Early Friday afternoon, mountain rescue teams were called out to Pendle Hill following reports that a walker had fallen unconscious. After a call from the police, the team was mobilised around 1pm. Volunteers from the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue […]
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As we reported on a few days ago the Save Dartmoor Backpack Camping campaign which has been fundraising to raise £100k to fight the decision to ban wild camping in Dartmoor. Earlier today, they told us they have decided to
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Two walkers came into difficulty on the Old Man of Coniston as winter conditions returned. The Coniston rescue team was called out to help the walkers. The team was called out at 13:16 on Wednesday 12th April after reports of
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Mountain rescues in the Lake District were called to help hikers who were caught out as wintry conditions returned to the fells. At about 6:25pm on Wednesday 12th April, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to a couple in difficulties
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Wild Camper were left furious after a tent was found up the side of a mountain in Scotland. Michael Scott had been hiking near Glencoe in Scotland when he came across what looked like an abandoned tent. Michael said in
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‘The loss of the right to backpack camp on Dartmoor was a hammer blow to public access to the countryside’ The online campaign fighting for the rights of hikers to camp on Dartmoor has raised over £50,000. The “Save Dartmoor
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While we have over 7,000 campsites across the UK and some of the most breathtaking scenery, the trend has been for people to head into the hills and camp off grid. Sometimes known as ‘Wild Camping’ or ‘stealth camping’ as
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An Easter trip in Fairlight, near Hastings, Essex did not go as planned for a father, son and their four dogs, where they were cut off by the tide and then stuck on a cliff. At around 12.30pm on Friday,
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Police Scotland Highland and Islands officers are appealing for information to trace a 26-year-old man who has been missing on Ben Nevis since Tuesday, 11 April, 2023. Zekun Zhang was last seen around 1pm near the summit of Carn Mor
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Cleveland Mountain Rescue was called out at the request of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to support the Great North Air Ambulance Service who was on route to reports of an injured man. Reports had come in that a man had
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