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A Walk to Celebrate our Lifeboats !
Hello Friends, I've lived and worked near the coast for nearly all my life ( so far!). I love the many sounds and sights of the sea, and you'll know that I may often be found enjoying a weekend picnic breakfast on the beach. Much as I enjoy its many moods, I'm also aware how dangerous the sea can be. And that's where the RNLI comes in with volunteers working determinedly, bravely and with enormous enthusiasm to save people ( and animals !) that get into trouble on the waves. I know how much training goes into being an RNLI volunteer - and how expensive the all-important equipment is. So I thought I'd try to help a bit by walking A Mile A Day In May. I'm hoping it will be fun. It will certainly be good for me ! Please join me for a walk one day during the month. And I'm also walking and fundraising in happy memory of the Outlaw ( details supplied on application ) who was a most enthusiastic supporter of the RNLI from just about the most land-locked part of the UK. Please sponsor me a little bit, and help the people of the RNLI do their wonderful work. And next time you see that brave little orange and blue craft whizzing out to sea, you'll know that you've helped get it there. Thank you. There will be progress updates I hope ! Hx
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All over now!
Wednesday 3rd Jun The final walks of the challenge were both on the lovely Isle of Lismore.And the last of all was a special birthday walk to Port Ramsay, a beautiful spot where we met friendly sheepdogs and some little black lambs. We spotted marsh orchids and listened to stonechats and willow warblers - it was all very lovely and a really splendid finale to a marvellous month of walking to support the wonderful RNLI. Many thanks to all my very kind supporters.xx Share
A very new mile indeed!
Friday 29th May Yesterday's mile was a hot walk along Aberystwyth prom. Today it's the dampest of walk along the prom at Oban. Quite a contrast, though both were brilliant. So exciting to see the ferries coming and going to the islands and all the different kinds of seabirds. The walk concluded with a lovely meal so that was a very special conclusion to the mile, which leaves only two more to walk before the end of the challenge. Share
An eerie walk beyond dusk
Wednesday 27th May Tonight has been the strangest walk so far. After days of heat, the weather changed just before dusk. First there was a sharp shower of rain - big thundery drops. So the walk was delayed. And then - my goodness - the wind came from nowhere ! The lane was full of Painted Lady butterflies, swirled by the gusts. There was a rumbling of thunder resonating round the hills and over great Pumlumon there was pink sheet lightning. Some sheep, regular re-offenders, had escaped from their field. They peered through a fence at some rather more domesticated cousins who were shorn very recently and looked cool and comfortable in their new nakedness. A tractor came roaring through the village, no doubt on a silaging errand. It wasn't a fast mile that I walked this evening but it was good to get home. There's a very strange atmosphere tonight ! Share
A walk with friends !
Wednesday 27th May Last night's walk was a lovely one. There were friends to walk with ! The walk was - once again - along the lovely Aberystwyth promenade. The walk was not till after 8.30pm when the day's heat was diminishing. The prom and the beach were full of happy people - chatting, strolling, taking pictures of each other and of the gorgeous sunset. And there were dancers ! Would that be Aberswing maybe ? Whatever - they seemed to be having a great time and added more jollity to the atmosphere. Tonight will be the 27th mile... Share
A ( very slightly ) intrepid adventure
Thursday 21st May Yesterday's walk was a trip round Llanbadarn. It was expedient for a few reasons but also new and exciting ! I walked along the main road admiring poppies and other garden escapes growing at the edges of the pavements. I cut up some of the "crescents" just to explore new territory. The birdsong was amazing despite the fact it was nearly 9pm. A very interesting mile. Share
Strolling In The Rain !
Tuesday 19th May Day 19 and 19 miles walked. Or rather more in fact, but that was by accident. There have been some memorable walks - there was that Monday might when we got back from giving a lecture at the other end of the county and remembered I hadn't walked my mile - so it was a quick detour to town, and a marvellous stroll along the prom after 11pm. The seagulls whirled white above us, the lights on the pier were so pretty, and the sea was very dark, except each ripple caught the lights from the pier illuminations. Then there was that VERY WET walk on Saturday. A walk round the village, that one, and the chief interest was in the brown swirling eddies of little streams across the road. On Sunday it was a walk in sunshine on the prom again, breezy and with very pleasant company. Yesterday's walk was down to the lake - no interesting herons, geese or grebes to be seen, but I enjoyed a brief and rather one-sided conversation with a horse in a nearby field. Tonight's walk was once again along the prom - why has no-one invented windscreen wipers for spectacles ? Twelve days and twelve miles to go - and thanks for all the sponsorship. It's much appreciated ! Share
DAY FIVE ...already
Tuesday 5th May The walks are going well. All of them have been "promenades" along Aberystwyth prom. This was not the original intention ! Friday's walk was an experiment to find out how long it took to walk a mile. 20 minutes was the answer, very much as anticipated. The markers on the prom were very helpful. On Saturday there was a feline medical emergency and the day was knocked out of shape. The walk along the prom was late, in light rain, refreshing and energising. A man was riding the waves on a thing like a surfboard with a lawnmower engine. It looked very James Bond c.1968. There was a yacht anchored in the bay. On Sunday the walk was even later, just as the sun was setting. Groups of young people sat around log fires on the beach, their faces lit by the flames. Others people sat in parked cars ; their faces were illuminated by the light from their phones. Monday's walk involved only a little part of the prom - the rest of the mile was around the town whilst waiting for a duvet to dry at the laundrette. And today's walk was particularly nice as I had company ! We walked down the prom, then up the prom and today's special feature ( in addition to the presence of my companion ) was two coachloads of tourists from Wisconsin. They were just preparing to leave, and many were searching the beach for a souvenir pebble or shell. Their coaches were from Edinburgh, and they had travelled from Dublin to Belfast, thence to Edinburgh, then Liverpool, Cardiff and to Aberystwyth. They seemed well pleased with their trip. My journey so far has only been five miles but each one has been so different.. What does tomorrow hold I wonder ? Share
May Day ! May Day !
Friday 1st May The 1st of May and the first day to walk. It's just before 7am and I have been out in the garden listening to the sounds of the morning. A blackbird and a robin are singing, a dove coos contentedly from a nearby tree, and I can hear geese doing their morning flypast around the lake and honking the day awake. More distantly I can hear the cuckoo. It's a grey day. I'm hoping it will rain ! I plan to walk Aberystwyth prom today, which has markers along the way, so I can measure my mile - there will be no cheating I promise. Thank you so much for your donations so far - as yet undeserved, but a month of walking starts today ! Share
A Walk to Celebrate our Lifeboats !
Wednesday 29th Apr
Thank you to my Sponsors
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Stephen Coyne
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Wally S.
I'll want to see the evidence......
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Bob
Well done Helen! Flora and Toby send some of their paw-ket money too!
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Sarah Owen
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Anna Skarzynska
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Meinir Davies
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Gwyneth Owen
Very well done, Helen.
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Anonymous
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Satyalila
Happy walking!
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Mair Humphreys
Good luck with your challenge x
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Massive Heron
Go Go gadget legs!
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Ann Sherlock
A lovely idea Helen. All the best with the walks. As long as all your walks won't be at 7am, I would be delighted to join you on one of them! Ann
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Helen Palmer
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God luck, Helen