How to use walking poles
Outdoor writer and photographer Chris Townsend presents this series of hill walking how-to films. In this episode Chris shows you how to use walking poles.
- The British Mountaineering Council launches ambitious Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan
- BMC volunteers clear invasive species in the Peak District
- BMC backs milestone report calling for urgent reforms on access to nature
- AGM results 2025
- Camping stove safety: How to avoid carbon monoxide and fire risks
- BMC Peak Area Hill Walk | 25th September
- New student committee members | Student Club Support Webinar
- British Mountaineering Council Head Quarters expressions of interest process now live
- BMC volunteers help to protect Eryri's mountainside, flora and fauna
- Understanding Combined Liability Insurance for Affiliated Clubs | Student Club Support Webinar
- BMC-funded access works allow return of dry tooling festival to Masson Lees Quarry, Peak District
- Managing Challenging Behaviour | Student Club Support Webinar
- Money Matters: Raising Money | Student Club Support Webinar
- Largest in the lakes! BMC volunteers create earth barrier to preserve path up Scafell Pike
- BMC Cymru Hill Walk, Nantlle Ridge | 27th September
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | Monday 6th October
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | Tuesday 21st October
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | Wednesday 12th November
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | Wednesday 10th December
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | Tuesday 4th November
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | Monday 15th December
- 2025 BMC Volunteer Awards presented at first ever Basecamp weekend
- Plas y Brenin course discounts and more for BMC members
- Effective working with Student Unions | Student Club Support Webinar
- Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day | Peak Area ‘Get Stuck In!’ with National Trust this November
- Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day | Peak Area ‘Get Stuck In!’ with National Trust
- Managing Challenging Behaviour | Student Club Support Webinar
- How to climb Cosmiques Arete
- BMC Big Clean Up volunteers collect and survey over 4,282 items of rubbish on Yr Wyddfa
- BMC volunteers all set for Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Big Clean Up
- YCS2025: Registrations now open
- Youth World Championships: GB Climbing team set for Helsinki test
- BMC wins collaborative conservation award!
- Erin Mcneice takes bronze at Chamonix Lead World Cup; Goodall just misses British speed record
- Last chance to clear Himalayan balsam at your local crag this summer
- BMC volunteers support Dalehead Nature Recovery Project in the Peak District
- BMC renames Young Volunteer Award in honour of Jessica Baker
- Melanoma awareness: why every climber, hill walker and mountaineer should take sun safety seriously
- BMC Peak Area Hill Walk | Saturday 20th September
- BMC Lakes Area Geology Walk | Saturday 13th September
- Darren Johnson Appointed Chair of BMC Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- Donate to the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust pre-tax via payroll with the Charities Trust
- Countryfile wildfire slot for BMC ACT beneficiary, Moors for the Future Partnership
- BMC Basecamp: 8–10 August 2025
- Access to nature inquiry launched by All-Party Parliamentary Group
- New Personal Accident benefits for BMC members include Physio and Osteo cover
- Heavily eroded tourist hotspot path fixed by BMC volunteers in Eryri (Snowdonia)
- Have Your Say: 2025 to 2030 BMC Strategy Consultation
- Yr Wyddfa Big Clean Up | Volunteer with us | August 1st & 2nd
- Catherine Hawkins to step down as BMC Chair
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