Sunday 31 August 2008

Saturday 30 August 2008

Saturday, 23 August 2009

Friday, 22 August 2008

Friday, 22 August 2009

A week has absolutely flown by!
During it, Louise has been champion again, helping me to identify 7 email addresses for possible sites, and The Caravan Club has been terrific in granting me free sites at some 15 sites, including those 7. The 7 sites equate to 10 nights camping.
It struck me that I had not allowed for an overnight stay in London on 28 April, the day before we are scheduled to starting the WALK, for Peter to come over from Hereford with car and caravan, and allow us an early start on 29 April. So, on the next posting by me here, you'll see I'm adding 28 April at top of listing.

2 More Confirmed Sites, and More Coming!

So that the current date will appear each time I edit the following list, I'll do a new posting and delete the previous one. That way there'll be less for you to scroll through. But, I noticed after posting this one that the date shown is 12 hours behind my time in New Zealand - must be British time(?).
I can be contacted at xtr208758@xtra.co.nz.

The columns are town, mileage, whether confirmed (****),date.


**** denotes confirmed sites (the dates are the nights of . . . . .)

London Marathon walk on 26 April 2009.

Rest in London a day or two.

London, Start on the morning of 29 April 2009.
Brentwood 22 miles 29 April
Witham 21 **** 30
Colchester 22 **** 1 May
Ipswich, site at Fynn Valley 18 **** 2
Saxmundham 20 3
Lowestoft, site at Southwold 20 **** 4
Norwich 25 **** 5 and 6
Cromer 24 7
Fakenham 20 **** 8
Kings Lynn 21 **** 9
Holbeach 19 10
Heckington 20 **** 11
Lincoln 22 **** 12 and 13
Market Raisen 18 14
Brigg, or Caistor, or Humber between 16 and 24 (?) 15
Little Weighton 22 **** 16
Little Driffield 18 **** 17
Scarborough 21 **** 18 and 19
Whitby 15 20
Guisborough 24 **** 21
Stockton-on-Tees 14 22 and 23
Durham 28 *** 24
Ponteland 28 **** 25
Otterburn 23 **** 26
Jedburgh 18 27
Kelso 19 **** 28
Lauder 19 29
Edinburgh 20 **** 30 and 31, and 1 June
Kinghorn 20 2
Markinch 13 3
St Andrews 20 4
Dundee 13 5
Perth 22 6
Crieff 15 **** 7
Inver near Dunkeld 20 **** 8
Coupar Angus 15 **** 9
Forfar 17 **** 10
Brechin 12 11
Inverbervie 20 12 and 13
Newtonhill 17 14
Balmedie 18 15
Cruden Bay 16 16
Crimond 17 17
Fraserburgh 10 18
Gardenstown 15 19 and 20
Portsoy 17 21
Fochabers 18 22
Forres 21 23 and 24
Ardersier 16 25
Kirkhill 19 26
Evanton 19 27
Dornoch 24 28
Brora 16 **** 29 and 30
Berriedale 20 1 July
Ulbster 19 2
John O’Groats 23 3
Thurso 20 4 and 5
Strathy 20 6
Tigh na Beithe, Tongue 23 **** 7 and 8
Altnaharra 18 9
Lairg 21 **** 10 and 11
Dalnavie 20 12
Evanton 20 13
Cannich 25 **** 14
Drumnadrochit 12 **** 15
Fort Augustus 19 16
Spean Bridge 23 17 and 18
Onich 19 19
Bridge of Orchy 29 20
Killin 25 21
Callander 19 22
Stirling 20 **** 23 and 24
Glasgow 25 **** 25
Kilmarnock 21 26
New Cumnock 21 **** 27
Carronbridge 22 28
Dumfries 17 29 and 30
Gretna 24 31
High Hesket 16 **** 1 August
Great Strickland 15 **** 2
Keswick 22 **** 3
Kendal 26 4 and 5
Lancaster 24 6
Preston 21 7
Southport 18 **** 8
St Helens 20 9
Chester 25 10 and 11
Whitchurch 20 12
Shrewsbury 20 **** 13
Craven Arms 21 14
Knighton 15 **** 15
Builth Wells 25 **** 16 and 17
Talgarth 13 18
Pandy 21 **** 19
Saint Arvans 26 20
Bristol 20 *** 21
Cheddar 17 **** 22 and 23
Langport 19 24
Wiveliscombe 26 **** 25
Sth Molton 26 26
Barnstaple 12 27
Bideford 11 28
Kilkhampton 21 **** 29
Camelford 22 30 and 31
St Columb 18 **** 1 September
Redruth 18 2
Ludgvan 17 **** 3
Penzance 20 **** 4
Lizard 24 5 and 6
Carnon Downs 23 7
Lostwithiel 25 **** 8
Saltash 30 9
Sth Brent 21 10 and 11
Torquay 16 12
Exeter 22 13
Lyme Regis 23 14
Dorchester 24 15
Manston, Sturminster Newton 23 and 17
Winterbourne Stoke 27 **** 18
Andover 20 19
Basingstoke 23 20 and 21
Wokingham 25 22
Windsor Great Park 11 23
London 25 24

