Mick's Miles is a fundraising challenge in memory of my Dad, Mick Wren, who died in July 2019 from congestive heart failure brought on by valvular heart disease. He died whilst running up Skiddaw Fell in The Lake District, his favourite place in the world. My fiancé Florian, myself, friends and family are going to hike 10 of the top 100 favourite British Ordnance Survey walks in 10 days, 5 walks of which happen to be in The Lake District. This challenge was chosen because Dad loved walking (but mainly running) in the great outdoors, especially if a large hill or mountain was involved, and we want to carry on this legacy. 

We will be fundraising £2000 for four charities - British Heart Foundation because we want to help in the fight against heart disease like Dad had, The Great North Air Ambulance Service because they tried to save Dads life on the day he died, Jigsaw Cumbria's Children's Hospice because Dad was in the middle of contributing all the money from sales of his Joss Naylor prints to them and Fix the Fells because they fix upland paths within the Lakes which help keep Dads beloved Lake District accessible for all to enjoy. Ideally the money raised would be split equally between the four charities so if you kindly contribute, please could you contribute to the charity which has the lowest funds - this is the only way we can make sure that each charity receives a roughly equal amount as we have to create a separate page for each charity! The links for the fundraising page for each charity are at the bottom of this page. UPDATE! Fix the Fells and The Great North Air Ambulance Service have both achieved their £500 target which is INCREDIBLE!!! Therefore I have deactivated donations to their pages so as to give the other two charities a chance to reach their targets too. 

# 9 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Craster to Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland - 1 hour - Easy - COMPLETED! (Monday 24th August 2020) 

# 7 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk -
The Buttermere Circular, The Lake District - Around 2 hours - Easy - COMPLETED! (Tuesday 25th August 2020)

# 8 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - The Old Man of Coniston, The Lake District - 4 hours - Challenging - COMPLETED! (Wednesday 26th August 2020) 

# 4 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Cat Bells, The Lake District - Around 2 hours - Moderate - COMPLETED! (Thursday 27th August 2020)

# 5 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk -
Scafell Pike, The Lake District - 4 hours - Challenging
- SEMI COMPLETED (Friday 28th August 2020) - Made it to the summit of Lingmell which is an outlier on the north-west flank of Scafell Pike but we had to retreat after this due to bad weather. We will complete this walk as intended in the future! Date to be confirmed.

# 1 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Helvellyn, The Lake District - 5 hours 15 mins - Challenging - COMPLETED! (Saturday 29th August 2020)

# 3 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Malham and Gordale Scar - 3 hours 30 mins - Moderate - COMPLETED! (Sunday 15th August 2021)

# 10 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Mam Tor - 2 hours 45 mins - Moderate - COMPLETED! (Monday 16th August 2021) 

# 31 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Beddgelert - 2 hours 20 minutes - Moderate - COMPLETED! (Tuesday 17th August 2021)

# 2 most favourite British Ordnance Survey walk - Snowden - 4 hours 30 mins - Moderate - COMPLETED! (Wednesday 18th August 2021)

For more details on each walk please use the link below and scroll down to the map of Britain where the top 100 walks are numbered - https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/itvs-britains-100-favourite-walks/  

To keep up to date with the Mick's Miles Challenge, you can follow me on Instagram @greennotgrey

For some entertaining reading and lots of photos of Dad’s running exploits have a look at some of his ‘Mick’s Mountain’ blog entries by using the following link: http://micksmountain.blogspot.com

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Thank you in advance for any donation, it is deeply appreciated. 

With love and appreciation, Vicky Xx