Are you a parent or young person who likes hill walking or who would like to make contact with others who enjoy hill walking? Come along to this free BMC outdoor meet.

Over the past few days and over this coming weekend, temperatures have been rising, increasing the risk of wild fires across our moorland areas.

If you're involved in running a student climbing, hill walking or mountaineering club then book yourself a place on this year's BMC Student Seminar.

From the recent successful meeting about bolts and fixed gear in S.E. Wales, comes the next S.W.A.G. event: the Llanbradach clean-up, on Sunday 18th May.

After the amazingly successful clean-up of this fine crag ("The Stoney Middleton of the South West", according to one local wag), we have wind in our sails and we're going back on Saturday 17th May!

If you are planning on visiting the Roaches this weekend please be aware that a pair of peregrines are nesting on the Upper Tier, and Natural England have advised the Peak District National Park that a temporary restriction is necessary to protect the nesting attempt.

The team filming Off Piste Essentials have just returned from the Alps after a successful shoot.

The Mountain Rescue Incident Report for 2007 highlights that users of the outdoors are not taking heed of the simple yet important message of coming prepared.

The recent BMC FUNdamentals of climbing workshops were over subscribed which is great news because another workshop has now been arranged.

The BMC International Committee has awarded BMC expedition grants for 2008.

Anne Arran, leader of the Chimanta 2008 expedition, has been awarded the 2008 Alison Chadwick Memorial Award. For more details read on.

On Sunday 27th April over 200 people turned up at the Tor to demonstrate the public's wish to see access reinstated at this much loved beauty spot within the Dartmoor National Park.

The 2008 BMC AGM was held on 19th April in Belford, Northumberland in conjunction with the Northumberian Mountaineering Club's (NMC) outdoor festival of walking and climbing.

Visting the Cove this summer? Then do you bit for local relations by parking considerately and using the public toilets.

The annual climbing competition series for young people aged 7 to 16 is underway. Full results for all nine areas across England and Wales and the initially separate Scottish series are being provided as soon as they are available.

This morning, representatives from the Ramblers Association (RA), Vixen Tor Action Group (VTAG) and the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) handed in four Rights of Way Claims to Devon County Council Planning Department requesting public access be granted to Vixen Tor.

Are you a parent or young climber wanting to make contact with other like-minded climbers? Come along to this free BMC outdoor meet at the Roaches.

Apply now to enter the planetFear British Lead Climbing Championships, the UK’s premier lead climbing competition.

Remember the deadline for the BMC Climbing Wall Managers Seminar is Thursday 24 April 2008.

The BMC is seeking an individual with excellent administrative and organisational skills to join the office team.