CONSERVATIONISTS are racing to raise £30 million to purchase the whole of the Rothbury Estate – a 15-square-mile expanse of former grouse moor, farmland, and forest that could become one of the UK’s most ambitious rewilding projects to date. The estate, once held by the Duke of Northumberland’s family forContinue Reading
A FAMILY run campsite in Powys has been named the best in Wales at an annual awards ceremony in Cardiff. Fforest Fields scooped the title during the Welsh Hospitality Awards 2025 last week. Opened in 1989, the site began as a simple and friendly place for campers with the aimContinue Reading
EVEREST’S rope fixers have descended the world’s highest mountain in good weather as the official climbing season opens in Nepal. The routes are now open for an expected 1,000 mountaineers and sherpas with more than 450 permits issued for the start of climbing. Some guides have already begun the ascentContinue Reading
ARMENIA has been named ‘Destination of the Year for Adventure Tourism’ in an international awards ceremony in Berlin. The landlocked republic was handed the title in the PATWA (Pacific Area Travel Writers Association) Travel Awards. Judges pointed to the tiny nation’s spectacular mountains and epic hiking trails which are continuingContinue Reading
MONTANE athlete Tom Hollins has set a new Winter Wainwrights record. After eight days of relentless effort, the 52-year-old Yorkshireman reached the finish line of the Wainwrights challenge, having successfully summited 214 Lake District peaks in one attempt over 310 miles (500km) of rugged and unforgiving terrain. Hollins’ self-supported achievement sets a new Winter WainwrightsContinue Reading
MacInnes – a mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author – passed away at the age of 90 in 2020 after a lifetime dedicated to his love of Scottish mountains. Continue Reading
A NEW section of the King Charles III England Coast Path has been opened, giving the public a legal right to the iconic coastline of the North West and North Wales. The 8.8 miles (14.1km) stretch completes the Birkenhead to Welsh border section connecting existing KCIIIIEP sections northwards to theContinue Reading
THE UK Government has appointed Colin Hughes as the new Chair of Ordnance Survey. Hughes will remain in his current position as CEO of AQA while taking on his new role as Ordnance Survey Chair from March 9. He previously held senior leadership positions in the education, publishing and mediaContinue Reading
A FORMER British Army officer is set to spearhead an Everest expedition that could see the world’s highest mountain scaled in just one week. Garth Miller – a former officer with the Brigade of Gurkhas – will be using xenon gas to accelerate the production of red blood cells and,Continue Reading
AFTER days of limit-pushing endurance through the treacherous Pennine landscape, extreme athlete Kim Collison has been crowned champion of the 2025 Montane Winter Spine Race. Victory marks a momentous ‘fourth-time-lucky’ achievement for Collison, who completed the race in a remarkable 82 hours and 46 minutes – the third fastest completionContinue Reading
