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The National Forest Walking Festival 2013 18Th - 30Th May The National Forest Walking Festival 2013 18th - 30th May Walks for all ages and abilities www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk The National Forest Why not take a break Walking Festival 2013 to walk with us? There are lots of comfortable The best way to see the Forest is on foot! places to stay, from friendly pubs and B&B’s, timber lodges Join us 18th to 30th May for 100 varied walks to and cosy campsites, to the explore this fascinating area. country’s newest YHA and welcoming hotels where you can be pampered. And you can wine and dine in our award-winning pubs, restaurants, cafes and tea rooms. It’s a fantastic time of year to get out and enjoy the spring weather, so what are you waiting for? Discover rolling English countryside Calke Abbey dissected by meandering rivers & canals, dotted with picturesque Most walks are free so there’s no excuse not to Need more information? historic villages, and at its heart join us! Explore on foot then enjoy a pint or a For special offers and details of the many places to The National Forest, Britain’s meal afterwards – a fantastic way to enjoy your day! enjoy your stay visit the website boldest environmental project www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk or where 8 million trees have been Discover how you can walk: contact Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre. planted – a massive “Forest for the • from California to Calcutta! nation” being created across 200 • with the National Trust’s national Ancient Our friendly TIC staff can help you find and book the Tree expert perfect accommodation for your visit, and provide full square miles of gentle countryside. • on an Ale Trail (visit to micro-brewery included) details of attractions, events, and transport and travel From a gentle stroll, walks for the whole • to the smallest church in Leicestershire information. Please contact: Swadlincote Tourist family, walks suitable for wheelchair • a route of Mines, Mills and Murder! Information Centre, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DG users, to longer more strenuous rambles Follow us on Facebook (at “The National for keen walkers, there is something for Tel: 01283 222848 Forest Walking Festival”) Email: [email protected] you! Guided walks are led by local and on Twitter @sddc using #nfwf experts keen to pass on their knowledge or visit www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk about this special area’s rich & varied Don’t forget there are fantastic prizes to be won to download the 2013 Visitor Guide history, flora & fauna, geology, myths & by entering our Photography Competition or This programme is available in large print, legends. And why not try Nordic telling us what you think about the Walking Braille or audio format upon request, Walking, or Geo-caching? Festival – see pages 4 and 5. ring 01283 595795 2 www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk 3 Useful Information: Walks are graded for difficulty as follows: Photography Winner 2012, Geoff Pursglove Most walks are free and do not •Beginners/Health Walk: A short Important: Grades are provided need to be booked. Where there walk under an hour suitable for as a general guide: if you doubt is a charge or booking is required, everyone including those your fitness for a walk please Competition details are listed under each walk recovering from ill health or new contact the organiser or leader in Please wear suitable footwear and to exercise. Not a guided walk, advance. Bear in mind the We would love you to clothing and have a waterproof as but accompanied by trained distance, regional differences in send us your the weather is often 'Walking For Health' volunteers. terrain, and the possibility of bad unpredictable. We reserve the •Easy Access: Suitable for weather which can make a walk photographs of the right not to take a person who is everyone, including people with more difficult than planned. If 2013 National Forest not properly equipped conventional wheelchairs and unsure of your fitness level, try a short easy walk first: it's better to Walking Festival – Where dogs are allowed on a walk pushchairs. Assistance may be find a walk too slow and easy (see symbols below each walk), needed to push wheelchairs on There are fantastic than to make yourself miserable they must be kept on a lead to some sections. prizes courtesy of the and exhausted. Leaders may Ashby Canal avoid inconvenience to other •Easy: Walks for anyone who refuse participants who in their National Trust! walkers or disturbance to farm does not have a mobility opinion are inadequately animals or wildlife difficulty or specific health equipped or unfit. Special Junior Prize 2012, Most walk leaders are volunteers problem, or is seriously unfit. Suitable for pushchairs if they Please be advised walkers may be Eve Jones Remember to bring any can be lifted over occasional taking photographs on any of the The best entry wins a year’s Family Membership medication you may need during obstructions. festival