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A MAN has achieved his dream of taking part in the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge on the weekend.

These walks combine austere beauty with the unexpected: from centuries-old graffiti to deserted villages and the remains of dinosaurs

The Fred Whitton is the UK’s most famous and feared sportive, and it returned in 2021 for another sell-out showing. Taking on the highs of Honister and Hardknott was Cycling Plus editor Matt Baird

It is Farmer Kev and one of his favourite old cows. She will have calved by now – on the fell! LAST week I travelled to Strudda Bank Farm near Calder Bridge. My first farm visit in over a year, writes Farmer columnist Adam Day. I’ve been going there every April for at least 26 years. During that time, I’ve watched a young farmer and his wife build a business and raise a family through good times and bad. Every year we take a trip up Cold Fell, where even in April, Kevin and Yvonne’s cattle graze. The views are spectacular from Snowdonia to Isle of Whithorn.

Plans to reduce workforce car numbers entering Sellafield 11/03/2021 Sellafield has committed itself to “ambitious” targets on promoting sustainable travel, including a focus on encouraging a reduction in car use by its workforce. The latest version of Sellafield’s Travel Plan outlines a number of goals the firm is aiming for in the coming years, including a target to reduce the number of vehicles entering the site each day from more than 6,000 to as low as 4,000. The plan has been shared with Cumbria County Council, and its local committee for Copeland, made up of county counc...