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I’m William (12) and together with my sister Poppy (8) we are team, Porch 2 Portugal.

Our aim is to mainly walk, with a little running, cycling and rowing thrown in from our house near Henley on Thames, South Oxfordshire to Vale do Lobo in the Algarve, Portugal.

We have set ourselves this immense challenge in memory of Charlie Billington, Poppy’s godmother, who tragically passed away on 28th June 2022. Charlie was not only Poppy’s godmother but a wife and mother to two young boys and a dear friend to many including Mama. She was super kind, thoughtful and caring to everyone. I remember when I was younger and we lived around the corner from one another in London and Mama & Charlie wanted to go for coffee that she’d always come armed with my favourite magazines and snacks!

We want to take on this challenge in memory of her and raise as much money as we possibly can for the charity, Mind. Charlie loved Portugal especially the Algarve hence why our end goal is to arrive there (virtually).

Our start date is 28th June and we aim to finish on 28th November. We have to cover 1,294 miles (2,082km)) and would like to raise an ambitious £1,294 (£1 per mile) for Mind. You can follow our progress here where we’ll be updating our stats daily and also on Instagram @porch2portugal. Thank you for reading, see you in Portugal! Will x

Hello, I'm Poppy and my brother and I are raising money for Mind in memory of my godmummy who sadly passed away last summer. Charlie was really good  friends with my mama for a long 35 years, she was very kind and thoughtful to
everyone she knew and met. She was always the first person to wish me Happy Birthday and always gave me such lovely and generous presents and cards. So for my birthday Mama gave me a tiny rose cutting called Charlie's Rose which I have looked after all winter and have watched it grow and finally it has some buds! I am so excited for my first flower! I can talk to my rose plant whenever I want and about whatever I want. I know lots of people miss Charlie.

I am really excited to do this challenge in her memory and raise lots of money for Mind as this is something I have never done before. Please sponsor us as much or as little as you can. Thank you very much, Poppy xx

@porch2portugal 

https://www.challengehound.com/challenge/50401ed0-0de7-11ee-bf75-fb52a64488d2