A quick Happy New Year to everyone who reads the site, ourcommercial partners and advertisers and not forgetting Cameron, Johnand Chris and the rest of the team at our magazine partners, TGO.Here's hoping that you have a great outdoors 2005

to the Peak District hills for a New Year's Daystomp, but of course, New Year wouldn't be New Year without someresolutions, so follow the forum link below and tell us all whatyou're determined to do in the outdoors this year. And if weremember, we'll revisit

A quick HappyNew Year from everyone here at OUTDOORSmagic -we'll be back properly with all guns firing on Monday, but for nowwe've posted up our regular Friday morning MountainWeather Outlook and Saturday in particular looksace.Beinn Each

Yep, as we told you a couple of weeks back, 2002 has beenofficially designated 'International Year of Mountains' (IYM) by theUN with a focus on the decimation of mountain eco-systems by avariety of predictably man-made mechanisms.There's a programme

Happy New Year and a big welcome back from OutdoorsMagic, I hope you've all had a mellow, relaxed break and, hopefully, managed to sneak a few good hill days in alongside the whole festive palaver.You couldn't have picked better Christmas weather

windy.I started 2012 as I mean to go on with a trip to the Lakes with some mates. The less said about the home-made music the better, but we had two entertaining days on the hill as a sort of antidote. On New Year's Eve, we snuck up Skiddaw from

Yes, like the title says, we're back and fully - ahem - functionalafter the Christmas New Year break and we'd just like to say HappyNew Year from everyone at OUTDOORSmagic.That'll be me, Jon, the editor, Susan (assistant editor), Dave(routes editor

tea to a great New Year for everyone - have a good one!Jon - OutdoorsMagic Editor

for the New Year, you cancontribute to the upkeep of Britain's footpaths with the RA's UseYour Paths Challenge. During the 18 month challenge the public isasked to walk footpaths which they can then register on a speciallycreated website at www

conventional andcontemporary looking boots.Again we won't go into loads of detail as the new stuff isn't outuntil next year, but in an interesting victory for aesthetics, thevery effective, but rather hideous Superlite (which we alwaysmisspell) is joined by a