Isle of Wight Council has cancelled the ‘Moon Walk’ event on Saturday 3 May which forms part of the 2008 Isle of Wight Walking Festival. The event has been replaced with a different walk, titled ‘Breast Foot Forward’.
The council has cancelled the Moon Walk after it inadvertently infringed intellectual property rights of another organisation.
All participants who were due to take part in the Moon Walk will be informed of the change to the walk and will be invited to be part of the replacement ‘Breast Foot Forward’ event. All money raised from this event will be sent to Breast Cancer Research.
More than half of people who have registered for the Festival are visitors to the Island, with many coming from overseas. The most popular event is the annual Walk the Wight which is held on Sunday 18 May. Last year, this single event raised over £217,000 for the Island’s Earl Mountbatten Hospice who organise Walk the Wight and it is hope even more will be raised this year. More than 7000 people are expected to take part in this event alone, making it the biggest ever.
Spaces are continuing to be snapped up on various walks across the two weeks. If you are interested in becoming involved you should visit the website or pick up a guide booklet from any of the Island’s tourist information centres.
Organised by the IW Council, the IW Walking Festival in partnership with the Ordnance Survey, is sponsored by Red Funnel, Wightlink and Millets. Partners are the AONB project, Natural England, IW Tourism, Country Walking, English Heritage, National Trust, Green Island, IW County Press, Ramblers Association, IW Radio, Rights of Way, Walking the Way to Health and Southern Vectis.
