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We're going to be walking all the UK National Trails and raising money for the Woodland Trust in the process. Our first sponsored trail is Offa's Dyke (177 miles) which we're walking in 11 days beginning on the 16th May.
Please sponsor us - trees are beautiful and very necessary. We need to plant
more of them and save more of them for future generations to breathe
The Project so far:
Well, we did it! A very big thank you to everybody who has donated so far. We completed the
Offa's Dyke Path on the 27th May (taking 11 days as planned). There's
a lot of steep ascents and descents on this trail - Offa was very relentless in the building of his dyke! Plus, we thought
we were walking 177 miles but when we arrived in Prestatyn at the end
of our journey, the sign pointing back to Chepstow (our starting point)
said 182 miles -we felt suitably heroic! All in all though, a great walk
through some outstandingly beautiful parts of the British Isles. Check out the Wye valley (especially the carpets of wild garlic and the bluebells); the Black mountains; the beauty of Shropshire and Herefordshire; Hergest Ridge; the dazzling white limestone scenery of Trevor rocks; the Clwydian Hills - just some of the many wonderful places we walked through and we definitely recommend a walk over Telford's famous aqueduct at Pontescyllte -not to be missed. We were also fortunate to stay at some great B & B's who really looked after us. Thank you to all of
them.
We are trying to get to and from the trails by using trains exclusively as much as is possible. So far so good - our travel from home in Glasgow to the start point near Chepstow and then home again from Prestatyn was relatively painless. However, we did come back via Sheffield (visiting family). If we had gone straight back to Glasgow from Prestatyn, our train fare would have more than doubled. The mystery of travel by train in these fair islands! We'll keep you posted on this one.
Woodland Trust kindly did a feature on this project in their newsletter and, since then, we have had donations from generous people we do not even know - thank you so much.
Our next planned excursion is the Peddars Way & North Norfolk Coast path which we plan to do in early October - still on the drawing board but as soon as dates are fixed we'll post up the information. Keep on helping us to plant those trees.
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Raised so far: £435.00
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Good luck, I wish you well Donation by Gillian Stewart on 19/06/09 |
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Fantastic idea - wonderful for the woodlands - enjoy a good rest before your next 'stint' Donation by Margaret Ker on 05/06/09 |
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Great idea - Enjoy :>) Donation by Donna on 04/06/09 |
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God luck and thank you. It is a great cause Donation by Maura on 03/06/09 |
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Well done Donation by Heather on 03/06/09 |
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Enjoy the walk - hope you don't get too much rain Donation by Sue on 21/05/09 |
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Good luck on your Walks. Donation by Barony on 18/05/09 |
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May your blisters heal quickly and your knees never creak Donation by Tim on 14/05/09 |
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the more trees the merrier Donation by Derek Sellars on 14/05/09 |
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Enjoy the walk Donation by Roland Wilkinson on 13/05/09 |
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It took God three days to start planting the trees. And he liked what he saw. You are in good company. Keep up the great work.. Donation by Brother Julian on 13/05/09 |
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Hey, babes! Take a walk on the wild side !....enjoy every moment. Love to you both! xxxxxx Donation by Fiona Cartmell on 12/05/09 |
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Walk well. Love to you both and to all the trees that will be planted as you do so. Donation by Adele on 11/05/09 |
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Enjoy every moment! One day I will return to dance....have missed it a lot! Donation by Mary Laidlaw on 10/05/09 |
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Vaya con Dios! Donation by boudiccea999 on 08/05/09 |
| * Total raised online: | £220.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £215.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £435.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £39.49 |
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