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National Charity's Outdoor Challenge to help
hearts this summer
NATIONAL charity
Heart Research UK is making a Springtime call to walkers and hikers to join its
20th Annual Three Peaks challenge in the Yorkshire Dales this summer and raise
funds for its work in helping hearts near you.
The charity's new Three Peaks Day in the Dales event on 18 June 2016 is ideal
for walkers, hikers and families alike with walks for all ages and abilities as
well as a day of fun filled activities for families to enjoy.
The event is a partnership between Heart Research UK and the Yorkshire Dales
National Park's Three Peaks Project and is supported by home shopping and online
fashion brand Damart.
Money raised from the event will help people live healthier, happier and longer
lives as well as improving and maintaining the much loved and therefore much
used footpath network in the Three Peaks area around Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and
Ingleborough.
If you're into a gentle stroll, a steady challenge or a more strenuous hill
walk, set in one of the UK's most celebrated national parks, the Yorkshire
Dales, with some of our country's finest landscapes, beautiful vistas and
exciting wildlife, the Heart Research UK's Three Peaks event will have something
for everyone to enjoy.
There will be three routes on offer the 25 mile Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge;
a less strenuous 15mile route which meanders around the valleys, or for those
who prefer a gentle stroll and have younger or older participants, a flat, but
equally as scenic 5k nature walk in and around the village of Horton in
Ribblesdale.
Add to all that the Family Day with its sports day, stalls with fresh local
produce, games and activities to make a great day out and you'll have the
perfect family experience that will not only improve your heart heath, but will
also conserve of one of the UK's most scenic and epic areas of beauty.
It's FREE to come along and enjoy the Day in
the Dales but, to make sure you're safe and enjoy our day we are asking for a
registration fee to take part in the Three Peaks and Valleys walks and Nature
Trail. For this, you'll get manned checkpoints, qualified 1st aiders, response
and sweeps teams. We'll even give you a lift if you drop out during your walk.
All profits will go to helping hearts near you and the maintenance of the Three
Peaks paths.
Entry fees:- 3 Peaks walk £25; Valleys walk £15; Family 5k Nature Trail £5 (or
free for children under 12)
If you would like to take part in 2016's event, please visit the Heart Research
UK website
or contact them on:- 0113 234 7474 to request an information pack.
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