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Something for everyone at
Wirral Walking Festival
SEASONED walkers and absolute beginners
alike are limbering up for 1 of the outdoor highlights of the year, the Wirral
Walking Festival, which runs for the whole of May 2016.
Now in its 4th year, the Wirral Walking Festival continues to grow and grow with
more groups and leaders offering an increased number and variety of different
walks over 2016.
With nearly 200 have been planned events to take place over 2016 and 1 those
will be a
short series of 3 walks led by local walking guide author, Anthony Annakin Smith.
There is also a 14 mile hike around West Wirral, including:-
Hilbre and the Wirral
Way, as well as evening bat walks at:- Port Sunlight River Park and Brotherton
Park.
Alongside these and other guided walks there are regular themed events included
on the schedule. Health Walks take place at 13 different locations, Buggy Park
Fitness and Run in Wirral sessions are also included as part of the festival.
There are some practical tasks featured in the festival this year, including one
that plans to help cut back and maintain the greenery along the Wirral Public
Right of Way network.
Kids can dress up as a pirate for a Seashore Walk with the Wirral Rangers in New
Brighton and early birds could join the Dawn Chorus walk at Rivacre Valley
Country Park, but be warned, it's a 4am start!
The Wirral Ramblers are heavily involved in the organisation of the festival
once again, working alongside Wirral's parks and countryside service, and they
have a number of walks planned, including evening ones. These are always
particularly attractive as usually they finish with a drink in the local pub.
Other planned events include walks down memory lane learning about about the
history of Wirral Country Park and the Wirral Way, which is based on the route
of the old Hooton to West Kirby Railway.
Ranger Jo Hanik, who co-ordinates the Wirral Walking Festival, said:-
"We
are delighted once again to have put together a schedule for the month long
festival which genuinely has something to offer everyone. I'd urge everyone to
come along and enjoy the award winning parks and stunning coastline of the
Wirral Peninsula."
A brochure with details of all the scheduled walks and when they take place has
been distributed across the region. A copy can be downloaded electronically at:-
VisitWirral.com. |
