The Ramblers Association Walk magazine held their prestigious annual awards presentation at the recent NEC Outdoors Show, as voted by its members. Simon King, the Bafta and Emmy winning film maker was on hand to present all the lucky winners with their special awards, which included a Silver award for MEINDL footwear in the Best Walking Boot/Shoe category. The Ramblers CEO, Tom Franklin, was also on hand to present Walking Celebrity of the Year to surprise guest and soon-to-be Ramblers President Julia Bradbury who excitedly accepted her award, saying, " to be voted as the Walking Celebrity of the Year by Walk readers is a real honour and to be President of the Ramblers Association is obviously a very exciting moment. Walking is one of the wonderful free things we can do with our time." The Walk Reader Awards have now established themselves as a very prestigious and notible award ceremony.