28/07/2023
Hello 👋
As we embark on our adventure into married life.
We have decided to mark this very special journey by walking 2748 miles/ 4422.48 kilometres in total between us from Tuesday 1st August 2023 to Friday 1st November 2024. Which is 65 weeks and 3 days and walking on average 6 miles per day.
We would love it if you could support us by sponsoring us along the way.
We have made the decision to do this sponsored walk for three reasons.
We love walking, which is lucky as we do plenty being dog owners. But we wanted to do it more so as away to lose weight, in order for us to look and feel our best on our wedding day.
We recognise the transition from being two independent individuals to a married couple going through the adventure of life isn't always easy.
It can be a long hard slog, it can make you tired, sometimes you want to quit, to end the journey all together, you can lose sight on why you started the adventure together, you don't always want to weather the storm and it can be very emotionally, mentally and physically painful at times.
But you need to support and encouragement of each other. You need to lean on each other, you need to recognise the beauty in bad day just as much if not more so than in the good days as those are the moments you can and will feel re-energised and you will feel empowered.
Which is exactly the same as walking over a long distance over a long time.
The biggest reason why we have decided to do a sponsored walk is so we don't give up. We know sometimes when we decide to do something for ourselves it's very easy to make excuses for us not to do it for one day and then we make another excuse for the next and so on and before long we just give up on the whole idea. But when you add extra meaning to it, when you know it's for something you hold dear to in your heart and you know that you're doing it for the good of others, you don't want to give up. The excuses don't work as you know that they are just simply excuses.
We discussed walking to raise funds for charities that are close to our hearts.
Becca has decided to walk for:
Narcolepsy UK,
The Huntington's disease association,
Unique Abilities.
Richy has decided to walk for:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) Society
Macmillan Cancer Support
Facial Palsy UK
We didn't decide the distance we wanted to walk straight away, as we both wanted to walk Land's End to John o' Groats route but that would mean taking a lot of time off work and not being able to see Emily while we do so. Plus we wanted to choose the distance and the duration and make it a bit of a challenge to our motivation.
You see, by doing it close to home there's a bigger chance people will see us and hopefully we can raise awareness of these wonderful charities and possibly make people aware of the conditions these charities help people with. By doing so we think this will encourage us but also it will challenge us to not stay in the house, which actually makes it one hell of a challenge.
Not only that we have to do it regardless of the time of year, so regardless if it's Christmas day, our birthday or even Becca's Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is kicking off. We have to go out and get those miles done. Also the weather is another thing, come rain or shine we have to get out there. After all our skin is waterproof 🤣.
Even if you can't give a penny in sponsorship, please share your support and encourage us as we both embrace the challenges ahead. We will share with you our journey on social media along the way and if you have time to spare come and join us along the road. Or just like, comment and share our walk with others.
Much love ❤️ Becca & Richy ❤️
