On 14th and 15th September, myself and members of the Newcore team will be attempting a 125-mile triathlon from the source of the River Wye in the Welsh hills, down to its mouth into the Severn Estuary at Chepstow.

We will be running 10 miles across the moor from the source at Plynlimon in the Cambrian Mountains to the nearest road, then cycling
90 miles to Symonds Yat. We then kayak 16 miles and finish off with a near half-marathon on foot to the sea.

We are undertaking this for our charity of 2023/4, the Rivers Trust, which is the English and Welsh umbrella charity for all our local river foundations. The Rivers Trust provides environmental, legal, data
gathering, communications, financial advice and other support to local river trusts - allowing more effective impact in their own critical work, defending fragile river systems against polluters and holding them to account.

The work of the charity is hugely important in the work to reverse the decline of many UK river systems - not least the Wye itself which has gone from being one of the most diverse eco-systems in the UK to a phosphate and nitrate blighted watery desert in just a few years.

If you would like to sponsor us, you can be sure that a) all the money we raise will go to the Rivers Trust; and b) that they are likely to be assisting the local trust that defends the eco-system of your own local rivers.

Overall, we are hoping to raise £100,000 from the event. Newcore is covering all the costs for participants so that donors’ money plus gift aid goes straight to the charity. We will be most grateful for any contribution.

Many thanks,

Edmund