Mr Knight from the Isle of WightWas a man of ways and means.He designed a thing for opening tinsSo we could eat baked beans.Not so many years ago, camping books always included sentenceslike, "AND DON'T FORGET THE CAN OPENER!" During the 1990's

If you're wondering which Welsh paths are open this weekend, checkout the excellent new footpaths map on the Countryside Council forWales site.We've already mentioned it on our foot and mouth watch page, butit's an excellent resource that other

The Upper Derwent Valley in the Peak District National Park hasre-opened subject to restrictions.Without getting out on the ground, it's hard to tell, but the PeakPark press office tells us that woodland and reservoir paths are nowopen for walking

in the southeast.The first part of the phased introduction of the long-awaitedCountryside and Rights of Way Acr (CRoW) will open up approximately100 square miles of land in the Peak District National Park forexample, more than doubling the area available to walkers

Open Access in the Peak District has beentemporarily suspended to help prevent the risk of moorland fires,but people are still free to use public rights of way like footpathsand bridleways.The measures have been taken after the warmest April

The nice people at Tracklogs tell us that they've now added allthe remaining areas of Open Access land to their range of 1:25,000digital Explorer maps following the completion of the Open Accessprogramme.The production of new maps by the Ordnance

Friday Update We've just heard that common sense hasprevailed and Glyder Fach - which was previously closed - is now openalong with Tryfan, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn and Cwm Idwal. Unlike otherpath openings, this covers the entire area and it's now

Manchester Cotswold special opening for Full Monty ticket holdersNews has reached us today that Cotswold in Manchester are to hold a special opening for ticket holders going to Alan Hinkes’ Full Monty Lecture on November 30thThe store

Just a pre-weekend quicky to let you know that as of tomorrow,Saturday 14 July, virtually all of Dartmoor's rights of way andcommon land will be open.To quote the relevantrelease:'Under the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985, the National Park Authorityon 14

The Department of Food and Rural Affairs has declared 96% of Public rights of way in Devon open as of twelve midnight last night.The news is a significant moment in the whole sorry Foot and Mouth affair, as Devon was the second worst hit county