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Your support ensures we can beat heartbreak forever through research, prevention and care.
Total raised:
£10,940.21
(offline: £2,180.91)
With Gift Aid: £12,325.19
Target: £5,000.00
Page created by
Sarah Standing on 03/11/2015
A fabulous day with such generous and supportive family and friends.
Good luck Dale - From all of the Eclipse Team
Well done Sarah, amazing achievement x
Amazing James!! So impressed. You must have trained really hard. Sorry we didn't get there to cheer you on. Well done from Steve, Nick & William. :)
To Martin and Paula - well done from Fred and Valerie from Yatesbury
Donation from Mike and Jackie Richards from Yatesbury - Well done for your fund raising Paula and Martin
Aviva have kindly matched the amount currently raised by Debs
Thanks philippa and a bit extra from me to make £250
Great cause, great effort. Big love??
Well done Sarah and all who have participated if i had not been so busy moving house etc who knows how we could have been part of your team another time maybe very best wishes Rachel & Ray
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Your support ensures we can beat heartbreak forever through research, prevention and care.
What can be said about our support teams? Well, for a start, they were all round amazing. Secondly, they made the support teams for the Tour-de-France look shambolic and seriously under-resourced. Thirdly, they showed great patience waiting for us to arrive at our rendezvous points (we were running a bit behind schedule) and also had great stamina, dedicating a whole day to look after us. (I actually think we had the easy job on the day!). Our walk would not have been possible without you (and would have been substantially less enjoyable). Thank you for the non-stop supply of food, water, frozen flannels, encouragement and kisses (that last from Mrs Moo!). Massive thanks also to Martin and Paula for rescuing us at the end with an impressive supply of torches. We literally were stumbling around in the dark until you arrived!! We would also like to thank our friends, family and even people we don’t know for their generous donations.
On a scorching hot August day Laura Illsley, Dave Kilbey and Sarah Standing completed their challenge to walk 40 miles along the Ridgeway. The intrepid team picked up the trail at Streatley near Goring, taking in three counties as well as the spectacular ancient castles of Uffington, Liddington and Barbury to finish at West Overton near Avebury in Wiltshire. They were joined at the beginning by Katie and Neil who kept spirits high as they conquered the first 20 in continuously building heat and little shade. After a long, slow and painful climb to reach White Horse Hill Katie completed her 20 miles and the team was joined by Karen and Clair. The next 10 miles took in the spectacular landmarks around Swindon, Foxhill, Liddington Castle and in the distance Barbury Castle. At a “random layby” somewhere near Chiseldon the team were greeted by the Silverton and Davies families, waving huge flags and a spirit that kept the team going until Barbury Castle.
At Barbury Castle, almost two hours behind schedule and just as the energy levels were at their lowest the team were greeted on the hill side by friends, family and an exuberant Mrs Moo. The support and kindness was overwhelming and exactly what the team needed to see them through to the end (Ed. Actually I needed a quad bike, but there you go…) After a short snack break the team were joined by the ‘Barbury to Hackpen walkers’ including Mary Smith, Gilly Illsley who would see the walk to the end. With this uplifting crowd it was an incredibly enjoyable section that seemed over in a second. All that remained was the 4.4 miles to Overton…. The final challenge didn’t seem far in comparison to the rest of the walk but when the sun had set it very soon became a completely different kind of challenge. Torches were switched on but light was limited and the terrain tough. Luckily Paula and Martin arrived with head torches to see us through to the incredibly emotional greeting at the end.