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How wild is Scotland?

LFTO News Team, 02 February 2012 14:48

No, it's nothing to do with nights out in Glasgow, or Scottish independence. This question relates to the Scotland’s wildness and wild land, where it is and, indeed, if it is actually wild. Scottish Natural Heritage has undertaken a massive project to define and map the wild areas of Scotland. Phase 1 has now been completed and has led to the ...

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How wild is Scotland?

LFTO News Team, 02 February 2012 14:48

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 31 July 2008 09:23

The saga of the Peak District’s most controversial quarry has taken another twist, with the National Park Authority being told it can appeal against the High Court’s decision to allow the project to continue. Campaigners and national park officers say the massive limestone extraction at Backdale – on Longstone Edge, near Bakewell – is harming the park’s unique landscape.But the ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 24 July 2008 08:35

Scottish ministers have approved plans to build Europe's largest onshore windfarm in South Lanarkshire.The good news is that the plans are largely unopposed by wildlife and environmental groups, as the originators specifically wanted to keep the project away from especially scenic or precious areas.That's no disrespect to the site, which stands between Biggar and Moffat and does have some very fine countryside around ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 03 July 2008 12:45

Teens are rescued from the Dales, Ullswater gets a speed demon, and a friend of LFTO helps open up one of our favourite routes...Teens rescued after DofE dramaFive teenagers on a Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme expedition who were missing overnight in the Yorkshire Dales have been rescued by an RAF team.The group failed to turn up at Kettlewell, in ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

Anonymous, 19 June 2008 08:48

A long-lost mountain film returns, and why peat bogs will save the planet... Return to High HazardA film made by pioneering climber Stanley Watson has resurfaced, after being feared lost for decades.Watson was a skilled climber who set up the British Mountain Guides organisation in 1930. In 1934, he made High Hazard, a film about climbing in the Lake District ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

Nick Hallissey, 12 June 2008 09:13

Stranded turtles, saving the grouse and jumping mountains - it's been a busy week... Whisky saves the grouse!Whisky legend The Famous Grouse has teamed up with the RSPB to help save one of the UK's rarest birds from extinction.The black grouse is in grave danger of disappearing, so to help save it, the distillery is donating 50p from sales of its new blend ...

Herefordshire: it came from the South Pole!

LFTO News Team, 22 May 2008 08:30

Herefordshire used sit somewhere near the South Pole, was once home to a unique species of shrimp, and is the last resting place of the world's oldest sex organ. These are among the discoveries made by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust during a recent audit of geological sites.In a project which aims to promote the two counties' fascinating natural ...

Landslip destroys part of Dorset coastline

LFTO News Team, 08 May 2008 10:59

A landslip has destroyed more than 400 metres (1,312 ft) of Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast. The collapse blocked a stretch of beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth on Tuesday evening. The Coastguard says boulders "the size of cars" are still at risk of falling onto the beach. The area is part of 95 miles (153 km) of Dorset and ...

Special report: Why fighting quarries could crush the Peak District

LFTO News Team, 06 May 2008 08:22

Action groups fighting a massive quarrying project in the Peak District have called on the Government for cash help to protect the national park. A High Court ruling has allowed Bleaklow Industries to continue quarrying at Backdale, on Longstone Edge, near Bakewell in Derbyshire. The decision overturned a stop notice issued by the National Park Authority following a public inquiry. ...

Hate litter? Win £450 worth of gear by helping us fight it!

LFTO News Team, 02 May 2008 09:09

There's a huge strand in our forum at the moment on the subject of litter - and if this subject winds you up as much as it does us, we've got a great way to help turn the tide. LFTO, along with Country Walking and Trail, are supporting the 'Stop the Drop' project being run by the Campaign to Protect ...

Poop baggers: the height of rudeness?

LFTO News Team, 11 April 2008 09:18

A few months back there was a big thread on our forum highlighting the rise of "poop-baggers" - unscrupulous souls fond of hanging bags of dog muck from trees like demented Chrimbo decorations. Now the stakes are higher. Pete Pawson sends us this picture from his native Warwickshire, where some poop-bagging miscreant has raised the game, by hanging the stuff as high ...

National parks in plea for dog control

LFTO News Team, 03 March 2008 08:18

National Park chiefs have asked dog walkers to keep their pets on short leads during the breeding season, running from now until the end of July. In a message endorsed by police forces, rangeers and the Kennel Club, the parks are asking dog-walkers to be sensitive as the natural world comes back to life, or risk harming farm animals and wildlife. ...

Trust staff take a Green Leap Day!