walks, which may be worth £93.50 - You’ll be free to visit over 300 houses the walk entered for the photography •Leisurely: Walks for reasonably and gardens! In poor weather the leader may competition and used in future fit people with at least a little modify the walk, or in extreme publicity. country walking experience, may NEW The best Under 16 entry wins a Family day conditions cancel it Betty’s Farm include un-surfaced rural paths. ticket to an event at Calke Abbey! You may need to bring a packed Walking boots and warm, Key to Symbols: lunch (see symbols below each waterproof clothing Public transport walk), and it is always advisable recommended. to carry a drink No parking •Moderate: Walks for people Walkers 16 and below must be with country walking experience Free parking accompanied by an adult and a good level of fitness. May Parking fee include some steep paths and All those taking part do so at their Children welcome own risk open country, and may be at a brisk pace. Walking boots and Not suitable for children Check the key to each walk to find warm, waterproof clothing out if the start point can be Dogs allowed essential. reached by public transport, and Dogs not allowed •Strenuous: Walks for Winner 2011, Richard Sanville Winner 2010, Tony Summers whether the walk is accessible for Toilet available en route wheelchairs and pushchairs experienced country walkers with an above average fitness Take a packed lunch & drink Walks will start promptly level. May include hills and Pushchair accessible rough country, and may be at a Wheelchair accessible FREE Prize Draw brisk pace. Walking boots and sponsored by Treasure Trails warm, waterproof clothing essential. Walks have been colour coded as follows: Guided Walk Join any walk and you have a Beginner/Health Walk chance to win £50 – simply Nordic Walk complete an evaluation form Photographic Walk after the walk, and hand it to a Winner 2009, L Hextall Winner 2008, D Tidy walk leader or send it by Geo-caching Freepost. Dog Walk Please contact Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre for details of how to enter by ringing 01283 222848, or see www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk Photographs submitted may be printed in local newspapers, used in material to promote future Festivals, and published on the Walking Festival website. 4 www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk 5 SATURDAY 18 MAY via Trent & Mersey canal to start. 8 - Trees & Remembrance 11 - Getting to Know Needwood Approx 6 stiles. GUIDED WALK 2 miles. Easy GUIDED WALK 9 miles. Moderate FREE OF CHARGE 1 - Breakfast Walk Around Booking essential: National Memorial Arboretum Booking essential: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust OPTIONAL Staunton Harold Reservoir 01283 792333 www.thenma.org.uk 01889 880103 www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk Starting Point: National Memorial Arboretum Visitor GUIDED WALK 6.5 miles. Moderate Starting Point: Brankley Pastures Nature Reserve, Scotch Centre, Croxall Road, Alrewas DE13 7AR Booking essential: Melbourne Footpaths Group 5 - Learn to Nordic Walk! Hills Lane - Nearest Postcode DE13 8BN Start time: 10:30am Finish time: 12:30pm Grid ref: SK 166 213 01332 865720 NORDIC WALK 2.8 miles. Leisurely Start time: 10:00am Finish time: 3:00pm-3:30pm http://melbournefootpathsgroup.wordpress.com Booking essential: Michelle Scott-Worthington Learn about the use of trees as symbols of remembrance Starting Point: Staunton Harold Reservoir Car Park 01530 273366 at this nationally important site. Discover many beautiful The walk starts at Brankley Pastures Reserve which (South) LE65 1RR Grid ref: SK 375 226 Starting Point: Waterside Car Park – ‘Conkers’ DE12 6GA and poignant memorials. The Inaugural walk of the contains ‘wood pasture’, a key component of traditional Start time: 8:30am Finish time: 12:30pm Grid ref: SK 309 161 Start time: 10:00am Walking Festival, led by an expert on both trees and Needwood Forest landscape. 11+ stiles. memorials. No stiles. Starting at Calke end, a circular walk around Staunton Finish time: 11:30am FREE OF CHARGE Harold Reservoir, also skirting Melbourne Pool and ‘Walking with sticks!’ Yes! But Nordic Walking is so much Adult - £2.50, Child (5yrs - 16yrs) Free crossing Melbourne Common. Breakfast stop: food must more, and burns up to 40% more calories. Learn about it be booked beforehand through our website. 11+ stiles. in our Introductory Workshop, from technique and those 12 - Mount St Bernard Walk £2.00 per head hidden benefits, to a short walk to put theory into 9 - The Ancient Trees of Calke GUIDED WALK practice. No stiles. 6 miles. Moderate GUIDED WALK 3 miles. Leisurely Starting Point: The car park at Mount St Bernard Abbey, FREE OF CHARGE Booking essential: Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire, Oaks Road, Whitwick LE67 5UL 2 - The Granges Walk DE73 7LE 01332 863822 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Start time: 10:00am Finish time: 1:00pm Starting Point: Ticket Office, Calke Abbey DE73 7LE GUIDED WALK 8 miles.
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