I have now completed all the walks! I covered over 130km in total and have taken 1200 photographs in total. Most of these will be published in the next few days and weeks via South Ribble in the Great War. Thank you to all supporters! If you haven't donated yet, but would like to, this page will stay open until September 2017. 

2015 saw the unveiling of the first WW1 war memorial for the South Ribble Borough. I worked on that project along with the council and other volunteers. The memorial park has extended since then into the grounds of St.Catherine's Hospice. We are also approaching the 100th anniversary of the Battles of Messines and Third Ypres. I have designed these walks to take in the memorials and cemeteries where the men from South Ribble rest and are remembered. The money raised will then go back to St.Catherine's Hospice as a thank you for all the help they gave us when building the memorial and for the great work they do in the community as a whole.

There are 8 walks in total and I will be undertaking them over several days. Each of the cemeteries and memorials listed have graves or memorials dedicated to our men. I intend to take photographs and publish them online as I go along.  

• 16K Poperinghe North West, visiting Dozinghem Military Cemetery and Mendinghem Military Cemetery
• 17K Poperinghe East, visiting Gwalia Cemetery, Canada Farm Cemetery, Ferme Olivier British Cemetery, Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Brandhoek New Military Cemetery and Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3.
• 21K Poperinghe South, visiting Locre Hospice Cemetery and Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
• 17K Ieper (Ypres) North, visiting Menin Gate, Potijze Burial Ground, Aeroplane Cemetery, Wieltje Farm Cemetery, New Irish Farm Cemetery, Artillery Wood Cemetery, Talana Farm Cemetery, Bard Cottage Cemetery, Essex Farm Cemetery, Dulhallow A.D.S. Cemetery and Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.
• 26K Ieper (Ypres) South, visiting Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, First D.C.L.I. Cemetery (The Bluff), Spoilbank Cemetery, Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery, La Clytte Military Cemetery, The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch New Military Cemetery and Belgian Battery Corner
  
• 12K Zonnebeke / Passchendaele circular, visiting Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Tyne Cot Memorial and Tyne Cot Cemetery 
• 17K Ploegsteert North to Mesen, visiting Strand Military Cemetery, Berks Cemetery Extension, Ploegsteert Memorial, Pond Farm Cemetery, Torreken Farm Cemetery and Bethleem Farm East Cemetery
• 8K Armentieres North, starting in Armentieres, France, visiting Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, walking over the border into the Bizet area and visiting Motor Car Corner Cemtery and Tancrez Farm Cemetery

St Catherine's Hospice has been providing specialised care and support for the people of Chorley, Preston and South Ribble for more than 30 years.We're here to help people facing life-shortening conditions like cancer, motor neurone disease and heart failure to enjoy the best possible quality of life and, when the time comes, to have comfort and dignity in death. It costs around £5m every single year to run St Catherine's. We rely on the amazing efforts and wonderful generosity of supporters like you to help us raise the funds we need.

Thank you!