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Launching the event, the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan said: \u201cThe quality and variety of walking trails within our Borough is unsurpassed and the Causeway Coast and Glens Walking Festival provides a valuable opportunity for visitors to the destination and residents of the borough to discover the beauty of our mountain trails and coastal paths.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am delighted to welcome walking enthusiasts to discover our magnificent landscape and scenery, both on popular routes and lesser-known paths.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerrie McGonigle, Council\u2019s Destination Tourism Manager added: \u201cThe Causeway Coast and Glens Walking Festival 2024 further enriches the superb walking product available to visitors in the Borough and adds to the world class visitor experience that the Causeway Coastal Route offers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Walking Festival begins on March 15, with \u2018Fairy Lore and the Glens\u2019, a moderate looped way marked walk on Ronan\u2019s Way, taking in the historic landscape of one of the nine Glens of Antrim, Glendun.<\/p>\n
This walk showcases the environmental and human heritage of the Glens and how local lore governs the ways native populations have interacted with landscape down the ages.<\/p>\n
The second day of the Festival on March 16 explores \u2018The Living Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea\u2019, along the dramatic cliff-scape at Fairhead and Murlough Bay, overlooking the Sea of Moyle.<\/p>\n
This walk will illuminate the connection with Rathlin Island and the Scottish western seaboard through the ages, from the pre-Christian period to the modern era.<\/p>\n
The final walk of the Causeway Coast and Glens Walking Festival on March 17 will take place on open country, trails and minor roads, on the challenging ascent to the summit of Lurigethan Mountain.<\/p>\n
With ancient remains dating from neolithic times and beyond, \u2018Settlement in an Iconic Landscape\u2019 entwines history with glacial geology in a breathtaking location overlooking Waterfoot Bay and Cushendall.<\/p>\n
Accompanied children over 12 years can be accommodated on these walks, but the adjacent high cliffs and steepness of the ascent should be noted by parents.<\/p>\n
These walks are suitable for everyone with good fitness levels and walkers with prior hillwalking experience.<\/p>\n
Waterproofs and hiking boots are required and a packed lunch with at least one litre of water is recommended.<\/p>\n
The nature of the landscape determines that unfortunately dogs cannot be accommodated on these walks.<\/p>\n
Each walk is \u00a310 per person, including refreshments, and bookings can be made via https:\/\/www.farandwild.org\/causeway-coast-and-glens-walking-festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is encouraging visitors to explore spectacular walking routes in Ballycastle and the Glens of Antrim during the upcoming Walking Festival 2024 from Friday March 15 \u2013 Sunday March 17. Local activity providers, Far and Wild will deliver the festival \u2013 now in its 4th year – over a variety … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22336,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions\/22336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}