Coast 2 Coast for #CHD

You're mad, absolutely mad... a refrain often repeated but not normally by myself into a mirror...

I've booked the 2 weeks leave, with some emergency days at the end for the coast to coast (and hopefully some awareness raising)...

So what am I taking on... This basically...

Coast 2 Coast for #CHD






Day From To Miles Along Feet ascent Note
14/05/11 St Bees Ennerdale 14 2315 The Start
15/05/11 Ennerdale Rosthwaite 14 1740
16/05/11 Rosthwaite Patterdale 15 3625 Can be split at Grasmere
17/05/11 Patterdale Shap 15 3265 The highest point of the walk
18/05/11 Shap Kirkby Stephen 20 1755
19/05/11 Kirkby Stephen Keld 11 1690 Inc the Pennine Watershed
20/05/11 Keld Reeth 11 1790
21/05/11 Reeth Richmond 10 1100
22/05/11 Richmond Ingleby Cross 23 560 The lowest point on the walk
23/05/11 Ingleby Cross Clay Bank Top 11 2545
24/05/11 Clay Bank Top Glaisdale 18 984
25/05/11 Glaisdale Robin Hood's Bay 19 1640 The End
26/05/11 Robin Hood's Bay



27/05/11 Spare Day



28/05/11 Spare Day




Seems Simple when I write it quickly...

I'm working on the awareness stuff at the moment, but I need 190 of you; be you parents, charities, GUCHs (or ACHDers) or just people with an interest... I'll walk the miles, and provide the material, your job will be send out YOUR story with mine... 190 press releases to 190 newspapers and/or magazines... If I can do the miles, can you find the address of your local paper and hit send on an email?

Let me know!

TTFN

Paul

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