The bookings are going well for the Haltwhistle Spring Walking Festival which is scheduled to run from Saturday 30th April to Sunday 8th May and over 300 places have already been taken.
Haltwhistle Walking Festival Ltd is a "not-for-profit" registered charity run entirely by volunteers. This means that all monies go into keeping costs of walking festival as low as possible. Through the Walking Festival the charity aims to improve quality of life and to promote awareness relating to the preservation and conservation of the countryside.
This they are achieving most effectively as attendances keep going up whilst the costs to the walkers stay low.
The Blue Streak walk at Spadeadam near Gilsland is already fully booked and other walks are rapidly reaching capacity, however there are still plenty of other interesting and extremely attractive walks to choose from.For the early risers and those interested in ornithology, a dawn chorus walk is just thing thing to take advantage of the excellent bird life in the area as well as the possibility of seeing the migrating visitors that come to this area for nesting during the spring time. The reward for such an early start is not only the bird life but a well earned bacon butty on the return to Haltwhistle.
Walkers in the South Tyne ValleyThose interested in walking in great countryside with like minded people may wish to do the 'Right Royal Walk'. This walk has a great variety which includes the National Trust's Allen Banks and Staward Gorge, farms that were originally part of the Ridley Estate. It crosses open moors, home to sheep and grouse, and on a clear day there are long views over Hadrian's Wall as far as the Kielder Forest and the Cheviot Hills. There is a sheltered stretch along the bank of the river South Tyne, and an opportunity to see the 16th Century fortified farm that was the main home of the Ridley Family during the Border Reiver raids. It finally passes the ancient Beltingham Church - notable for having possibly the oldest yew tree in England, and it is also the burial ground of members of the Bowes Lyons family.
There is a great range of walks available, from 4 - 15 miles, from easy to strenuous, a choice of 27 in total. Full details of all the walks can viewed on the website at www.haltwhistlewalkingfestival.org where bookings can also be made online.
What is for sure is that this is an increasingly popular walking festival which is now up to it's 17th edition and those interested in being part of it should plan ahead to ensure that they are not disappointed.
As well as the website Haltwhistle Walking Festival Ltd. can be contacted by e-mail on haltywalkfest@btinternet.com or by telephone on 01434 322025 (Please leave message on the answerphone if there is no answer).
By Ian Brown
Official Website: http://www.haltwhistlewalkingfestival.org/
See More: http://walkingfestivals.blogspot.com/2011/01/haltwhistle-wlaking-festival.html
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