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A 4x4 too far?

LFTO News Team, 05 September 2011 09:38

Too be fair, we've probably all thought about it at some time. We love the hills, we love the mountains, we love the scenery, but every so often we wish it wasn't quite such hard work. Snowdon has multiple ascent options depending on the fitness and ability of those making the climb, including, of course, taking the train - an ...

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A 4x4 too far?

LFTO News Team, 05 September 2011 09:38

Highway to the Yorkshire Dales closed

LFTO News Team, 23 June 2011 11:55

Just a reminder that one of the main gateways to the Yorkshire Dales is currently closed while engineers try to sort out ongoing landslip problems. The A59 will be shut at Blubberhouses (that nice bit through the hills between Harrogate and Skipton) until Sunday, 10th July. A lengthy diversion is in place taking you south via Otley and Ilkley on ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 16 July 2008 21:36

In the week where a helicopter was rescued by another helicopter, and a great Amazonian expedition ground to a juddering halt, we were always going to struggle to find something better...We're deep in silly season, too - MPs are on their hols (no rows over access issues, then) and people are busy enjoying themselves in the outdoors (ourselves included!).But rather ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 09 July 2008 23:06

Great news for fans of epic coastlines and fab waterfalls, plus a picture that might make you cross...Ceredigion Coast Path opens – in full!Huzzah for the Ceredigion Coastal Path, which as of this week has opened in its entirety.Most of the new trail has been available to walkers for about a year, but some parts of the southern section remained shut ...

THURSDAY: Story of the Week

LFTO News Team, 05 June 2008 08:17

Stories, in fact - there's a lot to tell you... BRITAIN'S HIGHEST WHEELCHAIR First up is the bizarre discovery made by volunteers from the John Muir Trust as they cleared litter from Britain's highest peak. In amongst the fag butts, cola cans and crisp packets, the seven dedicated cleaner-uppers unearthed a rusting wheelchair hidden under a cairn near the summit ...

Mr Wainwright is back on the buses!

LFTO News Team, 17 April 2008 08:51

He crossed the length and breadth of the Lake District on a bus as he wrote his famous pictorial guides - now legendary fellwalker Alfred Wainwright is on the back of one. To launch a new charity guidebook revisiting some of AW's favourite haunts, bus company Stagecoach has painted up the 555 Ambleside-Keswick service with the harrumphing visage of the ...

Special report: The future of Black Sail Youth Hostel

LFTO News Team, 15 April 2008 16:25

The Youth Hostel Association has announced plans to withdraw meal services and a resident warden at the Lake District's most isolated youth hostel. But that's not necessarily a bad thing... Black Sail is arguably England's last true wilderness. Sitting four miles from the nearest road, at the head of Ennerdale, the hut's only neighbours are the giddy heights of Great Gable, ...

Get walking to help Wiltshire's wildlife

Melanie Vincent and LFTO, 07 April 2008 09:24

Get set for an epic outdoors event which is designed to help protect the wildlife of Wiltshire. The Sarsen Trail and Neolithic Marathon, taking place on Sunday, May 4, is a 26-mile sponsored walk and run between the two World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge, with shorter courses for those who like their challenges to be a bit less ...

Special report: New bill pledges total coast access

LFTO News Team, 03 April 2008 11:53

Walkers will be able to access every inch of England's coastal countryside under a bill approved in Parliament. The Marine Bill, which was passed by MPs yesterday, authorises the creation of a new National Trail for the entire English coastline. If successfully passed into law, the trail will take shape over the next ten years, allowing walkers almost complete access ...

East Yorkshire gem wins walker-friendly status

LFTO News Team, 03 April 2008 09:23

The East Yorkshire town of Market Weighton is the latest place to win the 'Walkers are Welcome' seal of approval. Launched in 2007, the accreditation is awarded to towns and villages which prove they are geared towards helping walkers explore their scenic environs and looking after their every need. Market Weighton stands on the picturesque Wolds Way National Trail, which runs from ...

Put a bluebell walk in your diary!

LFTO News Team, 25 March 2008 15:37

The National Trust has released a hit-list of ten bluebell hot spots in a bid to raise awareness of the flowers’ endangered status.Bluebells are one of the most beautiful signs of spring, but they are becoming endangered by interbreeding with invasive Spanish bluebells. Britain’s bluebell woods account for about 50 per cent of the entire world population of the flower, ...

Easier access to the Cairngorms!

LFTO News Team, 07 March 2008 08:00

Walkers and climbers exploring the Cairngorms this summer can make use of a popular link-bus service which will be returning in high season. The Heather Hopper will be back in action, this time with more routes and more facilities. It will run twice daily from mid-May until the end of September, connecting Ballater with Grantown-on-Spey, and with numerous stops in between. New ...

