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.
- British Lead Championships: Butterworth and McNeice crowned 2026 champions
- British Lead Championships: McNeice, Rinaldi, Butterworth and Sutton top qualification round
- BMC Peak Area | ‘Get Stuck In!’ | Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day (with National Trust) | 29th March 2026
- BMC Hill Walking Skills evening: Night Navigation in the Lowlands
- TALK: 'Alex MacIntyre and the birth of Light and Fast Alpinism' with John Porter
- Sport climbing in Val Pennavaire, Italy
- GB Skimo's Innes shines at Pointes Blanches victory and battles to 13th at Belle Étoile
- Eryri Social Walk | 7th March
- GB Skimo's Ursula Catton takes Gold in Masters World Championships
- Climbing for All at the Foundry Sheffield
- Back with a bang: British Skimo Championships 2026 return to Glenshee
- BMC Midlands Clubs Meeting
- Torquay Crag Clean Up | 28th February
- Pen y Fan Clean Up Cwm Llwch
- Ullswater Social Walk | 15th March
- Meet the new path repair Apprentice Ranger in Eryri
- Trowbarrow Crag Clean Up | 26th March
- BMC members get 10% off Airalo eSIMs
- Isle of Man Social Walk | 7th March
- BMC London and South East Area Meeting
- Morris finals at UIAA World Cup in Saas-Fee
- BMC welcomes ‘vital’ Reconomics 3.0 report
- Wildfire Ranger funded by BMC Access & Conservation Trust
- Akhtar and Edwards crowned 2026 British Boulder Champions
- Portishead Quarry Crag Clean Up | Sunday 22nd February
- Field narrowed down as British Boulder Championships progress in Manchester
- Volunteers needed to protect Peak District from wildfire
- British Boulder Championships return to Manchester this weekend
- Shorncliff Crag Clean Up | 28th February
- Path repair equipment donated by BMC Access & Conservation Trust
- Mountain Medicine Festival 2026
- Sphagnum Moss Planting | Peak District | Sunday 22nd February 2026
- Heaton Park Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Rivington Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Eryri Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Rivington Social Walk | 30th April
- Northumberland Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Peak District Wildfire Fundraiser Walk | 30th May
- World Climbing and BMC confirm climbing World Series event to be hosted in Manchester
- Solomon's Temple Social Walk | 27th June
- £10,000 personal accident cover added to BMC club membership
- GB Skimo Team’s Ursula Catton PBs at Courchevel ISMF World Cup Sprint
- Winter Hill Social Walk | 31st July
- Pendle Hill Social Walk | 29th August
- 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
- Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Sunset & Twilight Walk | 11th April
- New dates for BMC path repair volunteer events in 2026
- BMC Peak Area Meeting and Mick Fowler talk (21 January)
- Top tips for new club committee members
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