Walking in the United Kingdom the scrambling suddenly becomes much more serious. In Britain, the term "mountaineering" tends to be reserved for technical climbing on mountains, or for serious domestic hillwalking, especially in winter, with additional equipment such as ice axe and crampons, or for routes requiring rock-climbing skills and a rope, such as the traverse of the Cuillin ridge, on the Scottish island of Skye. The British Mountaineering Council provides more information on this topic. Navigation and map-reading are essential hillwalking skills on high ground and mountains, due to the variability of British and Irish weather and the risk of rain, low cloud, fog
Cuillin FM 40" is produced by Capital Radio at its Capital studio in London for broadcast on 140 local commercial radio stations across the UK. Cuillin FM also has outside broadcasting facilities for charity, community event coverage such as The Highland Games, Piping Festivals, Battle of the Bands, agricultural shows and Youth Speaks. The morning service from Portree Free Church is aired on Cuillin FM between 2 pm and 3 pm each Sunday. Cuillin FM broadcasts a daily Breakfast Show (Monday to Friday) between 0730 and 0900. Current presenters are; Drew Millar, Ruth Taylor and Robert MacInnes. The ‘Dol Dhachaigh’ drivetime show