{"id":7858,"date":"2014-08-18T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T11:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2014-08-18T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T11:44:26","slug":"get-a-new-view-and-explore-ulsters-river-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/08\/get-a-new-view-and-explore-ulsters-river-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"Get A New View And Explore Ulsters River Towns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Get out and about this summer around some of Ulster\u2019s most beautiful rivers and explore what they have to hold.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7859\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fresh-Waters-Launch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7859\" title=\"Fresh Waters Launch 1\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fresh-Waters-Launch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Livingstone with Cool FM Presenter and DJ Kathryn Wilson <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rivers, streams and fresh water areas in and around Portglenone Marina, Drumaheglis, Belturbet and Kilrea have received a massive cash injection to allow the public and visitors to the province to step off the beaten track and revel in a tourism attraction that many don\u2019t realize exist on their doorsteps. <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new campaign<em>, <strong>Fresh Waters<\/strong><\/em>, run by <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>North East Partnership <\/strong>under its RIVER Project, aims to educate the local community and tourists about the wealth of camping opportunities, walking trails and cycling routes amid a backdrop of some of Ulster\u2019s most stunning water ways; that take visitors inland to appreciate the natural landscape carved out by rivers, lakes and streams. The Lower Bann, the River Erne and their neighbouring towns open up a whole new tourism sector for locals and tourists to enjoy, with an expansive heritage to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the summer months ahead, all four River Towns have a raft of events and activities taking place \u2013 suitable for all types of days out and members of the family. For information, log on to <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_freshwaters\">Fresh Waters<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Facebook or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefreshwaters\">@the_freshwaters<\/a> on twitter.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get out and about this summer around some of Ulster\u2019s most beautiful rivers and explore what they have to hold. Rivers, streams and fresh water areas in and around Portglenone Marina, Drumaheglis, Belturbet and Kilrea have received a massive cash injection to allow the public and visitors to the province to step off the beaten &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/08\/get-a-new-view-and-explore-ulsters-river-towns\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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\/7858"}],"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=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7861,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions\/7861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}