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Walkers to explore the Roses region

21 July 2008

A walking festival will give ramblers the chance to explore the so-called Roses region later this year.

Walking Pages reports that the Roses Walking Festival will take place in October (exact dates to be confirmed) and intends to offer more than 100 rambles for fans of outdoor activity to choose between.

The area, which encompasses Bradford, Calderdale and part of Lancashire, will take festival-goers out on the Pennines and other countryside areas perfect for some fitness walking.

Rambles will range from an hour's gentle walking to all-day 14-mile treks around the region, with a range of events in between these two extremes bridging the gap.

‘This area now has around 20 000 hectares of new access land (mainly high moor) added to the extremely good rights-of-way network it already enjoyed and additional access facilities allowed by the two major water companies there,’ said the walking website.

It added that in light of this fact, the Roses Walking Festival should provide ‘a walker's dreamscape’.

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