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Countryfile Ramble for Children in Need
Isle of Wight Long Distance Walkers are taking part in the Country File Ramble to raise funds for Children in Need.
Our River Yar Sea to Source on 11 October had been organised as a Walking Festival warm up walk. However, when we heard that Countryfile were organising rambles on the weekend of 10/11 October for Children in Need we thought this would be the perfect opportunity for people who wish to raise money for this worthy cause.
You can find out more on the Countryfile website.
Or on the Children in Need website
Our walk starts at St Helens old church at 9am. The route goes through Brading and the cycle track to Godshill where we will stop for lunch. We will then continue on the lesser used paths to finish at Niton and a well earned drink in the White Lion. The walk will take approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes and cover 19 miles.
Please contact us if you want to join our walk. You can raise your own sponsorship, pay a donation to join the walk, or simply join us for a ramble.
We have also created a JustGiving page if you would like to donate.
Another Great Season
We have had another lovely Spring and Summer and been on some fantastic walks. The Summer ended with another set of successful 'wet walks' with the Fort and Needles walks now featuring as regular events in our programme.
We are now looking forward to cold, crisp and sunny winter walks!
IOWLDWA in the News
We were invited to the Walk the Wight launch on Monday 16 February and we were honoured to attend. This is a popular and hugly important event on the Island which we are happy to support in any way we can. You can find out more about registering for the 26 mile walk on their website. Find our more about the launch on Isle of Wight Radio or OnTheWight.
Our photo was recently used in the Isle of Wight Radio's news item on the opening of the footpath in Newport. The photo was taken during our Medina Mud March walk on 1 March.
Trailwalker Sucess!
Two teams of four walkers from the Isle of Wight Long Distance Walkers Association took part in Oxfam's annual Trailwalker event 26-27 July 2014. This tough physical and mental challenge organised by the Gurkhas involves walking 100km/62 miles overnight.
IOWLDWA in the News
Our recent 24 hour walk round the Island was featured in the Isle of Wight County Press. Well done to all that participated and particularly those that completed the entire 73 miles.
We were also featured in OnTheWight for the walk we did with the Isle of Wight Beach Cleaning Volunteers.
Round the Island
Well done to everyone who completed the 3 day 73 mile walk round the Isle of Wight, 3-5 May 2014. We had lots of fun, food and blisters.
Latest Walks
We have just published our latest walks leaflet. We also post details of forthcoming walks on IWight and OntheWight.
Beating the Tides
The Isle of Wight LDWA group recently took advantage of the tides and completed the Bembridge Fort, The Needles and Freshwater Caves Walks.
You can find out more on our Blog
Here are some of the images from the Needles Walk but you can see more on our Flickr Page
Freshwater Caves Walk
Isle of Wight LDWA Team completes 100km Challenge - Oxfam Trailwalk
Sat 27th - 28th July 2013
Mark Taskas, Karen Williams, Terry Kennedy, Marco Smith, Brad Bull(Support) entered the challenge as team 'Beaches, Bars and Blisters'. Walking 100km over the South Downs Way starting at the Queen Elizabeth Park and ending at Brighton Racecourse, the team started at 08:00 and finished 24h15m later. During the first 40km (CP1-4) they were accompanied by Yuko Uchida providing moral support and company. Jan Bull joined the team between CP5 and CP6 and Deb Knighton supported them on the last 40km during the hours of darkness.
Full report can be found here.
