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Fell Boot Fights Erosion...
By Jon on 31/01/2005 12:40:06
Buy a pair of Hawshead Fell Boots and three quid is donated to the Fix The Fell Project which aims to repair and preserve paths and walls in the Lake District.
Given that our feet are largely responsible for the erosion offootpaths, we rather like the idea behind the Hawkshead Fell Boot -they may not cause any less erosion than other boots, but for everypair sold, £3.00 is contributed to footpath
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Helvellyn Fell Top Reports 'Saved'
By Jon on 16/11/2011 12:42:53
Sponsorship and parsimony means fell top assessors go back to work in early December.
Earlier this year, we reported that the Weatherline Fell Top assessment service in the Lakes was under threat and without funding, the invaluable daily report from the summit of Helvellyn over th4e winter months could be discontinued, the good news
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Fell Top Assessors In Stockings For Christmas...
By Jon on 11/12/2012 13:34:34
Forget tinsel-festooned crampons, this year's must give gift is a day's sponsorship of the Weatherline fell-top assessment service.
What could be better than a fell-top assessor in your stocking on Christmas Day? Yep, this year you can actually sponsor the winter Fell Top Assessor Service for a day along with recognition on the LDNPA Weatherline website and Twitter feeds
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Windermere Fell Care Day - Thursday
By Jon on 22/10/2012 11:57:56
Put something back at this week's volunteer fell care event at Windermere in the Lake District.
A quick heads-up on the 2012 Windermere Fell Care Day which takes place this Thursday 25 October and is a cracking event that gives you the chance to put something back into the outdoors by helping to protect the Lake District landscape
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Walking Route: Great Shunner Fell, Dales
By Dave Mycroft on 17/10/2007 15:31:01
It may be on the Pennine Way, but that aside, Great Shunner Fell is a byword for solitude.
Walking Route - Great Shunner Fell, Dales Hardraw > Great Shunner Fell >`Lovely Seat > Hardraw Average Time: 6 hours Distance: 12 miles (19.2km
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Ennerdale Fell Care Day A Success
By Jon on 27/10/2011 12:04:34
No fewer than 1,000 saplings planted plus red grouse spotted on local fells for the first time in years.
The recent Ennerdale Fell Care Day – the second in recent months following on from the Helvellyn day in September – was a big success with volunteers planting no fewer than 1,000 trees and finding red grouse in the area for the first time
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Southern Fells On Routes Section
By Jon on 12/03/2009 09:13:41
Southern fells routes explosion on OM Routes Section this week.
We're having a southern fells bonanza on the OUTDOORSmagic Routes Section thisweek with routes editor Dave Mycroft uploading a selection of routesfrom the southern Lakes based on Wainwright's Southern Fells area.Mountains covered include Crinkle
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Eastern Fells Routes Explosion!
By Jon on 27/02/2009 13:23:28
All the Wainwrights of the eastern fells now covered in the OM Routes Section.
It's a Lakeland bonanzaon the OUTDOORSmagicRoutes Section with no fewer than 14 new routes havingbeen added to the system covering every single one of the Wainwrightson the Eastern Fells.OM Routes Editor Dave Mycroft has been hard at work
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Fix The Fells Seeks Volunteers
By Jon on 23/03/2011 10:54:21
Lakes conservation body needs help to raise its profile with businesses.
Lake District footpath and bridleway conservation body, Fix The Fells is looking for six volunteers to help raise the organsation's profile with businesses.The volunteers would be part of a project aimed making businesses more aware of the body
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Fix A Fell For Christmas
By Susan on 12/11/2008 22:00:51
Give some Christmas cheer to a poor long-suffering Lakeland path.
If you're feeling altruistic, or you're stuck for Christmas present ideas this year, the Fix The Fells partnership has an idea. Instead of buying yet more gear, how about buying good health – if not Christmas cheer – for a long-suffering Lake
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