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Welcome to our Team Blog.

We must be mad as the Trailwalker challenge means that we walk 100km across the South Downs in less than 30 hours! In fact, the route’s distance and elevation is equivalent to two and a half marathons and climbing both Ben Nevis and Snowdon! The event was originally started by the Queens Gurkha Signals Regiment over 30 years ago as a training exercise to test soldiers’ stamina and teamwork skills. Is it tough? Of course. Is it worth it? Absolutely.

As well as ending up with aching limbs, we'll also end up raising loads of money for both Oxfam and The Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Anyway, we hope you like our blog and will keep following our progress here as the event gets closer. Plus, most importantly, we'd love it if you could donate to our cause. So, please click on the Virgin Money Giving link below.

Bonjour à tous et merci de votre visite sur notre site de collecte de fond pour Oxfam.

Nous sommes deux équipes de 4 personnes et nous avons fondé l’entente cordiale afin de relever un véritable challenge: parcourir à pieds 100 km en une seule traite, en moins de 30 heures soit l’équivalent deux marathons et un semi-marathon !!!
Nous allons relier Petersfield à Brighton dans le sud-est de l’Angleterre. Cette marche qui existe depuis 30 ans a été initiée par le régiment de Gurkhas (des Népalais résistants pouvant parcourir des dizaines de kilomètres) et servait d’entraînement physique tout en testant l’esprit d’équipe. A notre tour, de vivre cette aventure. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus >>>

Friday, 22 June 2012

The Big One!

With 22 days left to go, Lawrence, Steve & myself are going for a big push tonight on the training. Despite the wind & rain, we will be walking from Nailsworth, cross country to Bristol. According to my planning on the 3 maps we'll be crossing, the distance is just over 33miles (53km), assuming we don't get lost which seems to have been a common theme with all of our recent training walks!!
Perhaps the biggest test will be navigating in the dark. It'll certainly be a good test of our new head torches.
Hoping to leave Nailsworth at about 4pm with an estimated arrival time at my house in Bristol of 3am. My bed will be very welcome then. Just hope I can get my boots off before I crawl under the duvet!
Neil
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