Update - Wednesday, 13 August 2009

Update - Monday, 11 August 2009

Dorchester to London Change

With help from one of my supporters in the U.K., I've decided to change the route after Dorchester, as follows. So, in my next posting the new itinerary will be shown.

Dorchester 15 and 16 September
Manston,
Sturminster Newton 23 miles 17 Sept.
Winterbourne Stoke 27 18
Andover 20 19
Basingstoke 23 20 and 21
Wokingham 25 22
Windsor Great Park 11 23
Trafalgar Square 25 24

Thank you, Louise

Thanks to Louise for introducing www.ukparks.co.nz into my life. Through Louise I've gained access to email addresses and/or fax numbers for several caravan and camping sites for which all I had earlier was telephone numbers.
The first result is that Colchester is now one of the places where we have a confirmed free site.
And, although I had problems trying to use the fax number for a site at Spean Bridge, I got their address, so I was able to send my message to them in a letter - snailmail style!
If you look at the most recent posting before this one, you'll see which towns I'm still seeking free sites for, and I'd appreciate any help from you if you can approach any of them directly for me, please. Either give them my request for a free site, give the date, and tell them the charitable nature of my venture, or give them my blogsite address and my email address xtr208758@xtra.co.nz, please.

David.

Update - Sunday, 10 August 2009

Next, A WALK in New Zealand

I've had a fair bit of pressure locally, and I've caved in!


I've said I'll do a walk in or around New Zealand after the around-Britain WALK.

So, to those of you who may have been opposed to me walking for British charities after getting my heart bypass surgery done in New Zealand, I challenge you to help me plan and resource the New Zealand WALK. I have no details at present - only caved in last week! But, I'm told there is a walkway being established the length of N.Z., due to be completed in 2010.

When I know more, I'll let you know. When my new website is launched, there'll be information about it there.

David.

Beautiful People !!!!!!

It's mind-boggling!
A company based in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, has not only offered me 12 months free web hosting, but they have found me a domain name http://www.davescharitywalks.com and registered it for me, and now one of the company's directors is helping me develop a website for me - all for free!
The company is Absolute Tech, and the director is Hadyn Thomas.

I'd like you to go visit their website at www.absolutetech.biz and see how much they have to offer in the way of information technology, please, whether you are in New Zealand or not. I'm blown away by the generosity and enthusiasm shown to me and my venture by Hadyn.

I think that the provision of this website (which is, naturally, not yet accessible on the internet while it is being developed) will ensure financially that the charity walk around Britain will indeed take place from April to September 2009. Exposure to search engines such as Google Yahoo, and Cuil will make it feasible that donors and sponsors will get to know of my venture.

I'll post here to let you know when the website is launched.

It's almost midnight, and I've had a long but very successful day today, so I'm off to bed,

David.