.Not surprisingly, opponents of the scheme have welcomed thedecision and its confirmation that the local landscape is'oustanding' and hope that it will help to influence the outcome ofthe inquiry in their favour.Other boundary changes may include the northern part

Natural England, the bulk of the responses submitted arefrom local residents, but obviously the areas have a much wider pulland input is needed to help Natural England reach a final decision onwhether or not to expand the Parks and where the boundaries

Today's recommendation by Natural England that the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park should be extended to add an additional 162 square miles gets a big thumbs up from the Dales Park Authority.The revised boundaries for the park

that the boundaryis reconsidered as part of a wider five-year review of the park nextyear, so the boundary may yet be extended.The bill for the boundary change was introduced by MSP JohnSwinney to include the town of Blair Atholl and the Spittal ofGlenshee with one

and rarechalk heathland, was proposed for National Park status,' theysay.Their worry is that the park will end up, like the new New ForestPark, with a boundary even smaller than that proposed by theCountryside Agency and as a result, the people of the south east

.’The designation means that the area how has the highest level of landscape protection afforded to an area in the UK, which will help to preserve the landscape despite the pressures of economic development and climate change.The South Downs National Park Authority

. About as technical as Geri Halliwell. TheConcept 'A5 is for a generation of climbers and athletes who KNOWNO BOUNDARIES between sport and a way of life' it says here. The ideais that you can climb in it then head down the pub without changing

few thousand quid for map of your favouritemountain'.On the other hand, two of the 'themes' available are 'roads,tracks and paths' and 'boundaries' enabling users to select updatesto just these features, which has obvious interest for bodies likethe

and climbersIf that sounds like progress, you’ll be pleased to know that the Bill also earmarks an area of land for open-air recreation – in other words, for the passage of your muddy boots – stretching from the coast inland to ‘an appropriate physical boundary

OUTDOORSmagic users. And you can change the status any time youlike as well as keeping your routes page private or making itpublically viewable.The routes system is also a fantastic way of finding out just how faryou walked last weekend and how much climbing you