Walkin' Man! ~ An Introduction

Welcome one and all to a brand new series of blogs entitled, Walkin' Man!
I've recently posted on Facebook an outline of an intended charity walk planned for next year ~ please see posting on June 21st on my wall. The idea of these blogs therefore, is to support this campaign and gain some publicity where possible.
The title is partly inspired by the Seasick Steve song by the same name, and also due to its obvious relevance to the subject matter concerned. In addition, Walkin' Man! seems a natural progression from my old series of blogs named Ramblin' Man! which were connected to a previous charity campaign, similar to the one that we now have planned.

"And you say walk, I will walk, to the end of the line and back to you,
 My name is Steve and I'm your walking man, yes I am..."

The South West Coast Path National Trail is one of the top walks to be found anywhere in the world.
Where else can you walk along 630 miles of such superb coastline? The heritage, wildlife, geology and scenery along the way are truly inspirational and every day walking it brings stunning new experiences.

Late next April, my good pal Ross 'Chappers' Chapman (pictured, bottom right) & I intend to walk two seperate stretches of this amazing path covering 270 miles in total. We aim to set off at Lands End and walk 157 miles to Plymouth over seven days, then take two days rest including transferring to Exmouth, before embarking on our second leg of the trek to finish in South Haven Point, near Poole five days and 113 miles later.

Once again we hope to gain the support of our employer, Mercer, although this time we will be supporting their chosen charity which is Age UK. This differs from the previous campaign in that last time it was very much a personal crusade for me to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, whereas this time the main purpose of the event is purely to challenge Chappers and me with our capabilities of endurance...any funds raised for Age UK will be a bonus. We are counting on the experience gained from last time when we trekked The South Downs Way, but time will tell as this project is of a grander scale, and will severely push us to our limits.

With the actual event many, many months away at this stage, all I will be doing is posting updates every month, highlighting any progress with the planning, logistics, and organising of the campaign, which at the very least gets me back into a writing groove, so until next time I wish you well and thank you in advance for all of your continual support.

Walkin' Steve