Thursday 5 June

Mountain Biking in Gisburn Forest

Come along and try biking off-road in the beautiful surroundings of Gisburn Forest where you can enjoy traffic free, well signed, family friendly trails, perfect for beginners and experts alike. The enthusiastic team from Cycle Bowland will be stationed at Gisburn Forest all day offering bike hire, off-road riding trips and advice on where to ride.

Book direct with Cycle Bowland on 01729 824419 where you can also arrange half day or full day bike hire throughout your stay in Bowland at any time (bike hire includes helmets, route maps etc).

All day • Gisburn Forest

Cost: Charges apply

Book direct, individual booking arrangements apply. Lunch, you will need to bring your own refreshments. You can use a bus to get to this event.

From a Tree to a Spoon

Harvest some coppice sycamore and make your own spoon to take home from green wood using simple hand tools, (tools and tuition provided), suitable for 12 years and up.

Please book direct by e-mail at studycentre@middlewood.org.uk, or ring 01524221880, or write to Course bookings, Middle Wood, Roeburndale West, Lancaster . LA2 9LL

10am • Middle Wood, nr Wray • 6hrs

Cost: Free

Book direct, individual booking arrangements apply. Lunch, you will need to bring your own refreshments.

Saddle Fell and Access Land

A guided walk onto Access Land. This Ranger led walk will inspire you to explore more of Bowland.

Please book direct with Lancashire Countryside Service on 01995 640557

10am • Saddle Fell • 6hrs

Walking Grade: G7 • Cost: Free

Book direct, individual booking arrangements apply. Lunch, you will need to bring your own refreshments.

Environment Day Event

A special open day in Bleasdale as the Parish Hall celebrates the opening of its new breathing spaces garden and woodland. Learn how local communities can help look after the environment and harness alternative technologies, as well as caring for their natural and cultural heritage. Includes 11.30am Health Walk & Tramper Trek, 1pm Bleasdale mini cycle tour, 2.30pm Tramper Trek, 3pm Renewables Tour.

11am • Bleasdale • 6hrs

Walking Grade: D3 • Cost: Free

Turn Up, there's no need to book for this event, just turn up. Suitable for children under 8. Tramper all terrain tramper available, must be booked in advance. Refreshments available at your own cost. New for 2007

Priory Health Walk

A gentle walk on the western edge of Bowland for those who want to get fit, stay fit and remain healthy.

2pm • Scorton • 1hr

Walking Grade: C4 • Cost: Free

Turn Up, there's no need to book for this event, just turn up. Refreshments available at your own cost.

Discovering herbs and their medicinal uses

Ramble through a floristically rich meadow and join experts in botanical and medicinal plant uses.

2pm • Dalehead Church, Gisburn Forest • 2hrs

Walking Grade: E3 • Cost: £3

Tramper all terrain tramper available, must be booked in advance. Wildlife, you'll be stopping to look at plants or animals.

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Tewit Chick Walk – looking for young lapwings

Bowland’s farmland is home to nationally important populations of wading birds. Lapwings or ‘tewits’ as they are known locally, curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers can all be seen at close quarters on their breeding grounds and we may even catch a glimpse of a brood of tiny lapwing chicks. Learn how local farmers and the RSPB are working together to conserve these beautiful birds.

2pm • Bleasdale • 2hrs

Walking Grade: E5 • Cost: £3

Tramper all terrain tramper available, must be booked in advance. Birdwatching, you'll be stopping to look at birds You may come across livestock, farm equipment. Wildlife, you'll be stopping to look at plants or animals.

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A Downham Dendrology: The landscape and mystery of trees

A guided circular walk taking in fields, woodlands and a panoramic view from the top of a hill. The trees of Downham’s fields, woods and hedgerows will be explained in the context of the estate’s long-term woodland management and their place in the landscape. A chance to hear some lesser known facts and fictions about familiar native trees.

2pm • Downham • 2hrs

Walking Grade: E5 • Cost: £3

Tramper all terrain tramper available, must be booked in advance. You may come across livestock, farm equipment. Wildlife, you'll be stopping to look at plants or animals.

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Farming the Environment

New Laund farm is part of the Duchy of Lancaster Estate in the Hodder Valley. The Farm lies on the limestone reef knolls, which give it a very characteristic and dramatic landscape. You will be taken around the farm on a tractor and trailer and shown how modern farming methods are being combined with good environmental custodianship to look after this unique and special part of the Forest of Bowland. The view from the top of the knolls is not to be missed! Complimentary refreshments will be served.

7pm • New Laund Farm, Whitewell • 2hrs

Walking Grade: E4 • Cost: Free

Suitable for children under 8. Suitable for wheelchairs. You may come across livestock, farm equipment.

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Discover Historical Bentham

Enjoy an illuminating guided walk around Bentham in the company of a knowledgeable local historian. You’ll be surprised by the interesting history hidden within the streets of this lively market town!

7pm • Bentham • 2hrs

Walking Grade: E2 • Cost: £1

Turn Up, there's no need to book for this event, just turn up. Tramper all terrain tramper available, must be booked in advance. Suitable for wheelchairs. You can use a train to get to this event. New for 2007

Badger Encounter

A chance to see badgers in their natural habitat from the comfort of a purpose built hide with an expert from Lancashire Badger Group. This event is extremely popular and places are limited due to the size of the hide, be sure to book early to ensure your place.

7.15pm • Ribchester • 3-4hrs

Cost: £5

You can use a bus to get to this event. Late Finish

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Fully booked

Music of the Fells

Come to Christchurch – the Shepherd’s Church - in Abbeystead for concert of local music. The Gladly Solemn Sound, comprising 24 singers, specialise in rural church music of the early 1800s. Combining florid counterpoint, earthy harmonies and vigorous rhythms, This West Gallery Music earned the disapproval of Victorian church reformers, who suppressed it in favour of a more decorous style - as described in Thomas Hardy's Under The Greenwood Tree. Local manuscript collections (from Georgian Wyresdale, Slaidburn and Downham) provide much of the choir's repertoire. The Shepherd’s Church is so called for the stained glass windows which depicting pastoral scenes will also have on show the instruments used by the parish band in the early 19th century.

7.30pm • Shepherds Church ( Christchurch Parish Church), Abbeystead • 2hrs

Cost: £5

Suitable for wheelchairs. Refreshments available at your own cost. New for 2007

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