The AA Book of Britain's Coastal Walks is a full-colour, hardback volume featuring 103 routes walking routes on the British coastline with distances ranging from a bite-sized two miles up to ten.The book's arranged in regional chapters, each with a

Here'sa quick heads up for you - there's a new TV series starting tonightcalled 'Coast'. Presented by Nicolas Crane, it's a journey aroundBritain's coastline.The 13-part series starts at 9 pm on BBC2 tonight,Friday 22 July, with the first leg

covers the stretch of the coast between Dartmouth and Plymouth and is part of an ongoing series from Coastal Publishing. There are 18 walks in the book, each accompanied by one of the maps overlaid on aeriel photography of the area and complete with full

out something like 'solo an 8,000 metre peak in winter conditions without oxygen'. Or maybe not.At any rate, the app is sponsored by Sport Wales and can help people to build up their fitness in preparation for the BIG Welsh Coastal Walk Challenge

It's a double whammy for the outdoors in Somerset today, Tuesday 9May, with the Quantock Hills celebrating its golden jubilee asthe first area in England to be designated an Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty (AONB) while Somerset County Council

of land around the coast, which the BMC believes should all be open for recreational activities like walking. The English Coastal RouteDown-at-mouth walkers will be pleased to know that the draft legislation includes proposals for an English Coastal Route

.The manifesto states “ We want to see delivery of the coastal route, which became law last November, as fast as possible”, in line with Natural England’s ten year timescale. [#1.2] Interestingly, the Ramblers say that candidates signing up to the manifesto have

The House of Lordsvote on new coastalaccess laws, which have been the subject of vigorouslobbying from outdoors and conservation bodies takes place today, Wednesday 11November.Most relevant to walkers and climbers are proposals to give betteraccess

not in those terms - and plan the route for the next stages of the path. By contrast, the Welsh Coastal Path is scheduled to launch on 5, May, 2012, which will make Wales the first country in the world to boast a continuous coastal path.Justin Cooke, Ramblers

Way back in the dim and distant past of November 2006, we wrote about the BMC's campaign to establish permanent public access to the sea cliffs and foreshore.It's an issue that concerns sea cliff climbers and coastal walkers in particular. If you