Big day today....

17.6 miles. takes total for the 3 weeks of June to 100.4 miles walked ! WooHoo  BRING ON THE WALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It poured down at one point, had to find a tree/bridge,  none of those unfortunately on the wall...

Then I took the dog for walk too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S GETTING EMOTIONAL... £600 RAISED SO FAR, YOU LOT ARE TRULY AMAZING AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART XXXXXXX

Training....

Big day planned for tomorrow.... going to try a 17 mile trek to see how it will feel !!!!!!!!!

Ellesmere to Oswestry, rest for 30 mins and back again !!

Got my list sorted........ ;o)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY FIRST CORPORATE SPONSOR.. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT THE SHEFFIELD MUTUAL FRIENDLY SOCIETY. XXX

TRAINING...

Another 10 miles walked yesterday...  total walked now 75 miles in 18 days.

smell the flowers while you can....

£500 REACHED !!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE !!!!

I am going to take this opportunity to look into the best walking music to have on your ipod (I know how sad this makes me sound) but hey ho I know this already !!

Please post or comment if you know of any good songs/genre/artists, etc to walk to.

All I know so far is I walk in perfect time to Island In The Sun by Weezer here, AKA What A Life by Noel Gallagher here & Love Comes Tumbling by U2  here....

Love Song by Simple Minds here is also a great track and gets me hitting the road in perfect time. There is a couple of songs by the Bee Gees, Stayin Alive here and Night Fever here which love them or hate them are compulsory.  So if you see me in white flares and chest wig in Newcastle on 17th August you will know why !!

Training......

Off road and picking up some trails.

Some obstacles along the way !!!

£400 REACHED !!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE

Training Day 10

Target of 12 miles reached today !

Walked 50 miles in 10 days. No horrendous aches and pains. Feeling quietly confident for September. Just need to increase the walk rota and aim for a slow build to 18 a day for 5 days !!!!!! Yikes !!!!!

Caught my first tube today. ;o))))

All accommodation booked from Newcastle to Carlisle and Hadrian's Haul too for baggage drop offs

The lovely people there at www.hadrianshaul.com without even asking gave me 16% off the price of each days drop as it is for charity !!

Please remember that not a penny of your donation goes towards any of the costs of this trip. When you click on the donation button at justgiving www.justgiving.com/DorothyOwen the money plus the tax goes straight into Hope House Children's Hospices charity bank a/c.

Time for a push beyond 10 miles today. 11.37 done !  It is hard to say which part of my body aches,  I will just have to say my legs from hip to toe !!!

Some great sights to feed the spirit though...

£300 REACHED !!!!!!!!!!

WOOOHOOOOO !!  

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED

Training Day 4


Thursday 14th June 2012


Tried walking in the rain..... don't like it !!!

No wonder the dog said "I'll take a rain check!!"

I bet you didn't know the Joshua Tree was near Penley !!!!

Another 5 miles in the bag....... that makes 25 for the week. Three months to go so feeling happy with progress so far.

God's great outdoor gym is doing me proud so far

BRING ON THE WALL !!!!!!!!!!!

Training Day 3


Tuesday 12th June 2012


Push myself for a bigger day today, aimed for 10 miles....

Some sights to keep up the spirits and motivate....   forgot what a lovely country we live in !

I felt that !!!!!

Training Day 2


Sunday 10th June 2012


Back out for another 5 mile mini hike, this time trying to get some hills involved....

Some great views along the way.....

Some obstacles !!!!

Training day 1


Saturday 9th June 2012


Dog walked for 1 mile and then back home and out again for a 4 mile top up...

New set of treads for the hike..........

How to Support

Please support my charity event at:
www.justgiving.com/DorothyOwen

You can also text HADW84 plus the amount (e.g. HADW84 £10) to 70070.

My Story

I'm walking the full length of Hadrian's Wall from the 17th - 21st September 2012 for Hope House Children's Hospices because of their inspirational work and dedication.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my page.

I am walking in memory of my mum who died of cancer 20 years ago. Not a day goes by that we don't miss her. She lived for children and was a children's nurse in Manchester and then later on in Wrexham. She was a special person and so the money raised would be great to go to a very special place indeed, Hope House Children's Hospice in Oswestry, Shropshire.

www.hopehouse.org.uk/en/index.php

The work they do there is inspirational. They care for terminally ill children and their families.
" When a parent is told their child will not live to be an adult it is the start of an agonising journey. A childhood terminal illness challenges every belief, emotion and dream a parent may have for their special son or daughter.

Hope House Children’s Hospices – Hope House in Oswestry and Ty Gobaith in Conwy – provide practical and emotional support to families facing the pain of losing their precious child.

It costs over £4 million a year to run both hospices which rely almost entirely upon donations as well as many generous individuals who fundraise on our behalf by organising fantastic fundraising events across the regions."


Sponsor me here: www.justgiving.com/dorothyowen

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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