mountains

Police hunt ‘Rambo’ survival specialist in Spanish mountains

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Elite police armed with drones and infrared cameras are hunting a violent armed robber dubbed Rambo who makes forays into Spanish villages from his mountain hideouts. The specialist GAR Rapid Action Group unit, created to fight ETA terrorism, has been called up to help in the operation to trap the fugitive. The mystery survival specialist … Read more

Mountains of plants thrown onto compost heap because they cannot be sold during coronavirus lockdown

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The managing director of a plant wholesaler said his firm has lost more than £2.5million-worth of business in the last three months after garden centres were forced to close as part of the coronavirus lockdown. Adrian Marskell, who runs The Bransford Webbs Plant Company in Worcester, in the West Midlands, has had to begin throwing away … Read more

360-degree camera captures eagle soaring over Scottish mountains in stunning footage 

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Eagle’s eye view! 360-degree camera captures bird of prey soaring over Scottish mountains in stunning footage Footage was captured by inflight camera strapped to a golden eagle called Tilly She scans the area looking for prey before being driven away by a pair of ravens Mountains are the typical habitat for eagles which can catch … Read more

Artist installs 1,000 lights across Ireland’s Connemara mountains

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Artist installs 1,000 lights across Ireland’s Connemara mountains to transform the landmark into a sea of colour ahead of St Patrick’s Day Finnish artist Kari Kola lights up night sky in what is being dubbed the ‘world’s largest’ outdoor light artwork  His work of 1,000 lights beamed on to Connemara mountains next to glacial lakes … Read more

Meet the cat who climbs mountains and loves a country ramble with his owners and their pet dogs 

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Meet the cat who climbs mountains and loves a country ramble with his owners and their pet dogs Arlo has taken to walking like a dog with owners Crissy Lister and Marc Shaw He was a kitten when he was first taken to Scafell Pike, England’s highest peak  Arlo even has his own Instagram account, … Read more

With rainforests, mountains and volcanoes, a holiday on Ecuador’s equator is halfway to paradise 

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‘Ecuador ama la vida’ reads the enormous sign built out of rocks at the peak of the Casitgua Mountain at the southern end of Quito, the country’s capital city. Ecuador loves life. And indeed it does, for this small but extraordinary South American country is one of the most biodiverse in the world, stretching from … Read more

British backpacker who sparked hunt when she disappeared in Fiji was on eco retreat in the mountains

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British backpacker, 23, who sparked massive six-day police hunt when she disappeared in Fiji was on eco retreat in the mountains all along Lydia O’Sullivan, from Whitehaven, Cumbria, had not been seen for eight days But sister Fraciene Nicholson announced she had been found safe and well She had been spending time at an eco … Read more

Desperate search for top climber, 41, swept away by avalanche in Scottish mountains 

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Police are growing ‘increasingly concerned’ for a climber caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish mountains after the search ended with him still missing.   Andrew Vine, 41, was last seen on the West Face of Aonach Mor, in the Scottish Highlands, at around 1pm on Friday. John Stevenson, leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team … Read more