RAMBLERS and drinkers will be planning to put their best feet forward during the weekend of September 12 to 14 as part of a walking festival.

The Boots and Beer festival will take its 250 participants through Upper Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The event is hosted by Brasher, the walking specialist, and the Black Sheep Brewery, of Masham.

Tickets for the festival cost £30 and profits will be donated to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.

For more information and to book a ticket call 0191-516 5776.