Yes, you read that right. At 70 years young, Hub trustee Ken Burnett will be spending five weeks (or more) walking 500 miles along The Camino de Santiago. And it's not just so he can sing that Proclaimers song truthfully...

500 miles is a very long way to walk, along very challenging terrain.

Throughout the middle ages, thousands walked from their homes to make their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. This pilgrim’s path paved the way for many different routes across Europe, all coming together to arrive in the city surrounding the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Please will you sponsor Ken as he walks 500 miles this September to keep The Hub going for the long haul? Your donation will support our Hub, the splendid village hall that serves the wonderful communities of Huntingfield, Heveningham and Ubbeston!

If you give just £5 in sponsorship, that equates to just one penny for every mile that Ken is planning on walking. He is determined to walk all 500 miles – so if you can, please consider giving 10p a mile… or maybe you think Ken deserves £1 a mile for this mighty challenge? The choice is yours. And if you are eligible, please claim GiftAid, to increase your gift by 25 per cent at no extra cost to you! 

Ken said,‘I’ve reached an age when even contemplating such a challenge seems entirely absurd. I’m so unfit, walking the Camino looms over me like a monstrous, exhausting nightmare, obviously unattainable. Even if my feet could make it, the rest of me is crying out in protest, saying, ‘get real Ken, admit it, you’re way past accomplishing anything like this!’ Yet those who have done it tell me it’s fulfilling, transformational, the experience of a lifetime. So I thought, ‘OK, I should give it a try’. If only to prove to myself that I’m not yet over the hill, I’m going to get over them hills. If while walking I can raise some much needed funding for The Hub, that’ll keep me going.’   

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Ken is also walking to raise money for SOFII, the web-based charitable foundation that his late wife Marie and he started, 14 years ago to support the international charity sector. 

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ken-Burnett-SOFII

A BIG, BIG thank you to all donors. With special appreciation to all who elect to be anonymous. I wish I could thank you in person, but this will have to do. Just know, you are a hero.