And just to show that this is the time of year when not only youths but adults also should be active, Martin Joyce, editor of Walking World Ireland, has been in touch to say that the renowned walker Bert Slader is leading a group of walkers in northern Spain for the multiple sclerosis charity.
Bert has for years been leading cross-border groups on international walks for the MS Society and has done so with distinction. A native of Newcastle, Co Down, he has climbed the world's great peaks and has also written about them. Those who have walked with the society over the years know that a little peace process of its own was developed there.
Martin Joyce sent on the two most recent issues of Walking World Ireland (Numbers 24 and 25). They tell of what might make life a little more interesting, such as walks in Cape Clear Island, Co Cork, among other places.
This is what Michael Fewer has to say about the cape.
"The scattering of standing stones and boulder burials on Cape Clear Island are evidence that it was inhabited in those misty times before history was written down.
"St Kieran is said to have been born on the island in the fourth century AD. From an early age, he was seen to have special powers of communication with animals and birds, and stories about him could just as easily have been told about St Francis."
Then he writes that the island provides good walking with dramatic, ever-changing sea views.
"A network of narrow roads covers the island but there are plenty of opportunities, particularly along the southern coast, to walk over open moorland and along sea cliffs . . . If possible, do ask permission to cross farmland.
"Take care not to damage drystone walls and be vigilant for bulls in fields with cows!"
Michael Fewer, incidentally, is one of Ireland's leading outdoor writers. He wrote the best-seller Irish Long-Distance Walks, (1993); The Wicklow Way by Cliff and Shore; Walking the Waterford Coast; and Irish Waterside Walks. An architect, he lives in Dublin.
In the May/June issue, Dick Warner, environmentalist and broadcaster, writes about the natural history of Killarney National Park, its reindeer, ferns, trees and fish. For many years, Warner has blazed a trail to bring the natural world and appreciation of it to a wider audience.
If you wish to ramble further, you could contact Ruby McIlgorm, of Greenhill Road, Coleraine, Co Derry, of the Bannside Rambling Club. The club takes its inspiration from the late great Alan Walker who wrote Walking the Ulster Way. Bert Slader joined him on some of those rambles.
South again, walks in Waterford are mentioned, as are the mystical paps in the Derrynasaggart range on the Cork/Kerry border. In ancient mythology, the paps represented the breasts of the pagan goddess, Dana - Dha Chich Danann.
The magazine, which has been on the shelves for the past four years, appears six times a year. It sells an average of 12,600 copies per issue which, of course, tells us something.
For a start, it reflects the fact that, according to tourism surveys, some 28 per cent of the population confirmed that their preferred activity was walking.
Excellently produced, with photography of a high quality, the magazine circulates north and south of the Border.
Walking World Ireland caters for the most serious walkers but also for those who would wish to simply go for a day's trek. Maybe it's time to get out there.