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I AM HOME!!! Official return time is 15.27 for those guessing. Thanks for the amazing support, interest, generosity and encouragement. I am very grateful to you all and very glad to be back in Redbourn, as always…
Yeovil. One to go..
Exeter, Exmouth etc. all begin with an E. There just isn’t a place in the whole country that begins with X. But this place does…
I’m officially shattered. Night, night. Thanks for all the messages, support and sponsorship. It’s been a long but fun day. (Just the three ‘easy’ ones to do tomorrow then…)
V – Lovely evening tour of God’s own county…
U – Sorry for the radio silence. Battery was almost gone.
Trent – Yippee!
Slightly unnecessary subtext given the fact I haven’t seen a car for nearly an hour!
Rimpton – a long hot walk to possibly the smallest place on my travels.
Q was always going to be slightly tricky but great lift from Danny all the way as he now heads to Padstow.
Popham. I didn’t promise that every lift would be in a car…
Old Basing – Well, that was a struggle…
Newbury
Marlow Bridge
Loudwater
Knotty Green
Night night…
Hedgerley – No, nor had I but it’s very pleasant. #8 and counting.
Gerards Cross
Farnham
Ealing – It is hot out and about.
Denham
Fantastic lift from Akhtar and Ayaz. Thank you so much.
Chesham
Berkhamsted
Apsley
First lift
Send off from St Mary’s
Leaving the Vicarage…
In further confirmation of a midlife crisis, Will is setting off on an extraordinary A to Z Challenge. Setting out from St Mary’s at 9am on Friday 12 July he will attempt to hitchhike around the country visiting 26 places each starting with the next letter of the alphabet.
With just a toothbrush and £10 in his back pocket, he will set off without a fixed plan or itinerary and relying on the kindness of strangers and just see where this adventure takes him. Will he end up in Zeebrugge or at the zoo? Only time will tell but it will be a big challenge and a lot of fun.
And more importantly he will be aiming to raise lots of money for Youth Talk in St Albans which is the St Mary’s Charity of the Year for 2019.
Youth Talk provides confidential counselling and support for local 13 to 25 year olds facing anxiety, grief, low confidence and other issues, and it’s a great cause to get behind at a time when being a teenager is increasingly complex and challenging.
Will is encouraging people to sponsor him in one of two ways. You can either sponsor him per place he gets to (hopefully all 26) or per mile he covers over the course of the weekend. You can sponsor him online via the link below, or there are sponsor forms in church as well.
And just for a bit of fun, we’re inviting people to guess how long the challenge will take. He’s aiming to get back, having covered all 26 places, by the end of Sunday 14 July. Will he manage all 26 places? Can he do it in a day? Two days? There’ll be a prize for the person who has the closest guess to the time he actually gets back to the church door.
You can follow his progress along the way:
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St Mary's Church, Redbourn 