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Hello!
So in the Winter of 2023 I decided to take on the crazy challenge of climbing/ walking to the highest point of every English county. That is a total of 48 peaks! I will be doing this challenge, whilst working full time as a Registered Veterinary Nurse so the real challenge will come in how I can juggle work, life and this challenge. I will be raising money throughout the whole challenge for Vetlife. Follow my journey and progress on my Instagram @that.ginger.girl.who.hikes
Why vetlife? The veterinary community continues to experience significantly higher levels of depression and suicide than the general population. Vetlife works to ensure that those engaged in the veterinary community are aware of available assistance, and signposts them to sources of help should they, or a colleague, be in need of support. Support needs vary according to circumstance and may involve short-term support to cope with an immediate crisis or longer term support for those affected by age, ill health or disability.
The list of peaks is listed below, although I will be walking/ climbing these in no particular order I plan to finish with the big one- Scafell Pike. If you would like to join me on a walk/ climb then please let me know (drop me a DM on my instagram)- I would love the company.
21/48 Complete
1. Derbyshire: Kinder Scout **COMPLETED 25/2/24**
2. Leicestershire: Bardon Hill. **COMPLETED**
3. Lincolnshire: Normanby Top **COMPLETED 7/1/24**
4. Northamptonshire: Arbury Hill
5. Nottinghamshire: Silverhill
6. Rutland: Cold Overton Field: **COMPLETED 1/1/24**
7. Norfolk: Beacon Hill **COMPLETED 16/01/24**
8. Suffolk: Great Wood **COMPLETED 16/01/24
9. Bedfordshire: Dunstable Downs **COMPLETED**
10. Cambridgeshire: Great Chishill
11. Essex: Chrishall Common
12. Hertfordshire: Pavis Wood **COMPLETE 23.03.24**
13. Durham: Burnhope Seat
14. Northumberland: The Cheviot
15. Tyne and Wear: Currock Hill
16. Cheshire: Black Hill
17. Cumbria: Scafell Pike **COMPLETE**
18. Greater Manchester: Black Chew Head in Saddleworth
19. Lancashire: Coniston Old Man
20. Merseyside: Billinge Hill **COMPLETE 13.04.24**
21. Berkshire: Walbury Hill
22. Buckinghamshire: Haddington Hill **COMPLETE 23.03.24**
23. Greater London: Westerham Heights **COMPLETE**
24. Hampshire: Walbury Hill
25. Isle of Wight: St Boniface Down
26. Kent: Betsom's Hill **COMPLETE**
27. Oxfordshire: Bald Hill
28. Surrey: Leith Hill **COMPLETED 5.3.24**
29. West Sussex: Blackdown **COMPLETED 5.3.24**
30. East Sussex: Ditchling Beacon **COMPLETED 4.3.24**
31. Bristol: Dundry Hill**COMPLETE**
32. Devon: High Willhays
33. Gloucestershire: Cleeve Hill
34. South Gloucestershire: Hanging Hill **COMPLETE**
35. Somerset: Dunkery Beacon
36. Cornwall: Brown Willy
37. Dorset: Lewesdon Hill
38. Wiltshire: Milk Hill
39: Herefordshire: Black Mountains
40. Shropshire: Brown Clee Hill **COMPLETE**
41. Staffordshire: Cheeks Point
42. Warwickshire: Ebrington Hill
43. West Midlands: Turner’s Hill **COMPLETE**
44. Worcestershire: Worcestershire Beacon
45. East Riding of Yorkshire: Bishop Wilton Wold
46. North Yorkshire: Mickle Fell
47. South Yorkshire: High Stones
48. West Yorkshire: Whernside