Festival dates: 3 – 18 May 2008

In 2008 the Isle of Wight Walking Festival will be celebrating 10 years of the festival on the Island. To help celebrate there are over 250 walks in the programme ranging from 400 yards to an outstanding 72 miles – a walk for all ages and abilities. There are a lot of extra activities in the programme this year so look out on the website for new information.

One of the extra celebrations for the 10th year will be an addition celebratory walking weekend at the end of the year. 24 – 27th October – we will be organising a weekend of walking, for those of you who wish to come back at the end of the year and experience some of our autumnal walks.

The Launch
On Saturday 3rd May there will be a launch of the Festival. There will be a “Celebration of the Riverside and Walking” down by the Riverside, where there will be chances to take part in Riverside walks, and a lot of waterside activities. If you are feeling brave, there will be a chance to “Walk Tall” and try your hand at Stilt Walking at one of our workshops.

The highlight will be in the evening at Medina Theatre:

An evening with Ben Fogle
And a night of magical adventure with Ordnance Survey

For more information on the evening please visit the Ben Fogle news item.

http://www.isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk/festivalnews.asp?news=66