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Keswick Festival Village Back For 2012
By Jon on 02/05/2012 09:53:01
Lakeside outdoors village returns with loads to do and free entry for everyone.
The scenic lakeside Keswick Mountain Festival Village is back for 2012, bigger and better with more exhibitors and happenings than ever before and totally free to anyone visiting during the event which runs over 16-20 May.Sponsored this year by Dare
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Annual Old Hall Beer Festival This Weekend
By Nikalas Cook on 21/09/2012 11:51:32
Best beer festival, in the best pub, in the best village in the Peak District
Okay, I might be slightly biased as it’s my local but, the Old Hall in Whitehough nr Chinley, is having it’s annual Beer Festival this weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).It’s a fantastic event, supporting numerous local micro-breweries and, having won Best Cask Pub in the East...
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Weekly Route - Stoney Middleton
By Dave Mycroft on 28/02/2006 12:43:13
A classic White Peak walk complete with plague village, classic climbing crags, and stunning limestone scenery starting in the village of Stoney Middleton.
of contrasts, taking in the villages of Eyam and Stoney Middleton and passing through a typical White Peak lanscape of crags and caves. Maps: Ordnance Survey: OL 24 / LR 119 Online: Streetmap
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Swiss Repel Nude German Hikers
By jon on 02/02/2009 16:00:02
A village in the Swiss Alps has has nipped a naked rambling invasion in the bud...
A quiet village in the SwissAlps has been forced to take drastic action tosnip a potential influx of nakedGerman hikers in the bud according to a story in TheIndependent newspaper.The Indy reports that the Swiss Alpine village of Appenzel has
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Outdoors Diary - Friday 25 August, 2006
By Alfred Todger on 25/08/2006 15:25:28
Legendary outdoors chronicler Alfred Todger stays in town this week with news of the Muckthwaite village fete and a fascinating insight into local history and customs.
Muckthwaite, Friday 25 August, 2006First, I'd like to apologise for absence of column last week. Itwere terrible, there were a two-headed cow born in't village and ittook three of us to hold it down while the local lasses plucked itseyebrows
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Outdoors Diary - Friday 28 July, 2006
By Alfred Todger on 28/07/2006 12:46:02
Renowned outdoor chronicler Alfred Todger muses on the impact of modern life on country ways in Muckthwaite and takes assertive action to preserve village life.
everyday event in village life, but it got methinking about our old country traditions and how applicable they arein the modern world. Like it or not, Muckthwaite's entered the 20thcentury now. We even have television and last week, Muriel Entwistlewere
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Outdoors Diary - Friday 15 December, 2006
By Alfred Todger on 15/12/2006 15:53:25
Renowned outdoors chronicler returns to Muckthwaite following his alpine adventures and finds the village gearing up for a traditional Muckthwaite Christmas.
village for days, but how were he to knowthe lights were only designed for use on trees?Obviously first place I called in when I reached town wereMuckthwaite Arms. Right moving it were, decked out in black tinsel inmemory of Jack as news had reached
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Scramble Route - Bheinn a Bheithin
By Dave Mycroft on 07/08/2006 11:44:47
A superb horseshoe in classic surroundings overlooking Loch Leven and Glencoe village, with a more strenuous alternative route joining the ridge half way along.
Bheinn a Bheithin, Western Highlands Grade: 1/2 A superb horseshoe in classic surroundings overlooking Loch Leven and Glencoe village, with a more strenuous alternative route
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Climbers Sought For Kashmir Relief Work
By Douglas Briton / Jon on 18/11/2005 12:21:51
An Indian NGO is appealing for skilled winter mountaineers to help distribute aid and supplies to earthquake-stricken high mountain villages and prevent a second, larger wave of deaths.
ADEPT, an Indian NGO, has appealed for winter mountaineers to helpbring relief supplies to high mountain villages in Kashmir in thewake of the recent earthquake in the region.Many villages have been destroyed, and people face the winterwithout
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Kashmir Climbing Relief Update
By Jon on 05/12/2005 12:50:25
More than 50 climbers and mountaineers have offered to help transport crucial supplies to earthquake stricken villages in Kashmir, but so far permission has not been granted for them to enter the area.
A bit of an update on the progress of the appeal for experiencedclimbers and mountaineers to help transport supplies toearthquake-hit villages in Kashmir which we told you abouta couple of weeks ago.The good news is that there's been a tremendous
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