THE Autumn Walking Weekend starts today (Friday).
Now in its fourth year, the event has been a huge success, with around 2,000 people taking part last year.
This year, there are more than 60 walks, offering a wide choice of themes, distances and abilities.
Elaine Cesar, senior events officer for the Isle of Wight Council, said: "Many of the walks are free and range from easy, flat walking with no stiles to challenging slopes more suited to keen walkers and those who are reasonably active."All are led by experienced volunteers, whose walks are themed according to their particular passion, from Island history and wildlife to its folklore and natural history.
"For youngsters, there is a series of fantastic walks, including nature walks, exploring walks and also a singing walk.
"Keeping in with the Halloween theme are a series of ghost walks and the ever-popular Halloween adventures, taking walkers through fields, forest and graveyard."
The walks can be found on the website .
Source: Isle of Wight County Press - 21st October 2011
Walkers a long way from home
WALK leader David White was in for a surprise when three Canadians rolled up for two of his autumn walks.
Susan Miezenger had attended the Isle of Wight Walking Festival before and was so impressed she brought her daughter, Hayley, and her daughter’s friend, Amanda, to the Island for the Autumn Walking Weekend.
David said: "Susan said walking showed the Isle of Wight at its best and through this she had fallen in love with the Island and intended to spread the word back in Canada."
The Canadian visitors took part in David’s New Forest Discovery walk, taking in the Wightlink ferry crossing, secret landscapes walk exploring Bonchurch, and David Yates’s Beaches Bars and Blisters walk.
Susan said she was talking to friends in Grimsby, Ontario, where she lives, persuading them to fly to the Island for the May 2012 Isle of Wight Walking Festival.
Source: Isle of Wight County Press - 27th October 2011
Walkers a long way from home
WALK leader David White was in for a surprise when three Canadians rolled up for two of his autumn walks.
Susan Miezenger had attended the Isle of Wight Walking Festival before and was so impressed she brought her daughter, Hayley, and her daughter’s friend, Amanda, to the Island for the Autumn Walking Weekend.
David said: "Susan said walking showed the Isle of Wight at its best and through this she had fallen in love with the Island and intended to spread the word back in Canada."
The Canadian visitors took part in David’s New Forest Discovery walk, taking in the Wightlink ferry crossing, secret landscapes walk exploring Bonchurch, and David Yates’s Beaches Bars and Blisters walk.
Susan said she was talking to friends in Grimsby, Ontario, where she lives, persuading them to fly to the Island for the May 2012 Isle of Wight Walking Festival.
Source: Isle of Wight County Press - 27th October 2011
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