Welcome to our Coast to Coast Walk blog

Please join us in sponsorship as we walk across England in support of the Yes to Life charity. We are a mother (Jo) and daughter(Imogen), partner David and friend Vidya. We will be taking out our walking boots and traversing the hilly terrain of the English Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors on the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk. This walk is being undertaken in loving memory of Bryony Daly who passed away from cancer in 2004 aged 23 yrs. Her death was a tragedy and Yes to Life was founded to provide much needed support and information to cancer sufferers who have a right to know what their options for alternative care are. We will set out on our epic journey on June 7th, 2010 and hopefully find ourselves on the opposite coast 2 weeks later. Please support us by sponsoring the miles we will walk, the blisters we will get, the rain we will endure and the falling into bed that we will do. As we count the miles, it will be great to know that each new mile brings a new pound, dollar or euro to such a worthy cause! Please click on the link below to learn more about the walk:
www.wainwright.org.uk/coasttocoast.html

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Prelude to a walk

Its May 26th – still in New York and getting ready for the BIG trip. Last week David and I did a practice 11 miles in the Shawnagunk mountains – so beautiful and not too exhausting. We have been trying out the gear, wearing in the boots and getting those leg muscles prepared for their marathon ahead. I decided that a thermos flask of tea is essential equipment so this will be going along. I keep checking the weather forecast in the lake district every ten minutes – it keeps changing which I guess is what the weather there does.

Still hoping to get more sponsorship money in. If you are reading this and haven’t donated yet…please go to our website and throw some down for a very worthy cause!

Here is St Bees where David, Vidya and I start walking.

Map picture

We will hope to update you every day with stories and photos so watch this space!