Welcome to our fundraising page for our Lake District walk!

This is our latest fundraising event to try and ultimately raise £10,000 for Parkinson's UK in memory of my Dad and Ed's Gramps - John Lowry.

The challenge

The first two fundraisers for Dad / Gramps have totalled £3937.24 and we'd love to add another £750 to the pot!

We're starting in Keswick in the Lake District on May 26th 2024 and plan to walk a loop starting and finishing in Keswick of at least 60 miles with some big climbs along the way.

Day One - Keswick to Grasmere

Day Two - Grasmere to Tover

Day Three - Tover to Eskdale

Day Four - Eskdale to Nether Wasdale

Day Five - Nether Wasdale to Keswick

Ed is still only 11 so its a big task for his little legs (as well as my old legs!)

About Dad

Dads was my hero, he was the best Dad I could have ever wished for and has been a brilliant Gramps to his 6 grandchildren and to my brother, George.

His hero status is backed up by the incredible life he led with rugby at its heart; regarded as one of the best scrum-halves in England in the 70's, he was a (what now be) premiership standard referee in the 80's and then he gave back so much to the sport he loved for Matlock RFU, Derbyshire RFU and Notts, Lincs & Derbys RFU in many capacities - Chairman, President and head of disciplinary in the 90's and onwards.

Fundraising

Having had so many friends and family already support us with donations we've tried to do things a bit differently this time and have secured sponsorship from the fabulous people at WUNDERSTAR who have donated £500 to get us going!

We'll be donning our Parkinson's / Wunderstar t-shirts throughout our walk and, just like my Dad would have, will no doubt get talking to lots of people en route and in the pubs ands hope to persuade a few people to support us for a quid to two...fingers crossed!

Donating

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Thanks for reading and supporting us in our little part we are playing to fight this hideous and evil disease.