We have now opened our Walking in Britain Blog where we will be announcing updates to the site

6 February 2010: The Green Woodpecker is a fairly well known bird in most areas of the UK and the largest of the three resident Woodpeckers in Britain
23 January 2010: The Skomer Vole is a sub species of the Bank vole and is unique among British Voles in that it lives on an offshore Island, in this case the Island of Skomer in Pembrokeshire, Wales
9 January 2010: The Hoary bat is also known as the hairy tailed bat is mainly a North American bat where it is the largest bat species native to Canada, but it an occasional visitor to the UK
5 December 2009: After a long gap we return with our seventh walk, in the Langdale Pikes.
21 November 2009: The European Pine Marten also known as the Pineten is an attractive but increasingly rare member of the mustelid family of animals
1 November 2009: The Honey Buzzard is a striking summer visitor to the UK
3 October 2009: The British water vole is the largest of the Vole family found in the UK with adults reaching 22cm in length not including tail and weighing up to 300g
5 September 2009: The Black Rat is one of the most notorious of all animals, blamed for the Black Death
22 August 2009: A look at the Common Pheasant
1 August 2009: What to look for in a lightweight tent
18 July 2009: The Red Deer is one of the largest wild animals in the UK and our largest deer being one of only two species native to the UK
4 July 2009: Our first article on bats looks at the Barbastelle Bat (Barbastella barbastellus).
6 June 2009: Snowshoes are an ancient way of walking on deep snow. They work on a simple principle of spreading the weight of the wearer by increased surface area meaning that the wearer doesn’t sink so deep into the snow
9 May 2009: The Stoat is a small carnivore closely related to the smaller Weasel
19 April 2009: Today we look at the Europeon Mole
4 April 2009: Our second insect is the Red Tailed Bumble Bee
21 March 2009: Our first insect is the European Hornet.
15 March 2009: We move on to amphibians with a look at the Common Frog
28 February 2009: We complete our series of articles on British reptiles with the Common Lizard and the Slow Worm.
14 February 2009: We continue our look at British animals with the Smooth Snake and the Grass Snake
31 January 2009: We add a list of British Animals and an article on the Sand Lizard
17 January 2009: The Grey Heron is one of the most distinctive birds commonly seen in Britain. We also add a picture gallery for the Grey Heron.
30 October 2008: The Canada Goose is a common visitor to Britain, the Grey Phalarope much rarer.
10 October 2008: The Rabbit is the most often seen British wild mammal.
20 September 2008: We add to our picture galleries with a selection of woodcuts from A History of British Birds by William Yarrell of 1860
14 September 2008: Today we add a walk around Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District
27 July 2008: We add articles on the Woodcock and the Barn Owl, and open a Barn Owl picture gallery
12 July 2008: Walk five takes us through Whinlatter Forest
5 July 2008: Walk four is an ascent of Haystacks from Buttermere
24 May 2008: We continue with the Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Jackdaw and Raven
26 April 2008: We start a series looking at British birds with the Rook
12 April 2008: Three new plants - Fern, Foxglove and Yew Tree
8 March 2008: Today we add five new plant articles, on Hawthorn, Common Sorrell, Wood Sorrell, Good King Henry and Walnut and a new seed shop
26 January 2008: A look at animal bites
12 November 2007: A look at UK Mountain Rescue
17 September 2007: A walk on Kinder Scout, in the Peak District.
30 July 2007 : New article on Arctic Survival
7 July 2007: Contour map of the Peak District
31 May 2007: A new section of reviews of books relating to Pagan faiths
13 May 2007: Contour map of the Lake District
3 May 2007: Our second walk takes us up Lose Hill in the Peak District, starting from Castleton.
18 April 2007: Knapweed is a distinctive hairy perennial which is common in the UK

We have also started a series of book reviews, where we have now added a section on climbing and rope work.

We have recently walked the length of Hadrian's Wall for the Perthes Disease Association

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