Archives for November 2008


 

Jez Bragg – Ultra Distance Marathon Runner to speak at KMF

Monday, November 24th, 2008
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Jez Bragg top trail and ultra distance marathon runner is coming to speak at Keswick Mountain Festival 2009. 

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Fantastic prizes at Keswick Triathlon

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
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German sportswear manufacture Falke are supporting the KESWICK Mountain Festival Triathlon via their local agent Rathbones of Keswick.

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Keswick Climbing Wall – HELP! We need your support.

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
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A planning application has been lodged with the Lake District Planning Board to temporarily relocate Keswick Climbing Wall from its present site at the Southey Industrial Estate Keswick to Goosewell Farm, Keswick. The Climbing Wall’s lease on the Southey Estate site ended on the 31st of October 2008 and Newlands Adventure Centre stepped in last [...]

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KESWICK TRIATHLON IS A RECORD SELL OUT

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
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All 300 places for Keswick Mountain Festival’s Triathlon have been snapped up in record time. The race organisers are astonished that the event – on Saturday 16 May 2009 – filled up within a week of entries opening on line.

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Caption Competition

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
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‘What did Julia Bradbury say to the Mayor, Roger Purkiss, over a cup of tea at the Keswick Mountain Festival?’ The winner of the Caption Competition 2008 is Gordon Farrel with: “OK Roger, straight answer please, did you watch because you love Wainwrights or my bum?”

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The Adventure Directory!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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The team behind the festival, virtually all of whom are volunteers, have pulled off another pretty impressive feat – a fabulous new Adventure Directory is hot off the press.

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Grab a Beer – Keswick Mountain Festival has a Headline Sponsorship Mapped Out

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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KESWICK’S third mountain festival is set to be the best yet with not one but two headline sponsors agreeing to support the five day event. 

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