Durham’s Outdoor and Active Week takes place from 5th to 11th April 2010 and features more than 19 events including mountain biking taster sessions, guided walks and hikes, orienteering, archery, twilight photography walks, outdoor lawn tennis and a multi-activity day featuring quad bikes and mud buggies at Fury Events in Witton Gilbert.
The week showcases County Durham’s dramatic natural landscapes, beauty spots, parks, gardens and visitor attractions and aims to encourage people in North East England to explore the region on their doorstep.
Guided walks, led by Durham County Council countryside rangers, are taking place in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and European Geopark – an area known as “England’s last remaining wilderness” – in the Durham Dales, Derwent Reservoir and on the Durham Heritage Coast.
