Yesterday afternoon, we heard from the one and only Dave Whitehead...
Dave is one of our Lead Instructors at Manchester's ChillFactore and Castleford Xscape. Dave, as you can see in the photo here, is rather tired, and quite rightly!!! Dave and Gilly have been walking for days on end to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK so that we can continue to provide adaptive snowsports for people with disabilities.
Dave and Gilly are 140 miles into their total of 190 and Dave's had a blister since day one...lost a toenail on day two...and for the majority of the walk has been taping his feet up with the well known breathable material of gaffa tape!!?
So, we established that...it rains in the Lake District, Yorkshire (Dave's a Yorkshire man through and through!) is the best place on earth... and apparently walking that far is really hard work (lucky we didn't tell them that before they left!!) On the plus side... They have a good tan on their legs, they've met some lovely people along the way, they've had some great food, even better beer...and they'll not be camping again for quite some time!
If you want to sponsor Dave and Gilly, you can do so by visiting their Virgin Money Giving site
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