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Y Pellennig - New Ticklist to the Remotest Hills of Wales

Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams have been busy on the Welsh hills in recent years, focusing on surveying hills for numerical data and research for upland place names.  Myrddyn is also part of G&J Surveys who are a team of independent surveyors who have been...
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Hillwalkers Urged to Speak on A9 Upgrades

The A9 between Perth and Inverness is gradually being converted to full dual carriageway. Over the next several years the work will be carried out in sections....
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Free Landscape Training for Outdoor Leaders

Conservation charity Friends of the Lake District is offering outdoor instructors a chance to learn more about Cumbria’s upland ecology, and the impacts...
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Win &pountd;500 worth of Mountain Equipment Climbing Clothing

To mark the launch of our 2015 Climbing Clothing collection & latest film shot on the legendary cliffs of Gogarth we are giving one lucky person the chance to win £500 worth of Mountain Equipment Climbing Clothing.  

The sea cliffs of Gogarth, situated on the western tip of Anglesey are the stuff of legend. These beautiful and atmospheric crags are famed for their adventurous climbs, loose rock and tidal cycles. They come with something of an intimidating reputation and are not for the faint-heated or inexperienced. 

For German climber Charlotte Gild this was an intriguing destination that offered something very different to her alpine back yard. The Mountain Equipment Pro Partner recently teamed up with experienced local climber Dave Rudkin from Plas y Brenin to get her teeth into what Gogarth has to offer.

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Book Review: Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane

  Ammil, grumma, garbhlach and gryke; lippers, flinks, and aggy-jaggers; such is the language of Landmarks, the fifth book by the accomplished nature writer Robert...

Photo of the Week
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Rescue in the clouds
johnhenderson

Congratulations to johnhenderson for being voted Gallery of the Week by UKH users.

There were 312 new photos added added to the Photo Galleries this week

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Waterproof Bivvying with Montane

Evolving from years of experience creating innovative Montane clothing and packs, the Minimus Sleeping Bag is at once highly waterproof and hyper breathable.

It features a PERTEX® Shield + outer shell; a remarkable waterproof fabric used in several other technical super lightweight items of clothing and accessories, from the multi award-winning Minimus Jacket to the running specific Minimus Smock.  High quality 90/10 800+ fill power goose down (certified non live plucked and non force fed) ensures warmth to a comfort limit of -2ºC.

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