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Farthingstone Foot Fest June 2024: A grand total of 150 participants
came and puffed their way around our lovely countryside, big smiles on
their faces irrespective of the challenges encountered. Here are a few photos as souvenirs from the day:
Farthingstone Foot Fest: how it started: The Farthingstone Foot Fest was created to raise money for the Farthingstone community to help provide funding for activities other than for the general requirements of the main establishments. Farthingstone, in common with many small villages, enjoys a number of local amenities especially: St Mary's Church, the Baptist Chapel, the Joy Mead gardens and the Village Hall. Most fund-raising activities had, through necessity, concentrated on raising money for essential maintenance programmes but because of this, many other desirable pursuits were unable to be achieved through lack of funds. In addition to the amenities already mentioned, Farthingstone is also graced by being surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in Northamptonshire. An opportunity to make the most of this was recognised and the Farthingstone Foot Fest (FFF) was devised as an event for both runners and walkers of all age groups to take part.
Starting and finishing at the Village Hall in Farthingstone, the FFF covers a full 26 mile Marathon distance which is a challenging (there are a lot of stiles together with a number of kissing gates and other obstacles) figure of eight route through our immediately adjacent, wonderful, rolling landscape. The route covers stretches of the Macmillan Way, the Knightley Way and Nene Way, passes across fields, through woods and beautiful villages and along the Grand Union Canal and is wonderfully varied. In addition, alternative distances are available being
single loop 12, 13 and 15 mile options so that the widest possible number
of participants can enjoy the day. Achievements to date:
Community Support: If you have a local project in mind that you believe can be assisted with or funded by the FFF funds, please contact any member of the FFF committee:
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