This web site provides free information on the medical and nutritional uses of some plants, survival tips and other useful information. We hope to add to this free information on a regular basis. Currently we have one hundred and nine articles.

We would like to offer our support to Richard Miles and Martin Davies of the West Midlands Fire Service, who are about to take part in the Marathon Des Sables, a 115 mile 6 day marathon that takes place in the Moroccan Sahara, with all proceeds going to the breast care unit at Russels Hall Hospital. Donations can be made online at http://www.justgiving.com/Richard-MilesMartin-Davies or http://www.justgiving.com/Richard-Miles0

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

29 August 2010: This week we open a photo gallery for Eskdale in the Lake District.
22 August 2010: Walk ten takes us up Rannerdale Knotts, a great viewpoint on the edge of Crummock Water looking towards the Buttermere Valley.
8 August 2010: Thor's cave is a well known and impressive sight in the Manifold valley of Derbyshire.  It is an eerie sight and often mist covered with the rocky hill it resides in having been likened to a giant fang. We also add a small gallery of pictures of Thor's Cave.
1 August 2010: The American Mink is a harmful invasive species which has decimated local populations of birds, fish and water voles in areas of the UK
11 July 2010: This week we add a Walk in Miterdale in the western Lakes, and a picture gallery for Miterdale.
3 July 2010: The Walrus is an large marine mammal easily identified by its large tusks and long whiskers
26 June 2010: The Mountain Hare is the UK’s only native hare having been present since the last ice age
9 May 2010: This week we look at the Edible Dormouse, which was probably introduced into Britain in 1902.
25 April 2010: Today we add a new picture gallery dedicated to the Red Squirrel
18 April 2010: Our eighth walk takes us up Brund Fell from Watendlath, an isolated side valley off Borrowdale. We also add a small picture gallery for Watendlath
3 April 2010: We continue our series of survival articles with a look at Desert Survival
20 February 2010: Although very similar to the brown long eared bat the grey long eared bat is one of the rarest of British bats. Thought to be a different form of brown long eared bat it was classified a separate species in central Europe in 1960
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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