UPDATE - Issue 24 - Winter 2005
Three year trek continues
We reported on Guy Woodford's efforts to raise funds for our charity just over a year ago. Guy and his 13 friends have now completed two-thirds of the 400 miles between Lake Geneva and Nice. This is his marathon and raison d'etre for an ambitious fundraising exercise. To date Prostate Research Campaign UK has received over £50,000 from Guy and his sponsors.
Guy tells us that he has written in excess of 800 letters to friends and contacts around the world. He continues to write and will be drawing a line under this appeal shortly after the walkers arrive at the Mediterranean next September.
Each of the three 11-day segments involve an average of 850 metres up and down per day and a little over six hours. No walk in the park! So far accommodation has ranged from mountain huts to 4-star hotels (although they have only found one of those to date)!
We'll report on the final chapter in a year's time.