I'll be walking from our Head Office in Headingley, Leeds to our extra-care facility - Eller Beck Court in Skipton, covering approximately 29 miles. The majority of the route will follow the Leeds to Liverpool canal and I'm hoping to complete it....accompanied by my partner: Peter, and with a few stops! ....in 10 hours. I chose this date for the walk as it is in celebration of the birthday of John Briggs ( born 20 May 1789) who was : amongst other titles, rhe first Bishop of Beverley in East Yorkshire. Bishop Briggs raised funds for a Catholic orphanage in Leeds, Mount St Mary's from which the roots of our Charity grew. ( Beverley is also a place close to my heart as I was born in Hull and spent many childhoid weekends with my family on Beverley Westwood and also my mother was evacuated to Beverley during WW2. )

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