toilets in picturesque Dovedale.The Authority is facing cuts of 28.5% over the next four years and with an annual cost of £17,000 in maintenance, the toilets are next in the queue for the trip to the administrative abbatoir.In other areas, says PDNPA

and organisations.The Park Authority agreed the draft budget yesterday with proposals including 15 voluntary and three compulsory redundancies, the scrapping of 12 work programmes and a reorganisation of the authority's structure.The reduction in budget over

.Currently the authority runs 16 pay-and-display car parks, which generate some £1.2 million of revenue annually, but also has 30 currently free-to-use car parks, which have the potential to bring in extra revenue.'Significant Opposition'The four car parks involved

Cuts, argues Britain’s Walking Charity.In George Osborne’s Autumn Budget Statement yesterday (29 Nov), a welcoming £2 million was earmarked for local communities to enhance their tourism offer by improving public rights of way. This comes as part of a

a definite cut of 5.4% in 2011-12, figures for the next three years are 'indicative' and will be confirmed in the future.As an example, the grant for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in 2011-12 will fall to £5.1 million from its current level of £5

local expertise which is needed to campaigneffectively at a Scottish level will be vastly reduced and ScottishRamblers have taken matters into their own hands with an appealfor £200,000 which would enable them to save the office andstaff from

politics has worked." (August 2008).Myth-buster 2 - National Park funding doesn't matter and the campaign has been driven by hysteria and speculationCNP's campaign on National Park funding has drawn attention to the likely impacts of 25-30% funding cuts

the opportunity to announce abig coup on the fleece front. From late this summer, Regatta will beusing Malden Mills Polartec fabrics in some of its higher speccedfleeces and at a brilliant price too.The fabrics in the range will be Polartecs standard 100 - 200 and

in a 'clear and engaging way'. It's a particularly timely move, given that the English National Park Authorities have just been asked to cut their budgets by 5% for 2010-11 leading to fears that already stretched budgets will be hit hard

the gathering.If you do want to go along, it kicks off at the Visitor Centre at 1pm, with an 11am start for the Mountain bike ride to Save Our Forests - mountain bikers being one of the most active users of forest areas thanks to the Forestry Commission's policy