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Thieves Target Cars on Dartmoor Devon and Cornwall Police have issued a warning that thieves targeting cars are in operation around the Haytor area of Dartmoor. Several cars have been broken into and had valuables stolen. Ashburton PCSO, Ben Cattrall, sent out a warning that cars parked in the various secluded parking areas around Haytor on the Eastern side of Dartmoor, Devon, were being broken into. These areas included those close to popular climbing crags such as Haytor & Lowman, Hound Tor, Bench Tor, and... Cairngorm Funicular Walks Approved Highland Council last week gave the green light to a scheme that allows walkers to access the summit of Cairn Gorm from the top station of the funicular, overturning an original condition under which the funicular was granted planning consent. Aberdeen MRT Seeks Sponsored Hikers Every year a sponsored walk is put on by Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team. The event is popular with local hill-goers, and typically raises about half of the team's annual budget. They still need entrants for this year's walk New Peak District Trail Opens Soon In early June a new long distance route will be officially launched in the Peak District. The 55-mile Kinder Loop bridleway has been developed by horse riders, but they hope that cyclists and walkers will benefit too New Mountain Weather Forecast Launches A new free online mountain weather service has recently been launched - and this one's a little different MoD Drops Cape Wrath Purchase The Ministry of Defence today confirmed that it will not be going ahead with plans to buy more land at Cape Wrath 6000 Expected at Ten Tors The Army is leading an invasion of Dartmoor tomorrow, where up to 6000 people are expected for the annual Ten Tors Challenge, one of the UK's largest and most gruelling outdoor events for young people Snowdonia 'Magazine' Launched Stuck for wet weather options in North Wales? Have a look at the Snowdonia National Park's recently published 'magazine' for ideas BBC TV Coup for Peak Adventure Group Three members of the Peak Adventure Sports Alliance got to argue their corner on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Monday, in a report examining the environmental impact of outdoor activities Get Walking, Couch Potatoes A recent poll shows that a quarter of British adults walk for an hour or less per week. To help put this right The Ramblers are running the UK's biggest short walks festival this week Trust Welcomes Sierra Club President Allison Chin, President of the mighty Sierra Club, has been on a visit to the John Muir Trust in Scotland this week North York Moors on Fire Alert Due to ongoing dry conditions the North York Moors National Park Authority has announced a fire alert today. Visitors should be extra vigilant, they say. Dim Beicio - Snowdon Bike Ban In Effect From now until 30 September cyclists are being asked to stay off Snowdon's bridleways during the day, to prevent any issues between mountain bikers and walkers Park Planner Wins Mega Dales Race A member of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's planning team is celebrating this week after beating 401 other runners to win a gruelling 61-mile fell marathon at the weekend New Wild Land Map First of its Kind A new map showing the main areas of wild land in Scotland has been published today by Scottish Natural Heritage, the first time this has been done in the UK. This should be an aid to future planning decisions.