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| JULIAN CLEGG’S TASTY PAD IN CENTRAL SOUTHAMPTON |
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| ME (RIGHT) WITH SIMON, SARAH AND MO RAHMAN FROM THE WALTHAM TANDOORI |
Since my last
entry, there has been little time for outdoor training. Friends have suggested
I should fatten up for the walk but, as the deadline to leave approaches,
everything I eat seems to get converted into nervous energy. Starting the walk
should provide me with an opportunity to relax.
On 22 June I was
interviewed by BBC Radio Solent’s Julian Clegg on his Breakfast Show. He has
adopted me as one of his ‘Julian’s People’ and will follow my progress during
the trek with further live interviews. These are scheduled for 6.45am on Fri 21
Aug, Tues 8 Sept and Fri 9 Oct.
Other news includes a visit to the School of Health Sciences at Southampton University (www.southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences) where Professor Maria Stokes and her team are comparing the state of my legs before and after the walk. Rain kept attendance down at the Swanmore Carnival and Fete on 11 July, but the ‘Steve’s Long Walk’ stall still collected £87. Winners of the ‘Guess the Weight of the Rucksack’ competition were Swanmore residents Karl Challender and Chris McCarthy, who each received a £50 Cotswold voucher.
With my departure now imminent (i.e. tomorrow), I’d like to emphasise the huge contributions that are being made by my loyal team of helpers: Webmaster Simon Maple, Publicist Kay Feltham-Jones and Treasurer Sarah Webber. At our final meeting on Thursday 9 July, we were all generously treated to a farewell supper by the owners of The Waltham Tandoori.
Other news includes a visit to the School of Health Sciences at Southampton University (www.southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences) where Professor Maria Stokes and her team are comparing the state of my legs before and after the walk. Rain kept attendance down at the Swanmore Carnival and Fete on 11 July, but the ‘Steve’s Long Walk’ stall still collected £87. Winners of the ‘Guess the Weight of the Rucksack’ competition were Swanmore residents Karl Challender and Chris McCarthy, who each received a £50 Cotswold voucher.
With my departure now imminent (i.e. tomorrow), I’d like to emphasise the huge contributions that are being made by my loyal team of helpers: Webmaster Simon Maple, Publicist Kay Feltham-Jones and Treasurer Sarah Webber. At our final meeting on Thursday 9 July, we were all generously treated to a farewell supper by the owners of The Waltham Tandoori.