New bagging list offers eastern promise to walkers

Have you bagged all the munros; got every corbett under your boots? Well, here’s a new challenge for baggers: the ribus. Compiled by two expatria...

OS mapping to be freed – but not for the outdoors

Prime Minister Gordon Brown today announced an opening up of public access to Ordnance Survey maps. Speaking at a Downing Street seminar, Mr Brown ...

Latest Ordnance Survey maps added to grough's route system

grough’s unique online route-planning system has now been updated with the latest Ordnance Survey mapping.

Cave rescuers' grants enable HQ refit

A £30,000 grant to a Yorkshire rescue team has enabled the completion of a major redevelopment at its base.

Bag Crianlarich's twin peaks in one day

The giant twin peaks of Crianlarich, Ben More and Stob Binnein, are a great destination which, on a clear day, will give a fabulous vista of the Highland mountains..

Get into winter gear as the nights draw in

Those balmy June days are becoming a distant memory and this weekend Britain’s summer comes to an official end.

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.

New mapping system will help colour-blind

Britain’s national mapping agency has introduced a new product to help people who are colour-blind read maps more easily.

Watch out filchers, Rodney's about!

A Somerset man has been appointed the eyes and ears of a campaign group in neighbouring Dorset. Former chairman Rodney Legg was named as the repres...