250 miles – 14500ft of ascent – 22 Castles. Garstang (Lancs) to Holy Island (Northumberland). It was just before all the lockdowns that I came up with the idea of a solo cycle ride across northern England connecting as many castles as possible along the way. Now that things are almost back to normal I couldn’t
What a surreal experience, with exceptional crowds and support throughout the day. Absolutely amazing and would highly recommend to anyone contemplating it for next year! Albeit it wasn’t a PB time for me, I still completed the run in a reasonable time of 2hrs 1min 46secs, raising a total of £1,220. An incredible honour to have
£180 was raised through a plant sale at the Flower Festival at St Mary’s church in Essex. The money raised was in memory of our dear son Harry Joseph King. The photo is of Layla age 5 and Robyn age 3, who helped on the day with our fundraising. Andrew and Samantha King
This image is of me crossing the line at the GNR 2022. My first one and I’m sure not my last. An amazing experience and I’m so pleased to have been able to support C-R-Y. Maggie Fearby
The Great North Run was an extremely emotional day for myself and my family! Having lost my Dad in the year 2000 to a heart attack whilst he was running the Great North Run himself, as you are probably aware, a lot of my family were telling me it a stupid idea to do it myself!
On Sunday 18th September 2022, 27 walkers from Edinburgh completed the Kiltwalk in memory of Christopher Cowe who passed away tragically and suddenly in January 2021 from an undiagnosed heart condition which we later found out to be Myocarditis. Christopher’s parents – Ross and Shiva – together with Christopher’s grandparents, family members, friends, colleagues and ten
Sunday 18th September I took on the Big Stroll Kiltwalk taking in the sight of Edinburgh. I took to the challenge alone in memory of my amazing brothers Barry and Paul Whyte I set off from Murrayfield at 10.30 and rounded back off by 2.45 back at Murrayfield. I met some amazing people along the way
On Saturday the 11th of June we staged our annual 7 a side football tournament for the Dan Hughes memorial shield. 8 local teams entered the competition and its Congratulations to Winners Wood Lane F.C. who beat Audley 1-0 in the final. Thank you to Premier League Referees assistant Simon Bennet along with Melvin Clewlow &
July 17th was the date for the annual Dan Hughes cricket and Family fun day which this year was held at Audley Cricket Club. The cricket started at 9:30 and ran until 6pm when it concluded with hosts Audley beating near neighbours Betley in a keenly contested final. Local Radio station Hitmix 107.5 were in attendance
On the 9th of August Sue and Myself were honoured to be invited to a garden party hosted by the Prime minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street. The occasion was to celebrate being the recipients of a points of light award in recognition of the charity work that we do. We got to spend 5