Beginning the 87 mile journey

Day 2 was perhaps the toughest day due to the inevitable aches and discomforts from Day 1

The Western Ridgeway track near Marlborough

Day 3 started with the amazing White Horse carved into the chalk landscape

View from the White Horse near Uffington

Day 4 saw us cross the River Thames near Streatley and following a much flatter path to Ewelme near Wallingford. The walk had a totally different but equally interesting atmosphere as we weaved in and out of civilisation, following roads, pavements and towpaths. The Ridgeway and The Thames Path National Trails overlapped for a few miles of this section.

Having a break at Goring-on-Thames

Day 5 was again a change of scene as the majority of this sunny day was spent in the woods following thin dirt paths and climbing some of the steepest slopes so far. The crossing under the M40 near Aston Rowant was surprisingly picturesque, unlike the view M40 drivers had of us looking slightly dishevelled. Our stop for that night was in Whiteleaf near Princes Risborough.

The final stretch of the walk through the hilly Chilterns and the notably busy Coombe Hill offered some fantastic views of the surrounding villages and towns.

Coombe Hill in Buckinghamshire

We raised over £4000 for The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice (in Hampton, Middlesex) which is a charity providing respite and palliative care for terminally ill children and support for their families. The services are entirely free to families and there is no regular government support; this means that the charity needs to raise up to £3 million per year entirely from voluntary donations in order to maintain its services. We chose this charity because it is already supported by The Feltmakers Charitable Foundation and, we feel, a very worthwhile cause.

From the money received from our Livery members we will be able to obtain 28% in Gift Aid from the government which will go towards our Charitable Foundation.

Simon and Mark Curtis