The EndPoint Walk Part 3
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- This is Part 3 of 4 videos that are being produced to document a journey from Land's End to Ness Point raising money for the British Heart Foundation.
In the early hours of 15.07.19 Alan Warrington suffered an out of hospital cardiac arrest. Due to the life saving intervention by Joanne Johnstone, the speedy ambulance attendance, quick intervention by the attending paramedics and wonderful care in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Alan has made an amazing and life fulfilling recovery. Alan was really fortunate to have received help in time and we hope that our walk linking the most westerly and easterly points of England can raise awareness of how important it is to help those suffering with a cardiac arrest.
Alan has always enjoyed the outdoors throughout his life, and in particular has enjoyed running and walking and long distance walking. He has walked the length of each of the 19 national trails in the United Kingdom, and has backpacked many other trails including the Dales High Way, Stanza Stones Trail and the White Horse Trail to name just a few.
Exactly four years after that life changing day, Alan and his friend David Morgan will leave Lands End and embark on a month long adventure. Their walk, called the "End Point Walk", will see them walk 580 miles across southern England and finish at Ness Point in Suffolk. They will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation, a charity that funds so much research into heart and circulatory diseases in the UK. The British Heart Foundation focusses their efforts on accelerating discovery and turning discoveries into life-saving medical advances.
Alan and David know that financially times are tight but ask that if anyone wishes to support their fund-raising activity to donate as much as people can afford to help fund the work that the British Heart Foundation does. David and Alan recognise that you might not be able to afford to help at the moment, if so perhaps you could share the fundraising page.
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It's been great watching the first three videos straight through: one gets a real sense of a journey. Highly compacted, of course, but it brings out the contrasts in landscapes. Alan's piece to camera was very good, but also brought home how remarkable it is that he's been able to do this. A fine thing indeed. (Simon, LDWA)
Thank you for. Your feedback Simon. You know that I respect and admire your creativity. We've really tried to encapsulate and highlight that life can go on after such a traumatic experience for those who are lucky to survive.
Great video folks - well done on the journey so far. I was always told there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing/preparation.....I also enjoyed the busted moment. It hasn't happened to me so far, but I live in fear!
Cheers Stuart. Isn't that the truth regarding the clothing! The variations in weather have made the journey memorable and the way that we have had to manage our wet equipment and clothing is something that we're proud of.
Yep, being busted in hindsight was ok. It could have been a lot worse!!
Apologies for the error relating to the crossing of the M4. The text said M5 and I missed that when checking the video!!
I am on catch up here sorry.. I actually watched this at the time but for some reason did not make comment... so I have watched again (get that viewing time up) and will now make sure to leave a comment...lol. One of the things I have wondered Dave is knowing how much walking you actually do arouind the country and abroad but how much of this trail was new to yourself - I am sure there were bits you had covetred on 100s or trail walking but surely there must have been sections new I expect? Anyway, lovely to see parts of the country I will probably never visit - was interested how many standing stones you came across on parts of this video. atb Al
In Cornwall, we saw many standing stones and it reminded me of Pembrokeshire in that regard.
All of the route until Warminster was new to me. I'd walked the Ridgeway National Trail before and some of the Icknield Way. I'd been to the Knettishsll Heath area but a lot of this route was new to me.