To help shape up and work off the Christmas excess, why not take to the saddle and explore Scotland's spectacular countryside over the New Year? Sustrans, the UK's leading sustainable transport charity, has launched a map for a new National Cycle Network route, number 754, to help you discover … [Read more...]
Shape up for New Year and discover stunning Scottish scenery
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November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Autumn Colours Online Guide
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October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. The website – www.forestry.gov.uk/nweautumn - will record the changing colours of the leaves so people can visit the … [Read more...]
Clearer Dales Forecasts
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October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. For the first time Met Office forecasts will be provided for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in … [Read more...]
The Beacon, Penrith, Cumbria
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July 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. The orignal forests of Beacon Hill were … [Read more...]
National Parks celebrate 60 years
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July 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. … [Read more...]
