WE'RE THERE !!!

             

Some Overall Observations

The three walkers, David, Yvonne and Frances covered 1850 km in 3 months supported by Richard during which:

• None of the four fell ill or suffered any injury at all (apart from minor foot wear & tear).
• The car covered over 4000 km with only one minor undercarriage ding from a hidden rock.
• No relative or close friends fell seriously ill or worse, requiring any rescheduling.
• All but 2 of the 74 forward bookings worked as planned. One was a day out and the other was booked at a town with the same name, 50 miles away.
• The walkers utilised as much as possible recognised long distance walking tracks and where this was not possible, canal, bicycle and disused railway paths together with minor roads resulting more distance resulting in a minimum time on busy A roads.
• In doing so they passed through some of the most scenic and spectacular parts of the UK on some of the most demanding parts of the toughest walking trails such on the Pennine way,  the Cornish coastal path and the West Highland way.
• We had on the whole fairly good quality B & B standard accommodation however the schedule required a real discipline with breakfast around 8am walking around 9.30 and usually finishing around 5-6 pm.
• The average days walk was 25 km per day.
• Apart from a couple of fine and hot weeks in June the weather was awful, particularly in Scotland.
• Yvonne and Frances burst into tears on arrival at JOG and who could blame them!
• We developed into a very compatible group and had a lot of fun despite the relentless walking demands.
• Additional walkers joined the team and added to the experience -  LT and Joni who walked from Bath to Manchester, then LT again back for more with Andy for the full on last week, as well as Tim, Tammy, Matilda and Christine for special days.

Donor Recognition

Recent contributions to the Hamlin Fistula hospital included the Sandhole Farm at Codlington, Navidale House Hotel near Helmsdale, Dyall & Kathy Davies from London, the Manchester Didsbury walkers, Alan and Ingrid Gilbert and Scott & Mirella from Hobart.   Many thanks for your generosity.  The full list will be acknowledged later