Category Archives: Sponsored walk

The final numbers are coming in, and it looks like our intrepid band of walkers has raised the whopping total of £2,781.25! So well done everyone, both walkers and donors, and a special mention to Jean who raised the incredible … Continue reading →

    At last, the final map after the 10th week of the Virtual Coast-to-Coast Pedometer Challenge!  It has been a long haul, but it has been a magnificent achievement by our volunteers. In week 10, they amassed another 877 … Continue reading →

The penultimate week of our sponsored walk is over, and the participants have once again excelled! Not only did they reach the target distance of 7375 miles a week early, but they exceeded it by nearly 250 miles for a … Continue reading →

Once again, our intrepid band of walkers has outdone itself, racking up an impressive 929 miles in week 8. This brings the cumulative total to 6,704 miles, only 671 short of the target of 7375 miles! We have now done … Continue reading →

First of all, an apology. I rather overshot the mark in calculating the distance round the mainland, and by the end of week 6 we should only have been up to Lochgilphead. However, the good news is that our stout-hearted … Continue reading →

Six weeks gone and our gallant band of walkers have covered another 830 miles, for a grand total so far of 4853 miles, taking the virtual coast walk to Mallaig. At this rate they will overshoot the target by quite … Continue reading →

Five weeks gone and our walkers have excelled themselves by covering 846 miles giving a cumulative total of 4023 miles. That is over half way towards our target of 7375 miles and is equivalent to having walked the coastline of … Continue reading →

Four weeks into the Virtual coast-to-coast Pedometer challenge and our walking heroes covered another 774 miles, bringing the total so far to 3,084 miles. That is the equivalent of  finishing off the outer Hebrides and Skye (along with Raasay, Scalpay, … Continue reading →

The pedometer challenge has now been going for 3 weeks, at the end of which our valiant band of walkers has chalked up a cumulative total of 2,310 miles. This is the equivalent of walking round the coastlines of the … Continue reading →

After two weeks of walking, our gallant band of volunteers has now covered 1267 miles, which is equivalent to the entire coast of the Shetland Islands and two thirds of the Orkneys!