A two-day outdoor event based in Northumberland over the weekend of 20 & 21 August, created so you can experience the region’s stunning countryside, spend some time in the hills and meet others with a love of the outdoors.
The event requires participants to trek a distance of 40 miles in 2 days. You’ll be bussed from the village of Ingram to Kirk Yetholm, from where you’ll head for Clennel Hall, to make camp and enjoy a magical night in the grounds of an old manor house. How you get there is up to you.
On day two, you’ll plot a new route through the hills and head back to your start point at Ingram. Once back, you’ll have completed the Challenge and fallen in love with the region, of which BMC founder Geoffrey Winthrop Young said “there is no nobler country”.
Tickets for The Challenge cost £45, and everyone who enters the event is entered free of charge into a free prize draw in which they have the chance to win £500 of outdoor equipment from brands including Fjällräven, Montane, OMM and Mountain King.
What’s more the event is in support of St Oswald’s Hospice, a charity which provides specialist hospice care to North East adults, young people and children with life-limiting conditions.
For more information about the event, go to www.aboveandbeyond.co.uk/ABChallenge