National Trails Day 2010 - Sunday 3rd October

NATIONAL TRAILS DAY is happening this year on Sunday 3rd October. It is a celebration of Ireland’s wonderful variety of trails and a chance for everyone to enjoy some of our most beautiful countryside, forests, mountains and lakes and we are calling on people to get involved and organise an event.

Along with the sponsorship of Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Coillte, the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and Fáilte Ireland, this year we are also delighted to welcome the Countryside Activities and Access Network (NI) as sponsors, to make this the second successive year that National Trails Day will be an all-island event.

 National Trails Day 2009 was very successful, with about 120 events held across the country. Last year we had “bat walks”, mountain bike cycles, guided canoe trips, family orienteering, “Leave No Trace” hikes, trail conservation work, heritage walks and just plain walking! This year we hope that we can do even more interesting and exciting things on a trail, be it on land or water.

The partners in National Trails Day are putting the call out now for people to organise a trail event. A media campaign will begin in September to promote awareness of all the events and to encourage people to take part. For more information on how to get involved visit www.nationaltrailsday.ie  and feel free to get in touch with Daithi ( National Trails Day project manager/ 086-2058873) or Cormac, Doug and Jean in the National Trails Office to discuss any event ideas or get advice on any events.