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Janine, Martin and Sally are undertaking a mammoth 137 mile challenge. We call it the MAD WALX - help us to Make A Difference for the Veterans Charity.

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Janine completed the Forces March in 2012 in a ducksuit, in the blistering heat. She received the Sarah Bryant award for the most outstanding female.

She trained hard both physically and mentally. It was to leave her with an amazing mindset that anything can be accomplished if you focus and prepare for it. Sally and Martin have been wow'd by her tales and will join her for 2022. 

It is 137 miles from Ilfracombe to Bulford Camp. There will be hills, and more hills and a never-ending roll of hard tarmac. It will be brutal on the body and there will only be a tent and sleeping bag to recover in each evening.

We would appreciate your support and would ask that you donate the cost of a cuppa to ensure a Vet can also enjoy one, and other essentials that can not be afforded. Life can be cruel and the last thing that is needed is red tape that denies a person who has defended our country the right to be safe, fed and warm.

The Forces March is based on a march undertaken by men of the legendary Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during WWII.

'In August of 1942, General Gale sent the whole regiment to Devonshire for two months of cliff climbing and other strenuous training. He then decided to march the regiment back to Bulford Camp - some 135 miles! Naturally, it became a competition between the companies.

Howard marched up and down the column, urging his men on. He had a walking stick, an old Army one with an inch of brass on the bottom. His company clerk and wireless operator, Corporal Tappenden, offered the Major the use of his bike. He refused, growling "I'm leading my company!" From gripping the stick, his hands grew more blisters than Tappenden's feet. But he kept marching. 

D Company got back to base on the evening of the fifth day, marching in at 140 steps to the minute and singing 'Onward Christian Soldiers', loudly. They came in first in the regiment by half a day! Howard had lost only two men out of 120. His stick however was so worn he had to throw it away."

Major Howard's D Company were later selected to spearhead the entire Allied invasion on D-Day. Thanks to their astounding fitness and training, the men achieved their almost impossible objective - to capture the legendary PEGASUS BRIDGE, in under 10 minutes. 

This march has become the stuff of legends and inspired us to create THE FORCES MARCH.