Etherow Park - We've FINISHED!!

These are the lovely ladies that took us to Etherow Country Park where we did our last big walk, which leaves us only half a mile to Christmas Pie House!

We completed the last half mile and have now OFFICIALLY FINISHED OUR WALK!!

So, anyone who was waiting til we finished to sponsor us - you can go right ahead and go to our JustGiving page and help us raise a packet for 1Voice.
Thank you so much!

No photos of south Manchester

Doh! We have set off from the equivalent of Pratts Bottom and are heading fair and square for Christmas Pie House, and I didn't take a photo of the 4 people who joined us!

Carl, Soy, UE and Lewis donned their wellies and joined us for a walk in south Manchester. It's amazing how far a 4 year old can walk.

And now it is only 35 miles to our goal!

Rivington

Lynn and Stewart joined us up to the Pike in Rivington.
1019 miles done and the end of leg 11, which started at Piddle! We are at the equivalent of Sandy Balls (thank you Simon for that hilarious suggestion).
Not far now! (147 miles in fact)

If you want to donate, by the way, click on the just giving link on the right of this page...

Westport Lake

What a great team for a walk round Westport Lake in Stoke.
My oldest friend, Jo (I won't tell you how long we have known each other, it will only make us all feel old) and her lovely children.
Becky, Zac and JJ took control of the dogs, with a strict 5 minute timer on to make sure everyone got their turn. For future reference: 3 children divided by 2 dogs does not come to a whole number!

We managed a circuit of the lake and kept out of the blue algae, which was very very green.

Just time for an ic
Our stats for the week bring us to 983 miles. Nearly at Christmas Pie House now!

Knott End

We have joined forces with Hazel and John. Hazel was the person who gave me the idea for this whole "virtual" walk thing. She swam the equivalent of the English channel.

Hazel and John took us along the coastal route so we were opposite Fleetwood. We were too late for the ferry though.

We met cows, horses, dogs and llamas on the way, and several rabbits crossed our path on our 6 mile walk. Thank goodness there was a chip shop on the way home!

Buxton

Last weekend, we met up with an old friend, Cazza. We did manage to stop talking long enough to boot up and set off for a walk near Buxton. Unfortunately, the GPS has had to be sent away for repair, so I have guestimated the walk at 5 miles because it took us about 5 hours and we did stop for lunch. We also had to clamber up a bank and walk around a herd of cows.

It was great to see you Cazza! Here is our map:

and we have now done 860 miles and we are on leg 9, which is the equivalent of being between the Gower Peninsula and Tolpuddle. Just over 300 miles to go ...

Dartmoor

Abz and Loki took us for a walk on Dartmoor.
Even that 7 month old border collie was tired by the end. Plus he ran in water for the first time.
We made it to the top of a hill. Or a moor. Or something (we didn't have a map)

I think the GPS has broken. Can't seem to charge it. This was half the walk, and now I need to try and fix it...

Well, here is our mileage so far. We're doing well and seem to be on track.