A Walking Festival

North Devon and Exmoor Walking Festival, England.

The North Devon and Exmoor Walking Festival, April 29-May 8, will extend into Quantock Hills.

The 2011 spring festival of 50+ guided walks is organized by West Country Walks and the Exmoor Tourist Association.

Many of the walk locations will be within:

• Exmoor National Park;
• National Trust landscapes or
• the protected North Devon and Quantock Hills Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

All walks will be graded for pace and level of difficulty ranging from an easy, three miles suitable for families to a full day’s walk with challenging ascents and descents.

Some walks will feature breakfast, lunch or cream tea stop and local produce tasting while others will take a packed lunch.

Well-behaved dogs will also be welcomed on many walks.

New 2011 walks will include Chichester’s Haunt, an 8.5mile circular walk following the river Yeo upstream to Shirwell in North Devon.

New outings in the Quantocks will include Quantocks Combes; Hill Defence and Stone Age Ways and A Ruffle around Wills Neck.

An illustrated talk on North Devon wildlife will be presented by local flora and fauna specialist Mary Breeds.

For more info, visit the festival site.

Image courtesy of Exmoor Walking Festival.