Dec 28, 2024 · So here we are then, as another year rolls to a close. While major world events have once again come thick and fast over the last 12 months, the hills remain a place where we can escape it all for a while. Well, mostly. From awesome running and peak bagging achievements to moves towards the establishment of new National Parks, these are our edited highlights of the UKHillwalking news year ...

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Dec 16, 2024 · On Wednesday 3rd December Keri Wallace completed a non-stop West Highland Way, solo and unsupported, in a time of 28 hours 19 minutes. It's the first time the route has been run by a woman, in this style, in winter - and only the second time, so far as we call tell, that anyone has done it solo and unsupported at this time of year.

Oct 2, 2024 · Fulfilling a long-held ambition, fell runner Norman Hadley jogs his way round the mighty Wasdale skyline, and discovers there's a lot of up and down. And a lot to love.

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Oct 28, 2024 · Can you get by in wet and windy Britain with an overnight summit camp setup weighing less than 2kg, without bothering Mountain Rescue? Banking on a fine forecast, Norman Hadley cuts his fastpacking...

Rural Road Danger - Campaigners Call for New UK Path Network Two pedestrians die and 34 are seriously injured by vehicles on rural roads each week. This is an issue both for recreational walkers and rural residents. Extending a right of access to adjacent...

Nov 7, 2024 · Jeff Kent has become the first person that we know of to climb to the true high point of 1000 English peaks of 1000+ feet high. Accompanied for the most part by his partner Sue Bell, the Staffordshire-based hillwalker, 73, reached his milestone in mid-October on North Yorkshire's Roseberry Topping. Between 2012 and 2020 Jeff identified and climbed to the exact tops of all 621 1,000-foot hills ...

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Jul 23, 2020 · One of Europe's great long-distance routes, the Haute Route Pyrenees extends for some 800km from Atlantic to Mediterranean along the crest of the high Pyrenees. Alex Roddie offers the lowdown on...