THANK YOU

Nearly two weeks on from completeing Trailwalker and blisters are healing and those niggly aches and pains that start to appear after hours and hours and hours of walking have faded away. Perhaps more surprisingly, after what we went through, some of us are restless for the next challenge! Any suggestions would be welcome.

The organisers have managed to get our medals out in the post and they're a great reminder of an amazing experience and incredible achievement.

We finally crossed the finish line in a very commendable 147th place.
In the 15 year history of Trailwalker UK, they have never had such poor conditions throughout the event. In fact, 433 walkers had to drop out and only 238 teams finished with all 4 members. It's been officially named as the toughest Trailwalker UK on record!

Between our two teams we have so far managed to raise a fantastic total of £3209. So thank you very much to every one who has so generously supported us. We still have more money pledged, so our final total, when we hand the money over to Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust, will be much higher.

On behalf of teams l'entente cordiale & l'entente cordial part deux I would like to say a few thank yous.

Firstly, to Steve who was the inspiration behind our participation in this mad event. He must be a popular chap as not many people would be able to enthuse 7 different people from both sides of the channel to walk 100km with him. He bought us all together and over the 2 days we shared lots of emotions, saw some beautiful sights and all forged new friendships. Plus we got rained on a lot!

Secondly to Jill and Oliver for their hospitality the night before the walk and great send off at the start. It was much appreciated and the decent nights sleep made a big difference to us all.

Next to our amazing support team of Rachel and Pui. The sight of them at each check point was always welcome. They did a fantastic job and I'd always be willing to write them a great reference if any teams in the future want to employ their services.

The unsung heroes of Trailwalker must be the Queens Gurkha Signals. Their organisation & running of the logistics of the event, manning the checkpoints and providing food and drinks was amazing. Plus each and everyone of them was incredibly cheerful and they always had words of encouragement to help participants on their way. So thanks to all of them.

And finally the biggest thanks of all must go to all our friends, families and work colleagues who have supported us throughout this with geneorous donations. The whole reason behind Trailwalker is to raise loads of money for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust and we're so pleased to have been part of this and to have been able to raise such a fantastic amount for these two very worthy causes.

So once again, thank you to you all.

Neil & all of the members of teams l'entente cordiale & l'entente cordial part deux

P.S. Don't forget that by giving us a donation you've been automatically entered into taking part in next years Trailwalker. So you'd better start training & good luck to you all!!!