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Festival News -
January 4th, 2010
, Cape Breton
1) On behalf of the
Hike the Highlands Festival
team, Happy New Year and
best wishes to
you and your
family for 2010. Our team looks forward to seeing you at our
7th Annual hiking festival
in September.
2) National Geographic has
recently published a book
Top 10 of everything. The
top 10
walks and hikes
includes the Cape Breton Highlands National Park
hiking trails. Cape Breton
Highlands National
Park has always been an important part of the Hike the
Highlands Festival with its
hiking trails, maps
and great staff . They have been a valuable partner since the festival began
in 2004. Congratulations
on
this great accolade.
3)
Listen
to the year-end CBC radio
interview with
Superintendent. Helene
Robichaud, Cape Breton
Highlands National Park,
http://ow.ly/T3dL
4)
The 2010
dates for Hike the Highlands
Festival have been selected.
They are September 10-19.
Please mark them on your calendar for next year. Work has
already begun to start
planning for the
7th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival.
5)
The
Hikers Distance
Award Program
was a great success.
The
festival has developed an
honour roll
for those who have completed 100 km, 50 km and 25 km. in the
2009 Hike the Highlands
Festival. At
the closing ceremonies, a number of hikers received their
lapel pins. However, in our
haste to pass out
pins, we forgot to write all your names down. Please e-mail
us if you have not received
your lapel pin
yet.
6)
The festival's
blog
provides weekly posts on
hiking articles and items of
interest.
Recent articles
include January's 2010 Backpacker Magazine, Christmas gifts
for Hikers, and West
Highland Way
and Trekking Poles.
7)
Join our hiking
community -
Hikers can follow us on
Twitter
and get
regular updates,
join our
facebook group,
and visit our
festival blog
for weekly articles on
hiking and our festival.
8)
Our next festival e-mail
newsletter will be send out
towards the end of January
2010.
We are
expecting to announce the results of the photo contest
winners plus more. If you would like to
be on our mailing list - please click on the button below to
sign-up.
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