4th June 2012
An open air concert on the front lawn of Muncaster Castle to raise funds for Cumbria Young Carers. Headline group the Olly Alcock Band plus support act The Vindaloo Experience.
Sponsored by Mountain Walks Spain www.mountainwalks.com
Tickets available to buy online at £5 per person or £7 on the night.
Festival Day Entry tickets for Monday 4th also include concert entry.
Gates open at 6pm and the concert finishes at 11pm with the firing of Muncaster’s Cannons and the lighting of the Jubilee Beacons.
Licensed bar and hot food available.
A great place to visit , for more information visit the Muncaster Castle web site.
The sponsored walk organised by mountainWALKS for the World Owl Trust in aid of Barn Owl conservation in the UK was a great success with all participants completing the gruelling trek of the entire length of the Sierra Serrella and all its peaks. It has raised the targeted funds and with plenty of time for more to come in. Read all about it on the WOT web site.
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Booking enquiries to info@mountainwalks.com.
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Self guided walking and hiking. The most comprehensive list of walks available for the mountains of Alicante or as so often incorrectly referred to as the Costa Blanca Mountains. We have over 110 self guided walks, mapped and described, covering more than 1700 kilometers of footpaths; with a mix of easy, moderate and strenuous walks. For those looking for a good hill walking challenge we have more than 60,000 mts of ascent/descent mapped Check out our comprehensive guided walks index here.
Independent self guided walking holidays with either self catering or half board accommodation available throughout the winter and Spring 2012.
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Independent and self guided walking holidays
Self guided/independent walking holidays in the Mountains of Alicante inland from the Costa Blanca.
We are making rapid progress cataloging all our walks with detailed maps and descriptions, thanks to the efforts of one of our leaders Jem Wilcox. There are now 116 different self guided walks mapped with detailed route descriptions. In total we have more than 1600 kms of footpath mapped and described, with in excess of 60,000 mts of ascent/descent.
Other walks are currently in development.There are walks to suit most abilities.
email :- info@mountainwalks.com
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All our 2011/12 walking holidays are guaranteed to run once you have made a reservation. Unlike many operators we guarantee that all our holidays will take place.
Special rates for group bookings of 8+ people. Please contact us for a quote.
We have a blog site which has full details of our very successful Birding holidays in Eastern Spain, visit it at Birds of Eastern Spain
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Dennis and Jackie Price, who visited us at Quatretondeta on one of our walking holidays in November 2007 ,have posted a report on their walking holiday at Quatretondeta along with walk route descriptions and some great photographs of the dramatic walks in this part of Spain . You can see this and information on other great walks here:-Quatretondeta, walking in Spain:
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Valencia city is located just 80 minutes drive or 100 minutes by train from our base in the heart of the Mountains of Alicante.
Valencia is an idea city break to add to your walking holiday with mountainWALKS.
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The fiesta is possibly the most important element of Spanish life, find about some of the great fiestas of Spain
- Conservation of the Sierra Serrella and Sierra Aitana in the Alicante mountains. PROJECT LIFE
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