As, hopefully, you will have heard the Shared Interest Foundation team arranged a 7.5 mile walk of Hadrian’s Wall in order to raise funds for the charity. Saturday was the big day and dressed in our finest waterproof clothing Andrea and I headed off to Northumberland to meet the rest of our walking group.

Participants had come from Northallerton, Edinburgh and Cockermouth to visit Hadrian’s Wall country, see the stunning views and raise vital funds for the Foundation’s training projects and capacity building work.

Our guides for the day, volunteers Colin Mills and Tony Miller from Haltwhistle Partnership, brought the area’s rich Roman history to life with impressive anecdotes and explanations. They expertly led us along the circular route highlighting points of interest such as fossilised tree trunks and a Roman mile stone.

Thanks to all who participated for their fundraising efforts as well as their incredible energy and enthusiasm which made for a memorable walk! If any of you are looking for creative sponsorship ideas for your own fundraising events, one participant was sponsored per bird species spotted. I’m pleased to say he reached a grand total of 22!

To date the walk has raised £1,144, and we anticipate that figure will rise as walkers send in their sponsorship money. Many thanks also for the good wishes and sponsorship from those supporters who were not able to come along themselves.

We are grateful to Emma Clark, our photographer for the day, for giving up her Saturday to take some beautiful photographs, which can be viewed by clicking here.

A huge thank you to Colin, Tony, Emma, my colleagues who came along and supported the event and our other volunteers, Ben, Ryan and John.

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