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Artist's print sale will help mountain rescue dogs

An artistic hillwalker has produced a series of prints to raise funds for mountain rescue dogs. Andy Beck, who has a gallery in County Durham, is o...

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.

Bookings boost for walking holiday firm as Brits stay home

The hills of Britain could be busier this summer with another indicator that people are opting for holidays at home.

Wainwright statue to adorn his adopted town

A statue of Cumbria’s most famous recent chronicler of the area’s fells is due to grace the town that was his home for many years.

Julia will join Wainwright fundraising challenge

Television presenter Julia Bradbury will climb a Lake District peak to help raise funds for rescuers later this year.

Wainwright Society honours cancer hero Tom

The cancer patient who braved blizzards and torrential rain to complete the Coast-to-Coast walk has been honoured by the Wainwright Society.

Incredible courage of Coast to Coast walker Tom

Heroes come in many guises. Some people achieve glory by conquering mountains; others demonstrate incredible bravery in the face of peril. Ordinary...

Lake District is public's British favourite

Forget John Sergeant and Martina Navratilova. The public has spoken: and the winner is – the Lake District. Thousands of voters put the Cumbrian ...

Julia: drowning in the beauty and enjoying the leg burn

She’s become the pin-up of walkers across the country yet she’s been blamed for increasing the workload of mountain rescue teams across the Lake District.

Julia's Coast-to-Coast walk hits the screens

Set the recorders: Julia Bradbury takes to the hills on our screens again next week with the follow up to the Wainwright’s Walks series.

Six-year-old Tom bags Wainwrights record for charity

A six-year-old has become the youngest to summit all 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District. Tom Fryers, who almost died at birth because of bre...

Mine owner says: put Wainwright statue on a felltop

A Cumbrian businessman says the proposed statue to the county’s chronicler of the fells should be placed on one of his beloved mountains, rather than in Kendal town centre.

Willie's walk from coast to coast boosts cancer charity

Another Coast-to-Coast walker has completed the route to raise money for a Manchester cancer charity.

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..

Cancer man Tom completes his £50,000 walk

Coast-to-Coast walker Tom Buckley has completed his trip. The 23-year-old, who has terminal cancer, walked into the North Yorkshire village of Ro...

Groups come together to oppose holiday plan for Borrowdale

Another pressure group has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop a development of luxury holiday homes on the eastern edge of the Lake District.