To mark my 80 th birthday on August 21st , I plan to walk 80 miles. In the current circumstances, this cannot be linear, so I will walk a circular 5-mile route from my front door each morning for 16 days. I plan to start on August 1st and finish on the 21st . This will allow a few extra days in case of storms etc. The route(s) will be pre-planned and mapped using the app Strava.

I will leave at the same time each morning so anyone local who wishes to can join me for part or all of the distance. Start time is 7:30 am.

I'm doing this as a fundraiser; all money raised will go to support our local Hospicecare in Exmouth who were so good to Brian in his last weeks.

You can follow my progress here, or on the Facebook page ‘Jane’s Big 80-mile Challenge’.

For local people: contact Angela Boatwright in Exmouth (boatwright.angela36@gmail.com / phone 07887 394383) for information about sponsorship forms, cash or cheque donations.

NOTE: Because my July training walks were tracked on this page, I'm starting on August 1st with a mile count of 35.66. Accordingly, when the tracker on this page reaches 115.66 miles, I will have reached my goal.

Wish me well!
Jane