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
Archive for politics
Compensation for good Samaritan
Friday, August 27th, 2010
The founder of the Samaritans Way South West path has been awarded £500 compensation, after Somerset County Council requested Ordnance Survey remove the LDP from their maps without consultation…
Tags: footpaths, politics, volunteering
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Walk & Talk with Jane Davidson
Friday, August 27th, 2010
For more than a decade, Jane Davidson has been lobbying for the interests of walkers in Wales. Here, she tells Dominic Bates about her fears over devastating budget cuts and the progress of the all-Wales coast path…
Tags: footpaths, policy, politics, Ramblers Cymru
Posted in Features, Home Feature, People, Walk Autumn 2010, from the magazine | 1 Comment »
Janet Street-Porter: A coalition for our footpaths
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Government cuts to footpaths would represent a false economy for Britain’s health and tourism…
Tags: health & fitness, Janet Street-Porter, opinion, politics
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Help put London on the map
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Ramblers warns that London’s Historic network of footpaths – including parts of the Thames Path National Trail – are at risk…
Tags: footpaths, politics, right of way
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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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Hung up on walking
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The exactly make-up of the next parliament may still be undecided, but one thing is agreed: all parties support walking. A new online map from Ramblers highlights the walking MP nearest you…
Tags: campaigns, policy, politics, Ramblers, Ramblers Walking Manifesto
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