The Tick Alertcampaign group is warning anyone planning to camp in Scotland of thedangers of contracting Lymedisease from tick bites.To put things in perspective, according to the BBC,there were 285 cases of Lyme disease in Scotland in 2008 compared

This week's Monday Tip is topical one, how to remove ticks safely and easily and why you want to avoid the little blighters in the first place and minimise the risks of contracting Lyme disease.Ticks are tiny parasitical, blood-sucking hitch

The last week in May has been declared Tick Awareness Week, and it's a reminder to all walkers to take note of the little blighters that may or may not be clinging to your ankles at the end of a day in the hills.The week, running from 24th to 30th

of the illness in Holland have morethan tripled in the last ten years from around 5,000 cases in 1994 to17,000 in 2005. Numbers of ticks are also rising in the UK and hotspots now include the South Downs, New Forest, Exmoor, YorkshireMoors and the Scottish

Happy days - this week - 5-11 May, 2008 - is apparentlyTick Alert Week, a timely campaign intended to heighten publicawareness of ticks and the nasty diseases they spread both at homeand abroad.Ticks are most active in the summer months between

endemic areas.TBE causes an average of 13,000 cases needing hospital treatment in Europe and Russia every year. Up to 30% of patients suffer meningitis and in extreme cases it leads to encephalitis (brain swelling) and inflammation of the spinal cord. Two

Somewhere back in early 2000, a whole generation of decent butaffordable middle-market boots suddenly went missing leaving us witha choice of cheapo budget stuff and £100 plus premium boots,with not much left in the middle.Thegood news

're not tied toany particular day either, which makes it far easier to participatein.And of course it's all in an excellent cause. You can find fulldetails at www.macmillan.org.ukor call Macmillan's 'Corbett Conquering Office' on 0845 061 776,where you'll get

1500 metres and dislike wind which compromises their ability tofly. Oh, and some people really do taste nicer to midges than others...Meanwhile ticksare a growing menace with tick-born Lyme disease on the increase in theUK and reported cases rising from

know what he's on about as he was the first person to summit all 91 tops in a single 5,000-mile walking and cycling expedition back in 2006.It's a 205-page, medium-format paperback clearly laid-out and nicely produced in the recent Cicerone style