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Saturday 19th June 2010

On this day 105 walkers pit their wits against the 41 mile Burton Joyce walk.
The day started brightly weatherwise as great stream of people set off at 3.50am
on their way to Whitwell. Support crews were travelling to their alloted stops ready to
water and feed the walkers as they made their merry way along the route.

The walk will take most people around 14 to 16 hours to complete. The weather though
started to turn overcast and cold around 9.30am and it remained this way for the rest of the day. Not a problem when walking but a bugger when you stop to rest as the body temperature naturally drops and you really start to feel the cold.
The poor old support teams were bloody freezing but still performed brilliantly.
There were some slow walkers among the line up which meant a long labourious day for them....still no complaints though. This all meant that we had yet another fantastic result.

105 starters -- 99 completions.

To say this walk started as a "one-off event" we seem to be growing still after 16 YEARS.
Testiment to all the hard work put in by all who take part.
Another reason to celebrate our achievements.
So get down to the Whitwell Community Centre in November and join us for a pint or two.