Hello, thanks for reading. My name is Alan and together with my friend John we have come up with a plan to walk from one side of England to the other. We will be following the Coast to Coast route from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. We will be setting off on the 4th of September and doing a mixture of camping and B&B/hostal/hotels each night. We have never done anything like this before and are not particularly fit so it will be a challenge that we are not underestimating, we have been in training since February and will ramp this up as we get closer to departure.

We are self-funding everything about the walk, but wanted to generate some money for the amazing organisations that are doing great work as a legacy to Alice, Bebe and Elsie. We have bought clothing for the trek from Alices WonderDance, Bebe's Hive, Elsie's Story and GABA Foundation, spreading the word about the work they are doing. We have also set up a JustGiving page that will split 100% of donations between Alice's WonderDance, Bebe's Hive and Elsie's Story (who have kindly offered to manage the split). We would be really grateful if you could donate a small amount to give us some extra motivation to keep taking that next step across the country.

Thanks again for taking the time to read this. Best regards, Alan and John.