Neolithic long cairn in Yorkshire given extra protection after walkers remove stones

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Admin

Dudderhouse Hill in dales is thought to be one of first structures in UK to be communally constructed by humans

A rare and remarkable 5,000-year-old monument that is an example of one of the earliest visible structures in England is to receive extra protection because walkers, sometimes innocently, have been removing and moving stones.

The Dudderhouse Hill long cairn in the Yorkshire Dales has been granted “scheduled monument” status by the government, making it a site of national importance with greater legal protection.

7,000 steps a day could be enough to improve health, say researchers

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Admin

Target easier to achieve than 10,000 steps and linked to 37% reduction in cancer deaths

Walking more could reduce your risk of dementia, depression and dying from cancer, as well as being good for your heart, according to research. And you may not need to walk as far as previously thought to reap those benefits.

The NHS recommends a brisk 10-minute walk every day. Many people aim to walk 10,000 steps, but struggle to achieve it. Now researchers have calculated that even 7,000 steps could be enough to protect health.

Body of British hiker missing since New Year’s Day found in northern Italy

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Admin

Rescuers discover Aziz Ziriat’s body buried in snow at foot of the southern face of the Carè Alto mountain

The body of a British hiker missing in the Dolomites in northern Italy since New Year’s Day has been found, local rescuers said on Saturday.

Aziz Ziriat, 36, from London, was discovered buried in snow by rescuers from the Trentino Alpine and speleological rescue team, the organisation said.

British tourist dies after rescue from mountain trail in Himalayas

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Admin

Man was trekking with another Briton in Dhauladhar range on trail from Dharamkot to Triund in northern India

A British tourist has died after seriously injuring himself while trekking in the Himalayas.

The man, who had gone on a short hike to the foot of the Dhauladhar mountain range in northern India with another British tourist, fell during his descent on Sunday evening and was taken down the mountain on a stretcher.

Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Admin

Hadi Nazari, 23, last seen on Boxing Day descending the challenging Hannels Spur track

Hopes are dwindling that a missing hiker will be found alive as experts warn of the rough terrain and scarce water availability.

The 23-year-old hiker, Hadi Nazari, was descending a challenging trail in the Kosciuszko national park about 2.30pm on Boxing Day when he was last seen by friends, who raised the alarm when he did not arrive at the campground where they arranged to meet.

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Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Admin

Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths

A deadline for registering historic rights of way is to be scrapped after a warning that the looming cutoff date could result in the loss of thousands of miles of footpaths.

The last government set a deadline of 2031 for all rights of way in England to be added to an official map, after abandoning a previous commitment to scrap the policy.

People in England driving more, cycling less and walking further, survey shows

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Admin

Department for Transport’s annual travel poll shows car or van trips up 8% as Covid-era shift to cycling fizzles away

People in England are walking record distances, official figures show – but charities have said more needs to be done to get individuals on their feet.

According to government data, the average walking journey increased in length last year, even as most other forms of day-to-day travel continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels.

Can’t read a map or use a first aid kit: Australians lack hiking skills, survey shows

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Admin

The nation’s outdoorsy reputation may not be fully deserved, according to the AllTrails app study, with many too scared to go on walks

Australians’ outdoorsy reputation may not be earned when it comes to survival skills, according to a new survey.

Just one in three Australians know how to deal with getting lost, while two in three Australians entirely reconsider going on trail walks due to safety concerns, according to research commissioned by popular hiking app AllTrails.

Scottish landowner who ‘obstructs public access’ made environment minister

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Admin

Ramblers criticise appointment of Robbie Douglas-Miller to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

No 10 has appointed a wealthy Scottish landowner accused by ramblers of restricting public access to his estate as a new environment minister by making him a peer.

The government made the surprise announcement on Friday afternoon that the king was giving the title of baron to Robbie Douglas-Miller, allowing him to enter the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as a minister.

Ramblers unite at Scots Dyke to protest against England’s draconian right to roam laws

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Admin

English and Scottish walkers meet in mass trespass to call for greater public access to land in England and Wales, like the more generous laws of Scotland

Flag-waving activists for land reform have expressed their demands for greater freedom to roam in England and Wales by staging a symbolic trespass through farmland on the Scottish border.

In a bid to highlight Scotland’s far more generous rights of access to the countryside, around 40 campaigners tramped through boggy, dense woodland to arrive at an earth dyke north of Carlisle which once marked the medieval border.

Cornwall unveils new walking route linking its north and south coasts

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Admin

The 87-mile trail follows the River Tamar and links with other routes to create circular walk around whole county

Following the banks of one of the UK’s great rivers, a new walking way has been unveiled linking the north and south coasts of Cornwall and for the first time creating a circular walk around the whole of the county.

The 87-mile (140km) Tamara Coast to Coast Way broadly tracks the River Tamar, which forms most of the border between Cornwall and Devon, taking in landscapes ranging from wooded valley to rolling farmland, heather-covered moors and areas shaped by the region’s mining history.

Row growing after third historic rail bridge filled in with concrete

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Admin

National Highways faces third intervention by a local authority over infilling, after burying Congham bridge in Norfolk in tonnes of concrete

A controversial practice by the government’s roads agency of burying historic railway bridges in concrete has been dealt a fresh blow after a third council intervened over another infilled structure.

