8th to 14th June 2009 We wanted to do an event in memory of Robert and this walk was on Robert’s to do list to be attempted at a later date. The sun shone brightly which was a blessing and seven of us walked 98 miles through some breathtaking scenery. What a challenge, considering the majority
Indian travel literature portrays the vast Asian sub-continent as a cross between utter chaos and pure serenity and based on our experiences of this incredible country, we couldn’t be more in agreement with this assessment. Back in September 2010, we – Tom Hawes, Joe Norton, Alex Nicholls, Andy Thomson, John Smith and Dan Mason – set
19th September 2010 A council officer left ‘high and dry’ after the cancellation of the Great North Swim decided to swim her own one-mile challenge at Crosby Marina. Jude Burgess, who works in Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council’s Tree and Woodland team, was among the thousands of competitors due to race in Lake Windermere earlier this month
At 4:59am on 18th February 2014 my 14 year old son Matt and I set off on the London Underground from Hatton Cross station in an attempt to visit all 270 London Underground stations in a single day and raise money for CRY. We would have to arrive and/or depart each station by underground train and
My name is Collette and in January 2010 my partner James died suddenly from a heart condition, leaving family and friends shocked and devastated. James was just 33 years old. He was an amazing partner in every way – hardworking, keen sportsman, full of fun and one of the most loving and kindest people you could
After leaving Minehead on July 8th I have now finally completed the 630 mile walk around the South West Coast path. I arrived at South Haven Point in Poole on Thursday 19th August – 6 weeks after setting off from Minehead. The walk was great. I met some amazing characters; saw some stunning places and had
We set off at 4pm from the foot of the South Downs in sweltering heat, which gradually progressed to icy fog once we reached the summits. The first twenty miles were relatively calm, easy and in sunlight but when night fell things got trickier. Map reading became more complicated and encouraged us to go quite badly
Just before Christmas last year my brother, Andrew, announced that he was thinking of cycling across the Pyrenees in June for my son, Rich’ and would Pete, my husband, and myself be able to help in any way at all. In later months he admitted that I could be heard holding my breath from several miles
7th March 2010 We ran the event in CRY T-shirts and had Jack’s name and picture on the back. It was an emotional day and the team consisted of June Boulton (Jack’s mum); Liz Roberts and Kathryn Knibbs (Jack’s aunties); football team members Ian and Adam Rider, and Adam Hicks from Saltford; and friends Richard Ollis
Sapphire Systems chose CRY as their charity of the year from October 2010. They raised a wonderful £5,179.92 in this time with some great fundraising and awareness raising events. “It has been a real pleasure having CRY as our Charity of the Year. Please see pictures of all the fun we have had raising £5,179.92 for