How did the LDWA start and develop?
A. Since its formation in 1972 (founders Chris Steer and Alan Blatchford) the LDWA has grown steadily from 355 members to 6,500 (approx.) at present. That growth, recognition in 1985 as the Governing Body for Long Distance Walking and becoming a Company Limited by Guarantee in 1999 have not prevented the LDWA retaining the feeling of a family of diverse individuals united by a common interest in long distance walking. The Newsletter, containing details of challenge walks throughout the country, was also started in 1972, became “Strider” in 1977 and is now a 100-page journal, published in April, August and December each year, with a print run of 7,000. Local Groups are the life-blood of the Association, running led walks and other social events, organising Challenge Walks and running checkpoints on the Annual ‘Hundred’. The first Group was formed in 1973, also the first year of the ‘100’, and there are now 41 spread across the UK – although rather thinly in Scotland and there is no grou
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