After raising £7,400 treking 53 miles cross country from Penrith to Ravenglass in June 2014 The Strollers are back. They are now returning to Trek 86 Miles along Hadrian's Wall from Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast to Wallsend over 4 Days.

In 2014 a group of 15 friends from Wythenshawe who have been mates for over 30 years,  played football together, holidayed together and socialised in and around Wythenshawe all our lives. They have always been there for each other down the years and supported one another through thick and thin.

When their mate Brian (Tally) was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease our first reactions were ‘What's Motor Neurone Disease?’ ‘Is there a cure?’ ‘How is it treated?’ ‘Is that what Professor Steven Hawkins has? It was obvious that most of us knew nothing about the disease, some of us had never even heard of it!

They now know that MND is a terminal muscle wasting disease and the most common form of MND known as ALS gives you a life expectancy of 2-5 years. It affects every major muscle in the body leaving you unable to walk, talk and eventually unable to breath. There is no cure and can affect any adult at any age! On average it kills 5 people a day in the UK alone and thousands worldwide. However, Tally has been told that he has a very rare form known as Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) which thankfully has a much longer life expectancy. However, there is no guarantee that it would not progress to the more aggressive form known as ALS but he is optamistic and 7 years after diagnosis results have shown that it is progressing slowly.

The Wythenshawe Strollers are therefore taking part in the Walk to d ‘feet* mnd and have organised a 4 day walk of 86 miles cross country from Bowness-on-Solway on the West Coast to Wallsend starting out on 10th August 2019. They will be camping overnight along the way.

They would be delighted if you would support the Strollers to help raise funds for the MND Association.

List of walkers  in 2014 - Pat Allen, Jimmy Eastdown, Chris Spencer, Colin Sharp, Paul Thurston, Sean Brennan, Mike Canny, Les Graham, Jimmy Ruane, Jamie Ruane, Dennis Graham, Chris Taylor, Kevin Thurston, Paul Smith, Paul Flynn and not forgetting Olli the dog.

Completing the trek of Hadrian's Wall are two strollers Jimmy Ruane and Jamie Kenny supported by Kevin Thurston who will be driving them to the start and completing day one of the walk. The remaining strollers will be there in spirit egging them on every step of the way.

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