The Darlington and Stockton Times:: Leisure

Walking back to happiness – it’s good for you

11:22am Friday 5th March 2010

FOR many people, walking is something that is taken for granted; it is simply a way of getting from A to B.

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It’s all systems Go! for action and adventure

12:53pm Friday 19th February 2010

GO DALES! emerged from the growing evidence that younger, independent visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National Park were in a minority. A couple of visitor surveys over the past five years showed that our “usual”

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On the hunt for bright, sustainable new ideas

11:52am Friday 5th February 2010

IN THE mists of the coldest winter for 30 years, some of you may be wondering whether the fuss about global warming has been exaggerated. Irrespective of your views, there is no denying that the way we live is placing an increasing burden on the planet.

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A day in the life of a trees and woodlands officer

11:58am Friday 22nd January 2010

IT’S a Monday morning and I’m off to visit a farmer in Wensleydale who has seen some publicity from the national park authority and would like help planting a new woodland.

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A universal passion for our jewels in the crown

9:23am Thursday 24th December 2009

THE North York Moors National Park is just one of thousands of protected landscapes around the world.

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Your part to play in keeping up appearances

11:35am Friday 11th December 2009

By Rae Lonsdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority volunteers co-ordinator.

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Unearthing the Iron Age in our National Parks

11:45am Friday 27th November 2009

A CHANCE to undertake an archaeological excavation is not one which is often presented but, during September, we searched for clues at Boltby Scar Iron Age hillfort, built where a high point of the escarpment edge juts out to the west, two miles north of Sutton Bank.

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Help the environment and plant a tree today

1:53pm Friday 13th November 2009

AN OLD Chinese proverb says: “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”

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Ancient trees are a living part of our heritage

12:19pm Friday 30th October 2009

WE ARE perhaps better known for our wide open moorland landscapes, but with more than a fifth of the National Park wooded, autumn is always a wonderful time to be out and about in the North York Moors.

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Make a change for our environment – start today

11:38am Friday 16th October 2009

WHEN it comes to the likely impacts of climate change, it’s easy to think it’s just about the rainforests that our Brazilian cousin, the Amazon National Park, looks after and the melting ice caps of the Arctic, which has recently prompted scientists to call for formal protection through national park status.

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