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.
- £10,000 personal accident cover added to BMC club membership
- How your climbing wall can save money by zero-rating children’s climbing shoe hire
- Roseberry Topping - More path repairs underway thanks to BMC Mend Our Mountains
- Get Stuck In! Tree Planting Volunteering Day | Overdale Nature Reserve | Peak District | Thursday 29th January
- Yorkshire Social Walk | 14th February
- New dates for BMC path repair volunteer events in 2026
- TALK: 'Alex MacIntyre and the birth of Light and Fast Alpinism' with John Porter
- BMC Peak Area Meeting and Mick Fowler talk (21 January)
- Top tips for new club committee members
- BMC Midlands Area Meeting plus Mick Fowler & Alex Fry talks (Coventry | 23 January)
- Uphill battles and downhill triumphs – reflections on GB Skimo’s first season 2024/5
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | April in Eryri
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | April in the Lake District
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | June in Eryri
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | June in the Lake District
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | August in Eryri
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | August in the Lake District
- Olympic Champion Toby Roberts Awarded MBE
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | September in Eryri
- Volunteer Footpath Mending Event | October in the Lake District
- Thank you BMC Get Stuck In volunteers!
- GB Paraclimbing Team Benchmarking Selection Event 2026
- Yorkshire Social Walk | 9th May
- End of year message from BMC CEO Paul Ratcliffe
- Summit magazine is landing back on member's doorsteps from 2026
- BMC Huts Seminar 2026 at Plas y Brenin in North Wales
- How to train novice club members in winter skills | Club training weekend
- Getting to know the Coast to Coast | Hill Walking Webinar
- BMC Hill Walking Programme: 2025 review in numbers
- BMC Access & Conservation Trust - IMPACT REPORT 2025
- How to support novice club members | Club training weekend
- International Summer Meet 2026: Host Applications
- Psychological benefits of Nature Connection | Hill Walking Webinar
- Low-impact Christmas gifts for walkers and climbers
- Castlemartin (Range West) Pembrokeshire: Briefing Dates for 2026
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 22nd April
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 27th April
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 15th April
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | 20th April
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | 10th March
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 4th March
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 18th March
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 24th March
- Enhanced BMC Travel Insurance Cover from December 1st 2025
- Erin McNeice wins Athlete Award at the 2025 PLx Awards
- Support your national huts with our Crowdfunder!
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 26th February
- Basic Adult Safeguarding Training | 11th February
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 3rd February
- Basic Child Safeguarding Training | 23rd February
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