The Virtual Frontline Walk 2020
Bring on the ‘Virtual Frontline Walk’ – 100km at your own pace and in your own time between 1st October 2020 and 11th November 2020. Team Dug-out Rats has grown to include our other sibling and her husband and we’re aiming to raise at least £1,000 between us as we amble about our local areas …
Photos courtesy of other walkers and the charity. Another early start, we left Arras at 0645 to drive to Vancouver Corner, just north of Ypres and the site of the first gas attack in 1915. This is also the site of the ‘Brooding Soldier’ memorial which commemorates those who were victims of the gas attack. …
Photos courtesy of other walkers and the charity. Another early start and we arrived at the German cemetery of Neuville St. Vaast where over 40,000 comrades are buried. We started walking before dawn so head torches were the order of the moment. Our first stint was a fairly easy 6 miles or so to the …
Firstly, apologies for the lateness of these updates. The wordpress app didn’t want to play so we’ve had to wait until we’ve come home to update you all. A quick note – not all the photos are mine, some are from the charity, others from other walkers. We started the day at Lochnagar Crater at …
This time next week we’ll be undertaking the final few miles into Ypres and looking forward to a cold beer. We woke up this morning to the fantastic news that we’ve hit our fundraising target of £2,500. A particularly generous Brother of Alder Tree Lodge No.9289 made a significant personal donation which contributed hugely to …
We’re on the downward slope in terms of training now. With 2 weeks to go until we leave for France the focus now is on reducing injury risk, maintaining foot care and prepping kit. Our long training walks have been completed, we’re now just doing walks of between 4-6 miles just to keep moving and …
It’s been a while since the last update so apologies. Training has been continuing despite the sapping heat and humidity. A couple of 16-20 milers have been done with no real problems. Zinc oxide tape has been swapped for moleskin which seems to work better but some more experimentation is required. Fundraising continues and I …
It’s only 76 days until the first day of the trek. Fundraising continues to creep up and we’ve hit £1600 so thankyou to all our supporters so far. Training is continuing despite the heat, it’s all about conditioning the body to cope with spending 8-10 hours on your feet as well as being able to …
On this, the 103rd anniversary of ‘The Somme’ a little update is probably appropriate. Training continues apace, Ceri managing a circuit of Carsington Water on a very hot day and Guy bashing hell out of the military training grounds surrounding Hawley Lake. Fundraising continues to creep up slowly and we’ve hit £1567.50. Just under £1000 …
My cheap waterproof did the job in 2017,but after getting soaked on my training walk yesterday, I took advantage of the Trespass sale today. https://www.trespass.com/kelty-mens-waterproof-jacket Bring on the rain!!!! Ceri