#trailwalker2018

Good to meet up with friends who share your disappointments about the canceled Trailwalker 100Km challenge. #trailwalker2018 #betrayal #Blamingthe weather #oxfamtrailwalker (at Bierschenke)

I guess I won’t bother putting these patches onto anything then eh @trailwalkeruk. It is with deepest frustration, anger, denial and quite honestly heartache to announce that our Trailwalker event was cancelled due to the MoD, Gurkhas + Oxfam agreeing the weather conditions pushed the ‘safe threshold’. We’re all fuming because it’s not even hot anymore, it’s seems more of a cover for any further bad publicity - but that could just be the disappointment talking. Along with effort + stress that goes into raising sponsorship, there’s all the personal logistics, not to mention training + mental build up. At least 3/4 of our team are still looking to do something together this weekend but without the army’s logistics, we just can’t do something as long. It’s actually pushing teams to do the route anyway - which was my initial reaction, “well fuck them I’ll do it anyway” but the event is great because of the support + atmosphere. As bloody hard as 100km is to walk in one go, I was mentally + physically prepared for it so now I feel let down, trying to figure out what can make up for it. Unfortunately it won’t go ahead at all this year. That means that my silent auction will be repurposed towards another charity + endurance event (because quite frankly right now I’m too annoyed at Oxfam despite 15 years of supporting them no matter what) or just postponed until next year anyway - I’ll be in touch with you lovely makers once I’ve stopped sobbing every hour. Now I’ve got to go + sort out the pile of protein, excessive socks + unnecessary amount of shoes. ••• #notveryfuckingtrailwalkerstrong #100km #run1000miles #trailwalkeruk #trailwalker2018 #illdoitanyway #letsfindanotherway

Following on from the water theme, the other charity I’m walking 100km non-stop for is the Gurkha Welfare Trust. Last year they provided 21,000+ people in Gurkha communities across Nepal with clean water through their work in installing pipes and tanks. 3 years on from the earthquake, this infrastructure is helping get the communities back on track. . . . I hadn’t heard of the Gurkhas until my first Trailwalker back in 2016. That was the ankle year so I didn’t take part, but I did head to Brighton to see the Gurkhas in action and man are they strong. Proper endurance. Gurkhas are British Army-recruited Nepalese soldiers who unfortunately don’t get the same pensions as fully-fledged BA vets, and so the @gurkhawelfaretrust comes in to provide financial, medical and development aid to Gurkha veterans here in the UK and in Nepal. Whether you support the military or not, the GWT offers a lifeline to vets and their family who may otherwise be cut off from medicine and aid. . . . It would be really nice if you could support this charity through me and my team challenge. Link in bio! ••• #TrailwalkerStrong #trailwalker2018 #charityfundraising #supportme #fundraising #gurkhawelfaretrust #gurkhasoldiers #nepal #developmentaid #cleanwater

de repente, amaneces y te encuentras en este poblado. tu familia necesita agua y la traes caminando cinco horas con un peso de 50 kilos sobre un hombro. y eso antes del desayuno. y luego, imagínate cómo es el día. y así un día tras otro sin domingos ni fines de semana, ni cotizaciones a la seguridad social. sería una pesadilla? pedirías a Dios que te sacara de esa situación? pasan las semanas y los meses y Dios no aparece, no atiende a tus súplicas. dónde está Dios? piensa que en Madrid hay una trailwalker. qué te parecería? se lo pasarán bien realmente. y la inscripción será una pasta. #Repost @oxfamintermon • • • Estamos de #trailwalker2018 en #euskadi caminando por una buena causa. Si te animas las inscripciones de Madrid de 50 y 100km siguen abiertas 🙆🙆