Stolen signs make misery for Chiltern fans

LFTO News Team, 25 February 2008 09:00

A plan to help walkers navigate in the Chilterns could be at risk as an insurance claim over stolen signs drags on. A trailer containing 76 new waymarkers, created by the Chiltern Society to guide walkers along the 172-mile Chiltern Way, was stolen from outside the home of maintenance volunteer Peter Harden. The signs, made of reinforced plastic and worth £2,000, will ...

Become a guardian angel for Tyne and Wear trails!

LFTO News Team, 22 February 2008 20:52

A plea has gone out to find volunteers to care for the rights of way around Tyne and Wear as part of a truly impressive community project. Gateshead is marking Year of the Volunteer with a quest to recruit a million volunteers by 2015, and the protection and care of access routes is right at the heart of the project. The ...

Summer of surprises for two National Trails

LFTO News Team, 20 February 2008 10:49

Two of the UK’s most popular national trails have announced a major series of spring and summer events to attract walkers on to their paths. The Thames Path and the Ridgeway are hosting a series of almost 50 guided walks and events to encourage walkers to try the trails. Most of the walks are free of charge, and led by ...

Cannock Chase is 50 - how about you?

Anonymous, 19 February 2008 09:09

We're always pleased to see an imaginative idea for promoting the outdoors here at LFTO, and this one is a fine example. Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is 50 in September and its custodians are looking for 50 50-year-olds to help them make the most of the event. The milestone will be officially marked on September 16, with an event called The ...

A walk in the Peak District - on your MP3!

LFTO News Team, 11 February 2008 08:00

Walks in the Peak District could be music to your ears, thanks to a pioneering series of MP3 audio walks being launched in Bakewell. A new hi-tech download centre – only the second in the country – has been opened at Bakewell Visitor Centre. The Peak Experience download centre offers 13 audio-trails and three podcasts, with accompanying maps printed out there ...

Daffodil Way comes back to life

LFTO News Team, 08 February 2008 08:25

There’s a chance to celebrate the reopening of a classic spring walking route next month, following half a year of closure. Parts of the Daffodil Way, a ten-mile circular trail through the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, have been closed for the past six months due to work on a new National Grid pipeline running from Milford Haven to Turley. ...

New issue of Trail sparks controversy

LFTO News Team, 07 February 2008 12:32

The March issue of Trail hit the newsstands recently, and a feature about people trying to make their mark on the hills has sparked a heated debate on the LFTO forum. The article included a chap who clears the fells of rubbish, a guy who takes inner-city kids into the outdoors, a woman who uses the hills to resolve conflict, ...

New walkers' bridge is a heartfelt tribute

LFTO News Team, 23 January 2008 08:12

A new footbridge three miles west of Coniston Water will help walkers avoid a precarious stepping stone river crossing. The new stone bridge in Broughton Moor forest replaces a wooden structure that disappeared a number of years ago, and has been funded by Lord Rooker, a keen walker and Lake District enthusiast, as a memorial to his wife, Lady Rooker. ...

Did they pick the wrong picture?

LFTO News Team, 14 January 2008 12:00

Poor old Mid Suffolk District Council has hit a bit of trouble in a bid to promote one of its walking trails.A leaflet singing the virtues of Thornham Walks - a 12-mile footpath network taking in some gorgeous East Anglian countryside - is fronted by a picture of a young girl picking her nose.Andrew Stringer, a Green councillor, says that "it ...

Report South Downs problems online

LFTO Gear Team, 07 January 2008 14:49

You can now report access issues, vandalism or blight problems affecting the South Downs Way using an online form.The National Trails office has launched the form to enable walkers to report problems like damaged stiles, unlawful fences or illegal off-roading. The form, on the National Trail office's South Downs website, includes mapping options to help you identify where the problem is.A spokesman for ...

Plea to walkers: help us catch illegal bikers

LFTO News Team, 28 December 2007 09:30

Police in North Yorkshire have launched a crackdown on motorcylists who ride illegally on green lanes - and they want your help.North Yorkshire Police and Rangers from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority have been carrying out spot-checks at the weekend as part of their regular winter time checks to make sure people aren’t using tracks illegally. They want walkers ...

All-Wales coastal path planned

LFTO News Team, 24 December 2007 09:00

Walkers will be able go all around the Welsh coastline on a continuous path by 2012, says the Countryside Council for Wales.Work has already started on the 800-mile route, funded by grants from the Welsh Assembly. Sue Rice, from the council's Coastal Authority Office, said: “Given the fact that we have such a beautiful coastline, it’s important for members of the ...

Help fix a fell for Christmas!

LFTO News Team, 21 December 2007 15:30

Struggling to think of a last-minute gift for the walker who has it all? Rather than buying another pair of socks, this year you can help restore a Lake District path in their name. Fix the Fells is a lottery-funded organisation that has carried out repairs to 102 paths in the Lakes since 2006. With so many holidaymakers visiting the ...