Mission accomplished, a great walk in better weather than we had hoped for.  Morale rose over the last couple of days with the end in sight even amongst the less enthusiastic trail-blazers in the team.  The Yorkshire moors were beautiful, the Dales highly evocative  of by-gone industrialisation now blending with the return to sheep-farming and grouse-moor conservation and the Lakes magnificent - the trail as high and demanding as ever.  We are enormously grateful to all of you who have donated to this worthy cause. For more info please look at our blog at:

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Here's the background to why we did it::

Andy Ripley, noted England and British Lions No 8, BBC Super-Star and Oarsman succumbed to prostate cancer in June 2010 after a spirited fight .  Following being diagnosed in 2005, Andy dedicated himself to fundraising for Prostate Cancer Research. 

The self-styled UEA Seniors, a group of Andy's alumnus pals from UEA, walked the path west to east, in 2007 and raised over £5000 for prostate cancer.  Since Andy's death a memorial fund has been set-up at UEA to support post-graduate research into prostate cancer; in fact the first PhD student  Helen Curley was appointed in March 2014. Now, with the need to raise funds for a second studentship, the UEA Seniors are on the march again, walking Wainright's famous Coast 2 Coast path, this time from east to west, from Robin Hood's Bay to St Bees Head.  The team this time consists of: Tim Lovett, his son Ferdy, Brian Stern, Dave Oliver, Tony Heathcote and his son Simon. Keith Stapylton, is our driver, trainer and general factotum.

We start walking from Robin Hood's Bay on Good Friday, 17 April and finish at St Bees Head on Wednesday 30 April -  192 miles - 13 days of toil, averaging  around 15 miles per day.

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All money donated will go to the Andy Ripley Memorial Fund to further prostate cancer research - 32,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the UK. Research into reliable, non-invasive, early diagnostic techniques and effective treatments are urgently needed.  Research at UEA is focused on both these areas.

Thank you - Tim, Ferdy, Brian, Dave, Tony, Simon & Staps

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