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THE QUATTROCENTENARY WALKClick here TO DOWNLOAD WALKERS REGISTRATION AND ADVANCE TICKET APPLICATION Why not join in one of the three walks we are organising to converge on Cotesbach at noon on 07.07.07? Walk here, from the three surrounding counties like the peasants did in 1607, in symbolic reenactment, to commemorate them and to show you care about climate change, sustainability and cutting carbon emissions ... you will get a special welcome and a free souvenir of the event if you can show you have completed one of the walks. If you want to join walks 1 or 2 in any of the villages on the way, that's fine too, as long as you get to Cotesbach with a Registration card stamped at the check point you started at. All checkpoints will be manned and light refreshments will be available. Your walker's registration fee of £4 advance/£5 on the day also gives you admission to the whole day's festival of events in Cotesbach. Listen out for the Church Bells ringing in the villages, a traditional sign of assembly and our sign on 777 of enduring links between Church, community, environment and our rural heritage. HERE'S DETAILS TO DATE: WARWICKSHIRE WALK No.1 : 12 KM Starts at 8.45 hrs, Hillmorton Locks,Rugby, OS Map No222:GR SP 536 744 CP/ Refreshments in Newton 10.00am (at picnic site) & Churchover 11.00am (at Cobby Tree)
CP/ Refreshments in Catthorpe 10.30 am (Manor Farm Shop) & Shawell 11.00am (end of Church driveway)
IT IS HOPED THAT ALL WALKERS WILL ARRIVE IN COTESBACH AROUND 12 NOON FOR 12.30 WELCOME SPEECH |
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The walks are being supported by the British Walking Federation/IVV (International Federation of Popular Sports), who will count Walk No.1 as a qualifying event towards their award scheme. BWF members will claim their award at the BWF stand in the Green World Forum, where any new members will be welcome to join. All walks will be led, there will be route descriptors at the start, refreshment breaks, and a free shuttle bus service back to your start point if you're not meeting up with anyone else with a vehicle at the event (departure times will be listed in the Event Programme. All walkers must observe the Countryside Code and be aware of safety to themselves and others. | |||||
We hope many will want to come in 17th Century style dress –here's a link to a site which will help you decide what to wear.. http://www.history.uk.com/clothing/index.php?archive=7 .and we'll be adding more useful information shortly, plus people to contact should you want your costume made for you (eg. Sally Green)(but if you're planning to walk 12km please be sensible about foot gear!). And bring tools if you can, just as the folks did in 1607 – but instead of using them to pull out hedges, we’ll be donating good garden tools to local gardening projects through OFfA and BTCV and broken ones will be recycled as part of a commemorative sculpture by local artist, Worzel. N.B. If you're not sure whether you can carry a 7ft scythe and manage two grumbling children, your 17th Century clothes, a picnic bag and the heat of a summer's day, we are collecting tools in advance at The Garden Barn, Cotesbach, in case it's more convenient WE'LL SEE YOU THERE, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE IF YOU CAN (this will help us cater for the required number of souvenirs, otherwise you'll have to rely on our guesswork)!
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