A packed programme of over 60 events will kick off the first ever Broads Outdoors Festival this weekend, from Sat May 7th to Sun 15th.
The new nine day festival launches at Whitlingham Country Park on Sat May 7th marking the start of a week of walking, canoeing, cycling, geocaching, train trips, boating, art and photography.
There are also guided walks ranging from 1.5 to 8 miles, taking people to wild parts of the Broads, which are not normally open to the public. They include dawn chorus walks (if you can get up for 5am!), wildflower walks, ghost, keep fit and beach walks and a walk taken by the Methodist chaplain of the Broads, biologist Briant Smith, at Upton Fen. Heigham Holmes National Nature Reserve will also make a rare opening.
“The Broads is primarily known for boating, but there is so much more to do and we want to show that off as well,” said Bruce Hanson, Head of Tourism at the Broads Authority, who organised the event. “The festival will give people the chance to do things they might not otherwise do and see things they might not otherwise see. So many partner organisations and businesses have really pulled together to produce a fantastic programme of events and I’m amazed myself at all there is to do.”
The CanoeMan will be running guided canoe trails combined with walks through Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden as well as an otter spotting canoe trail from Honing Lock to Barton Broad. You can spend a day on a bush craft course learning survival techniques or go sailing aboard the oldest surviving trading wherry, the Albion.
For further info go to www.outdoorsfestival.com or www.enjoythebroads.com
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