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk council has told National Highways it must apply for retrospective planning permission if it wants to retain hundreds of tonnes of aggregate and concrete it used to submerge Congham bridge, a few miles east of King’s Lynn.

Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Admin

More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England

More than 3,000 people joined one of the UK’s largest ever countryside access protests on Saturday on the Dartmoor estate of a wealthy landowner who won a case ending the right to wild camp in England.

Groups of walkers, families, students and local people arrived by foot, shuttle bus and bike to the small Dartmoor village of Cornwood throughout the morning and then thronged for hours along moss- and ivy-draped lanes up on to the rugged, boulder-strewn moorland owned by the Conservative party donor and hedge fund manager Alexander Darwall.

Body of US bushwalker, 78, found in NSW national park

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Admin

Woman went missing on Friday night and extensive ground, sea and air search located her body on Saturday near Pearl beach on Central Coast

A body found in bushland on the New South Wales Central Coast is believed to be a missing 78-year-old American tourist.

Police were initially notified on Friday night that the woman had gone missing while bushwalking. They were told she was in bushland near Middle Head between Pearl and Patonga beaches.

‘Terrible accident’: NSW woman Esther Wallace’s body found after she disappeared on night bushwalk

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Admin

Police believe Wallace died of hypothermia after walking through rugged bushland at 1am

The body of Esther Wallace has been found almost two weeks after the 47-year-old bushwalker disappeared in central west New South Wales, with police believing she died after a “terrible accident.

Police found the body at 4pm on Sunday about 2km from where Wallace was last seen at Federal Falls in the Mount Canobolas state recreation area, near Orange.

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Step on it! Walking is good for health but walking faster is even better, study finds

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Admin

Walking briskly is beneficial for all health outcomes including dementia, heart disease, cancer and death

How fast you walk could be just as important for your health as how many steps you take each day, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Southern Denmark found that 10,000 steps each day is the “sweet spot” to help lower the risk of disease and death. They also found that a faster pace, such as a brisk power walk, can have even greater benefits.

GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Admin

Suggestion of activities to help improve mental and physical health part of wider movement of ‘social prescribing’

GPs around England are to prescribe patients activities such as walking or cycling in a bid to ease the burden on the NHS by improving mental and physical health.

The £12.7m trial, which was announced by the Department for Transport and will begin this year, is part of a wider movement of “social prescribing”, an approach already used in the NHS, in which patients are referred for non-medical activities.

Scottish walker, 82, completes mission to climb every Munro

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Admin

Nick Gardner bagged Cairn Gorm on Saturday, ending his quest in aid of Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis charities

An 82-year-old man said he felt “like a child on Christmas Eve” as he set out to scale the final peak in a mission to climb every Scottish Munro.

Nick Gardner embarked on the challenge in an attempt to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Scotland and the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) after his wife, Janet, 84, who has since moved to a care home, developed both conditions.

Future of popular NSW walking track through sacred site in doubt after floods

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Admin

Wollumbin track reopening delayed after floods, while hikers asked to reconsider climb out of respect for Indigenous sacred place

The fate of one of northern New South Wales’s most popular walking tracks remains uncertain after authorities chose to delay a controversial decision regarding its future for the fourth time.

Situated near the flood-hit town of Murwillumbah, Wollumbin national park previously attracted more than 100,000 visitors a year, and its summit is renowned as the first place in Australia to catch the sunrise.

‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Admin

As campaign launched to enshrine right to green space, Bolton woman describes how ‘tranquility walks’ helped her through lockdown

UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right to access nature for all

During Covid lockdowns, Sharon Powell felt alone. She was caring for her father, 90, who was deteriorating from Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and looking after him had become increasingly difficult.

Social life in her community in Johnson Fold, Bolton, had been Powell’s escape from the pressure at home, but when Covid restrictions were introduced “everything was just gone”. She was depressed, anxious and having panic attacks “like a washing machine on full spin”.

This article was amended on 21 February 2022, to correct the spelling of Trish Goodwin’s name.

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Category Archives: Walking

Neolithic long cairn in Yorkshire given extra protection after walkers remove stones

7,000 steps a day could be enough to improve health, say researchers

Body of British hiker missing since New Year’s Day found in northern Italy

British tourist dies after rescue from mountain trail in Himalayas

Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park

Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way

People in England driving more, cycling less and walking further, survey shows

Can’t read a map or use a first aid kit: Australians lack hiking skills, survey shows

Scottish landowner who ‘obstructs public access’ made environment minister

Ramblers unite at Scots Dyke to protest against England’s draconian right to roam laws

Cornwall unveils new walking route linking its north and south coasts

Row growing after third historic rail bridge filled in with concrete

Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp

Body of US bushwalker, 78, found in NSW national park

‘Terrible accident’: NSW woman Esther Wallace’s body found after she disappeared on night bushwalk

Step on it! Walking is good for health but walking faster is even better, study finds

GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS

Scottish walker, 82, completes mission to climb every Munro

Future of popular NSW walking track through sacred site in doubt after floods

‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health