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Winter walks

Higher than average snow fall combined with the lowest temperatures for many years, has created some stunning scenery in Britain, not seen for many years. Well worth taking the effort to get out there and view your surroundings from a whole new perspective. Demand on gritting resources and manpower has resulted in only the major roads being gritted. Many minor roads and pathways remain untreated and special care needs to be taken when out and about. With the right clothing and equipment, a walk on a winter's day can be a very rewarding experience. The light and scenery can be literally breathtaking, making ...

Autumn Colours Online Guide

Visitors are being given a helping hand to root out the very best of Cumbria’s vibrant autumn leaves thanks to an online guide launched by the Forestry Commission. [caption id="attachment_296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Goosey Tarn in Autumn"][/caption] The website – www.forestry.gov.uk/nweautumn - will record the changing colours of the leaves so people can visit the woodlands in all their blazing glory. A team of woodland experts are already on red alert in the forests to find the hottest autumn spots across the county. They will chart the changing shades of the autumn foliage from green to golden until the end of November. The leaf-watch campaign is ...

Clearer Dales Forecasts

A new mountain area weather forecast for the Yorkshire Dales will provide hill walkers with clearer information to help keep them safer, whilst making the most of the spectacular countryside. [caption id="attachment_286" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Dales Forecasts"][/caption] For the first time Met Office forecasts will be provided for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in addition to comprehensive forecasts already provided for the Brecon Beacons, Peak District, Snowdonia, Lake District, and West and East Highlands. The forecasts include a colour coded hazards forecast to highlight key risks on the mountains, details on the risk of precipitation, and the latest synoptic chart. The forecasts will be ...

The Beacon, Penrith, Cumbria

An unobtrusive wooden way marker points the way from the roadside, through a small wooden gate and up a grassy slope. Turning the corner, the slope is shaded by trees and the ground becomes sandy, with large pieces of sandstone bouldering the ground. [caption id="attachment_271" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Lush woodland of Beacon Hill, Penrith"][/caption] The orignal forests of Beacon Hill were first planted in the late 18th C. before the enclosure of common land act. Before this, Beacon was a dreary barren waste land full of sandholes and quarries. Remnants of this can be noted from the rough hewn pathway with large ...

National Parks celebrate 60 years

This summer National Parks in the UK are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the legislation that created them – the Access to the Countryside Act 1949 - by encouraging people to visit all 14 of them.