Stride forth and enjoy the 11th Richmond Walking and Book Festival (25th September – 4 October 2015) – a wonderful opportunity to stimulate both mind and body. Ramblers Worldwide Holidays – the experts in guided walking adventures across the globe – are participating in this special event held in the beautiful Georgian market town of Richmond, North Yorkshire, by providing a free Nordic walking session.

Nordic walking is a technique using specially designed walking poles, which propel one forward and is ideal for both gentle walks for people with health concerns and full work out walks.  It is a great way to improve fitness, lose weight and tone the whole body. 

This Nordic walking event will take place on Thursday, 1 October and will include an initial indoor explanation and demonstration of the techniques involved.  This will be followed by an outdoor practical session with a walk along the scenic disused railway line from Richmond station to Easby Abbey and return – about 2.5 miles.  Walking poles will be available free of charge for the event by Ramblers Worldwide Holidays.

The organiser of the festival, Trevor Thurlow says, “This special event is a great way to try out Nordic walking – a full body exercise which is easy on the joints and recognised by the NHS as being beneficial to all ages and fitness levels.”

The full programme is now available on the festival's own website at www.booksandboots.org, and is supplemented by a printed brochure available in many local outlets. Tickets are now available and events can be booked online, by post or in person via the Festival box office at the Castle Hill bookshop in Richmond.

www.ramblersholidays.co.uk

01707 33 11 33

• Award-winning Ramblers Worldwide Holidays have been established since 1946 and are the experts in guided walking adventures.
• The company now operates 250 holidays in 70 countries.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays offer a range of graded walks from leisurely to challenging.
• View the online brochure here
• Their portfolio also includes specialist holidays linked to walking such as, cooking, cruising, birdwatching, rail journeys and flora.
• A range of walking grades are available from leisurely strolls to more challenging mountain hikes.
• Alongside their traditional guided walking proposition, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays provide independent, self-guided UK walking adventures via their Load Off Your Back programme   www.loadoffyourback.co.uk
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays provide a fully protected service for their customers as members of ABTA, AITO & ATOL scheme.
• The operator is a not-for-profit company and contributes monies to the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust which supports walking related and environmental projects in the UK. The company also fundsHeart & Sole - an initiative managed by company staff, with the aim of reaching into the heart of the communities visited. The company's mission is to generate funds for walking charities by the provision of outstanding outdoor activity holidays.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays also runs The Walking Partnership - an initiative which champions walking at the 'grass roots' level by providing funding and support to walking groups and clubs throughout the UK.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays is the Walking Holiday Partner of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity which is driving this summer's Big Pathwatch project, to the 'rights of way' network across England and Wales which stretches for 140 thousand miles.

For further information please contact grahamross1@btconnect.com – 01255 670661