Please find another update of the Walkathon by Steve Clamp below.
A QUARTER OF A MILLION STEPS!!!
Day 8 completed……and what a tough day that was!!! This was the day that none of us were looking forward to (other than for the scenery) as it was a full 20 miles of trekking up, through and over the Peak District….and it was definitely uphill.
Starting from Hadfield Bowling Club in Derbyshire, we were met with the most amazing hospitality from Peter and Michelle Conway, who invited us into their home for a full breakfast to set us up for the day. From Hadfield, we travelled along the Longdendale Trail for the full length of the 7 reservoirs. Picking up the Trans Pennine Trail from there, saw us head across the most amazing, albeit remote, moorlands until our final destination of Millhouse Green Bowling Club in South Yorkshire. Enroute, we had more examples of what has driven us on throughout our Challenge. We met a couple on the Longdendale Trail who started telling us about the route that we would be walking. Five hours later, as we approached Millhouse Green, a car pulled up alongside us and it was the same couple who had decided to come and meet us again with a donation for MND!!! Also, at the most remote part of High Peak, we turned around a wall and met a man with a mountain bike. He laughed at our orange tutus and blue wigs (not sure why??), told us all about the history of the path we were on, and then gave us his £20 ‘beer and snack’ money as a donation!
From Millhouse Green, we headed to our evening hosts at Dodworth Miners Welfare Club…..and what a reception!!! Over 100 people stood around the green, clapping us into the venue as they played the final of their invitation competition…..all of us felt the emotion as to what we were achieving. The Club had done an amazing job with their activities throughout the day….and the presentation blew us away!!! Every single prize winner on the day refused to accept their winnings and all donated them straight back to the Walkathon for MND!!! What an unbelievable gesture from an amazing group of people. A massive thank you must go out to Richard Jackson, Ian and Rachel Dowle, and everyone involved with the organising of the event.
Today sees us leave South Yorkshire (Millhouse Green Bowling Club) and travel over into Yorkshire (Greenhead Park, Huddersfield)…..through ‘Last Of The Summer Wine’ landscapes.
8 days completed…..6 days to go!!!
Total steps after Day 8 – 249,510
