Hello all, and many thanks for donating to Walk the Waterfront which was a very special day. In total we raised £505, taking into account donations at the Scrapstore and October Books as well as a few other personal donations. That's £126 to each of the organisation we were raising funds for, which is a bit less than the original target but very worthwhile none-the-less. Perhaps a bigger and better event next year raising money for the people's community fund? Warmest regards Clare

What an amazing day.... we had 20 or so people on the walk altogether and it was lovely that people could come and go. Two of us completed to full walk (although we did miss a couple of sections due to time restraints). A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the day, Lynne for doing the fetching and carrying, Debs and Chris for the wonderful Cafe Hawkeswood, family Kinge for their amazing effort, Liz and Lou for photos and many more. The picture from the start of the day with more to follow. Thank you for your donations and support.

Only a few days to go and the weather forecast is looking good, so I hope a few more of you can join us on the day. Quite a few people doing the whole thing and lots of people joining along the way. In addition to the funds donated here there is also nearly £100 donated at the Scrapstore. You can of course donate on the day and I will be bringing a few copies of the Station Walks book if you want to donate £10 or more. Really looking forward to the pop-up cafe at Deb and Chris's place, that will be our mid morning stop. See you soon. Clare

Some rough timings as follows: 8am meet at Weston Shore in the far car park 8.15am Start walking 8.45 am Woolston 10am Chessel Bay 10.45am Morning coffee at Bitterne Manor 11.15am Leave Bitterne Manor 11.45am Bitterne Park Triangle 12.30 pm Shamrock Quay for lunch 1.30pm leave Shamrock Quay 2pm Cross House under Itchen Bridge 2.45pm Mettricks original 15.10 Southampton Central train to Redbridge and walk Wharf Park 15.39 Train to Swaythling from Redbridge 16.15 Leave Swaythling station 17:15 Arrive Cobden Bridge