LACE up your boots for this weekend's Malvern Autumn Walking Festival.

Several guided walks are being run tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday to coincide with the Autumn in Malvern festival. Fully qualified leaders will reveal the secrets behind Malvern's stunning scenery.

Walkers have the chance to Discover Malvern's Artistic Celebrities on a seven-mile walk tomorrow. A minibus to Colwall leaves from Malvern Tourist Information Centre at 10am.

Discover the Seven Panorama is a walk of about four miles to Earnslaw Quarry and the Beacon, also leaving the TIC at 10am tomorrow.

On Sunday walkers are invited to Discover the North Hill. This four-mile walk leaves the TIC at 10am.

The Two Beacons Challenge is Sunday's other walk. A five-and-a-half mile walk to British Camp and St Ann's Well, it leaves the Malvern Hills Hotel at 10am. To register for walks call the TIC on 01684 892289.

Festival Diary Week 4

Friday, October 28: 7.30pm, Great Malvern Priory, European Union Chamber Orchestra. The EUCO gave its first concert in 1981 and has since gained a worldwide reputation as a musical ambassador for the European Union. Tickets £14 front nave, £8 side aisles and chancel (8-18 yrs free).

Saturday, October 29: 11am, Great Malvern Priory, Dr John Harcup on ancient misericords. Dr Harcup will give an illustrated talk exploring 14th and 15th Century wooden stalls used by monks to provide leg relief through monastic service. The talk features the superb carvings found on the stalls of Malvern Priory, Ripple Church, Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester cathedrals. Tickets £5 (8-18 yrs free); 3pm, Great Malvern Priory, Andrew Bannerman on The Private Life of Charles Darwin. Respected writer, director and actor Andrew Bannerman will present a moving portrait revealing the profound impact the death of Darwin's 10-year-old daughter Annie had upon the private life of this very public man. Tickets £5 (8-18 yrs free); 7.30pm, Great Malvern Priory, Passamezzo Early Dance with Border Waits present Love's Proper Exercise. Superbly costumed dancers with authentic choreography, accompanied by musicians playing Renaissance period music, bring to life the progression of culture across Europe, from 15th Century Italy to England in the court of Elizabeth I.