Day 43 Saturday 17th June

On Saturday 17th June we awoke to another glorious day. But this day was a bit different in that we were on the Torcross to Dartmouth part of the path.

Family members joined us for breakfast at the cafe and Mike and Anne from the Dart Valley U3A came along as well. We donned our Cancer Research UK T shirts and set off for our first stop at Blackpool Sands where more friends turned up to walk with us.

Walking the new stretch to Little Dartmouth car park was new for us both and it was good to find that the road walking, although not totally removed was a lot reduced. At Little Dartmouth more and more blue T shirted supporters arrived and on we went along the path to Dartmouth Castle.

We had had some local press coverage and there was a photographer waiting to take a group picture. It was so touching that in all, around 40 lovely people gave up their Saturday afternoon to come and support us and to say high. Jill Motram did a fantastic job getting people together and setting up the C R stand with balloons, photos and contribution cans.

We raised another £111-00 that afternoon bringing our total so far to nearly £3000,00. It was a lovely afternoon and we found that, as we chatted away on our walk, we almost felt as if we had had a day off. Thank you everybody who made it happen.

Our arrival at the end of our walk is now fixed for Saturday 1st July at around 3pm at South Haven Point which is near Swanage and it's where the ferry goes from Sandbanks over to Poole/ Bournemouth. You might want to contact John on 07970003656 for further information.

Thank you to all of you that are watching our progress us through this Blog. We are still enjoying ourselves but we still have another 130 miles to go so keep on blogging and sending your comments it is so good to know that your out there supporting us.

Best wishes from Helen and Emma xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx