In September I will be attempting to walk Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. 192 miles from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, crossing the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors along the way. I’ll be hiking solo, carrying clothes, food, water and tent with the aim of doing a bit of wild camping, finding some campsites and maybe the odd bnb en route to get a wash and a decent breakfast! 

Though hoping to achieve it in around 14 days or so I’ll be taking each day as it comes. Just over a year ago I underwent some significant foot surgery and could barely hobble to the end of the garden in the months following. Recovery has been a long, slow and often painful process to say the least, but the C2C has been a target throughout. I’m determined to achieve it however long it takes and hopefully my foot (and the rest of me!) will somehow cope with miles and the hills!

Though this has always been a personal challenge, I’ve decided to try and raise some money for a very worthy cause while attempting it.

I’ll be supporting the MND Association in memory of my very good friend Malcolm Goodwin. Malc and I worked together for many years and after both leaving Aviva in 2021 were on the cusp of launching our own business venture when he fell and sadly passed away shortly after. Just a few days beforehand Malc and his wonderful wife Pat had discovered he had Motor Neurone Disease. I hope, with my trek from Coast to Coast, to raise as much as possible to help others with MND and to try and overcome this incredibly debilitating disease.

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