Winter Family Walks
Posted in entertainment, Holidays, vacation on 12/29/2009 04:43 am by SurferWinter Holiday is a time of family walks. Some visit the scenes of favorite stories and films; Eeyore’s Gloomy Place, the wild wood of Moley and Ratty, Mr Rochester’s house from Jane Eyre. Nature in showman mood is always an attraction; Cautley Spout waterfall in Cumbria or the cataracts of Dollar Glen in Scotland’s Ochil Hills, or East Anglia’s great bird spectacles, such as the floodlit feeding of the swans at Welney Wetland Centre.
You can also get out in the fresh air this holiday with a free Winter Walk taking a part in the Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks.This Christmas the south west of England will host around 100 festive strolls as part of what organisers say is Britain’s biggest walking fiesta, the Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks, with a number of events taking place in Gloucestershire.
The annual festival began 21 years ago and has since lured thousands of people off their sofas, with more than 17,000 walkers expected to take part in the action this Christmas.
This year’s festival will run from Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December 2009, to Sunday 3 January 2010, with all walks being free, open to all and mostly family-friendly.
‘Walking is a perfect way to escape and unwind after a hectic Christmas. What better way to introduce yourself to the delights of walking than stepping out in the crisp air of a winter’s day on a free, festive Winter Walks stroll?’, said festival supporter and extreme television presenter Ben Fogle.
To find your closest Gloucestershire Winter Walk, call Ramblers on 020 7339 8500.