a mountain. No? Neither did we, until we delved a little after hearing of the deter...

Sea to Sea: we follow Wainwright from Coast to Coast

Britain has 15 national trails – long-distance paths and bridleways that offer a challenge to anyone who wants to walk, cycle or ride a horse over linked rights of way..

Review: The Backbone of England

Every journey should have a goal; so said that lukewarm aficionado of the Pennines Alfred Wainwright.

Surveyors have new mountain cafe mapped

Snowdon’s new summit cafe will appear on maps from September after Ordnance Survey staff mapped the building.

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Creag joins marilyn list after hill sleuths' survey

Britain has a new marilyn after an announcement today by three amateur hill surveyors. Graham Jackson, Myrddyn Phillips and John Barnard’s effort...

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.

Solitude beckons on the Howgills' velvet slopes

Quite unlike their near cousins the Yorkshire Dales and the Cumbrian Fells, the velvety bumps of the Howgill Fells have a character all of their own.

Young mapping fans pick up navigation tips from bushman Mears

Budding mapmakers from across Britain picked up tips from survival expert Ray Mears as a reward for their cartographic knowledge.

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.