News
Editor’s Wish List: Autumn 2010
Walk editor Dominic Bates on three things he’s looking forward to this season…
Help put London on the map
The Ramblers warns that London’s Historic network of footpaths – including parts of the Thames Path National Trail – are at risk…
Rare butterfly numbers on the rise
Record numbers of the rare and exotic Swallowtail Butterfly have been sighted in the Broads this summer – the first increase in nearly 100 years…
Beaver Trial babies!
The campaign to re-introduce beavers into the wild in Scotland took a huge leap forward recently, when the first beaver kits were spotted at the site…
A forest saved
The Woodland Trust has succeeded in raising enough funds to buy most of Cwm Mynach, a remote and beautiful valley in the Snowdonia National Park. The charity has now completed the purchase of nearly 1000 acres, with the aim of gradually re-establishing native woodland and other valuable wildlife habitats…
Events
Campaign News
Everyday walking projects get ITV boost
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Short walks in England and Wales on the Ramblers’ Group Walks Finder have been branded as Walk4Life walks as part of the government’s Change4Life campaign for a healthier eating, more active society…
Tags: campaigns, Get Walking Keep Walking, health & fitness, Ramblers, Walk 4 Life
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Byelaw threat to Scottish access
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Controversial proposed byelaws to curb wild camping in Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park have been denounced by Scotland’s outdoors groups…
Tags: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Ramblers Scotland, wild camping
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Rally for Northants ‘secret path’
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Northants Ramblers have rallied over an unrecognised local footpath that forms a vital, safe alternative to the nearby promoted Nene Way…
Tags: campaigns, Nene Way, Northants Ramblers
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Witnesses needed for Bayham Abbey dispute
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Ramblers is appealing for new witnesses for an upcoming inquiry into two disputed rights of way over the notorious Bayham Abbey estate, on the Kent-East Sussex border…
Tags: campaigns, Essex, Kent, Tunbridge Wells Ramblers
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Nominations open for Volunteer Awards
Friday, May 28th, 2010
A special awards scheme to recognise Ramblers volunteers is now open for nominations. As part of the 75th anniversary celebrations, Ramblers is inviting members to submit details of volunteers whose extraordinary contributions have helped further the charity’s cause…
Tags: Awards, Ramblers, Ramblers 75th Anniversary, volunteering
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DIY walking packs big hit
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
More than 40,000 people have signed up for Get Walking Packs, the DIY guides to getting 30 minutes of activity, five times a week, provided by the Ramblers’ Get Walking Keep Walking project…
Tags: campaigns, Get Walking Keep Walking, Ramblers
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Scottish countryside petition
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Ramblers Scotland is backing a petition to force a Scottish Government review on unsightly vehicular hill tracks and electrified deer fencing in the Scottish countryside, and you can help…
Tags: campaigns, footpaths, politics, Ramblers Scotland
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Dead End campaign launched
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
A new Ramblers’ campaign names and shames England and Wales’ worst councils for footpath maintenance, to highlight the most serious crisis to face the network in decades…
Tags: campaigns, footpaths, politics, Ramblers
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Bovril contest creates new footpath
Friday, May 14th, 2010
The Mold Railway Footpath has been lovingly transformed thanks to restoration funding from The Bovril Great Outdoors Revival Campaign, and is now open to walkers of all abilities…
Tags: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Bovril, Clwydian Ramblers, Clywydian AONB, footpaths, long-distance walks, Mold
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Tom Franklin
Friday, February 26th, 2010
A message from the Ramblers
Tags: footpaths, Ramblers, Tom Franklin
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