Walking Festival 2008

This was the first walking festival held in Crickhowell and it proved to be a resounding success with numbers exceeding our expectations.

Over 500 walkers from all over England and Wales joined in our programme of 36 varied walks, spread over 9 days.

The festival walking programme was designed to appeal to all ages and abilities. So whether you were an experienced walker and wanted a full day’s hike across the mountains and moors or were after something gentler then there were walks designed with you in mind.

The full day walks proved very popular and we managed to cover most of the Black Mountains with a selection of walks over the 9 days, all led by experienced local guides from the Brecon Beacons Park Society or the local RAF team. The shorter walks, also led by experienced local guides, didn’t venture as far as the long ones, but managed to explore the hills and vales of this beautiful area. We also had an accessible walk for those with walking difficulties or in a wheel chair.

A feature of the programme was the special interest walks which were all very well attended. We had walks with a local history flavour, a poetry walk (see below), a painting walk and even walks where the language spoken was Welsh!

The 2009 Festival - 28th February to 8th March - is already in the early planning stages and we will be organising even more walks! Watch this space for more information!

Twmpath

The St David’s Day Twmpath was a joyous event with 120 packed into the Clarence Hall for an evening of Ceilidh dancing to the Herefordshire People’s Ban – all 25 of them! A hog roast was laid on to feed the hungry dancers as well as a cash bar to slate the thirst.

St David’s Day Fair

Local food and craft producers set up stall in the Clarence Hall on St David’s Day to show and sell their wares.

Video

Follow the link below to be taken to the video of the 2008 Walking Festival at MONTV:- Local TV for Monmothshire.