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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.

Eco-huts plan for Cleveland Way walkers

A trailblazing plan could see walkers on a long-distance route staying in continental-style eco huts.

Wainwright fans' challenge to hillwalkers

Fans of the best known chronicler of the Lakeland fells have thrown down the gauntlet to hillwalkers.

Bonington: mountaineering could make Olympics

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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.

Hot meals back on menu after Black Sail u-turn

Pressure from hungry walkers has forced a u-turn on plans to stop serving food at one of England’s best loved youth hostels.

Stick-in-the-mud Julia's Coast-to-Coast will screen in spring

The latest Wainwright adventure by presenter Julia Bradbury is in the can and expected to air in spring next year.

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...