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Open access land - 20 years on
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, known as the CRoW Act is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament affecting England and Wales which came into force on 30 November 2000.
It is hard to think that it is 20 years since this monumental change was introduced, all the 1:25k maps where updated to now show these areas. It really opened up many areas of the countryside.
Montane Spine Race 2020
This weekend is the start of the Winter Montane Spine Race, the ultimate UK challenge for participants.
In this interview I talk to Paul freeman, just before he sets off on the epic journey.
Pilgrim Poles - Walking Route Over to Holy Island
The line of poles marking the walking route to Holy Island have been in place for decades, but recently some of them had gone missing or become loose and recently the missing poles have been replaced.
The Rothbury Trenches
In December 1914, early in WW1, volunteer soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers went to the moors above Rothbury to prepare for trench warfare in France, constructing a complex network of practice trenches.
The Sill Landscape Discovery Centre, Northumberland National Park
The Sill in Northumberland National Park is a Landscape Discovery Centre and new YHA Youth Hostel currently being constructed at Once Brewed in Northumberland.
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