LFTO News Team, 29 February 2008 09:05

Well, it's supposed to be the day when a woman can propose to a man - but the National Trust has created a rather special riff on the idea of February 29. All Trust staff have been given the chance to spend the day at home or in their local community, making changes to improve their environmental footprint. They call it ...

Call that an earthquake? These will REALLY rock your world...

LFTO News Team, 27 February 2008 08:19

If like us, you're fed up of rolling news coverage of fallen chimneys after this morning's wee tremor, this one's for you. We switched off News 24 and cast an eye around the world looking for some of the REAL earthquake hotspots. You see, nature's most awesomely destructive hellholes also happen to be among her most beautiful - and here's ...

Bryson reveals perfect vision of the countryside

LFTO News Team, 26 February 2008 06:00

We’ve all read the nightmare scenarios of how our countryside may look if we don’t take care of it – but today there’s a friendlier vision, based on how we can change things for the better. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has published a paper looking at how people who love the outdoors can come together to protect ...

White stag spotted in Highlands

Anonymous, 15 February 2008 09:00

One of the rarest delights in British wildlife has been spotted in the Scottish Highlands. A white stag was spotted in a remote coastal area by Fran Lockhart, partnership manager of the John Muir Trust, which has kept its location a secret to protect it from poachers. Fran described it as "ghost-like". She said: "I am thrilled to know that ...

Have your say on plan to save green lanes

LFTO News Team, 14 February 2008 09:00

Walkers are being asked to have their say on plans to stop 4x4s, motorbikes and quad bikes from using vulnerable paths in the Yorkshire Dales. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is trying to protect “green lanes” – routes which are unsurfaced – and has looked at 102 routes across the National Park. Of these, 28 have been identified as ...

Spring has sprung - but at what cost?

LFTO News Team, 12 February 2008 09:00

You’re almost certainly noticing that spring has well and truly sprung – daffs are out, frogspawn is everywhere and birds are nesting like it’s April. But while it makes the outdoors that bit lovelier, the Woodland Trust is worried. Its seasonal survey – titled Nature’s Calendar – has revealed the sheer scale of the early spring, with tens of thousands of ...

Farming changes could threaten our skylark

LFTO News Team, 31 January 2008 10:57

The skylark’s spring and summer serenade of walkers is in danger this year due to dramatic changes to the way farmers are paid for set-aside land. Skylarks, and other ground-nesting birds like the stone curlew, have thrived on uncultivated land that farmers have set aside for one year or longer. But new research from Defra reveals that the amount of ...

'Lasers from the sky' to unveil forest's secrets

LFTO News Team, 29 January 2008 08:58

A pioneering new project aims to reveal the archaeological treasures hidden in Worcestershire’s Wyre Forest, by using laser beams shone from the sky to ‘see through’ the trees. The new laser technology will help to uncover everything from ancient settlements, fortifications, farms and any other signs of human activity which, especially in woodland, are often difficult to detect from the ...

'Nightmare vision' of the Yorkshire Dales

LFTO News Team, 17 January 2008 09:31

A worrying vision of how climate change could affect the Yorkshire Dales will form the centrepiece of a revamp in one of the area's key visitor centres. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Centre in Grassington has been closed for refurbishment since December and will reopen at Easter. The authority has announced that one of the key displays will show how ...

Setting out to save the peatlands

LFTO News Team, 09 January 2008 14:37

Conservationists have set to work on a plan to protect the peatland on the Pennine moors.The peatlands have been drying out progressively over decades as more and more drainage systems have been added, causing a loss of vegetation and disruption to the area’s life cycle.The new project, starting this month, will see contractors blocking up the drains, allowing the peatlands ...

Brits walk the Amazon!

LFTO News Team, 08 January 2008 12:20

Two Brits aim to be the first people to walk the length of the Amazon, the world’s largest and longest river.Expedition leader Ed Stafford (31) and outdoor instructor Luke Collyer (35) plan to walk the 4,000 miles unguided from the source atop the 5597m Andean summit Nevado Mismi in southern Peru, all the way to the sea in Brazil.No-one has ...

Forest centre clinches Prime Minister's Award

Anonymous, 19 December 2007 15:47

A new Yorkshire visitor centre has scooped an eco-friendly building award.The Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, on the southern slopes of the North York Moors only opened in April this year, but has already clinched the annual Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.The award recognises the environmental sustainability of the building. All the materials, machinery and labour used in construction were ...

New footbridge for Kinder path

Anonymous, 17 December 2007 09:34

Walkers on their way up to the Peak District heights of Kinder Scout now have a new landmark to look out for - a hand-carved wooden footbridge, made by a local craftsman.The new Golden Clough bridge was created from a sweet chestnut tree growing just 200 yards from the site in the Peak District National Park Authority's own plantation. The tree ...