At the end of July members of the Sunday Strollers decided to start a new group to encourage members who had been shielding to get out and walk.  So the Walk a Mile Group was formed.

Our first walk at the beginning of August was just over 1.5miles along the canal.  Very quickly we had 30+ people wishing to join the group.  We walked every Sunday in groups of 6 and increased the length of our walks, so the name of the group was changed to Walk a Mile or Two or WAMOT. (Phil’s idea thanks Phil).

In September the group decided to challenge themselves to walk 1000 miles by the end of month.   After a fantastic effort the group managed to walk over 1700 miles.  It was decided to continue counting the miles in October.  Then due to local lockdown we had to cease walking as a group.

However, the group decided to change to challenge to walk 5000 miles by the end of November.  I am please to tell you 35 members of the group exceeded this target and walked 5111 miles in 3 months.

Two of our members have had serious operations but were still able to contribute to the total and another member used her shopping trolley to aid her walking.  All three were very inspirational to the rest of the group.

Hopefully, when we have all the necessary paperwork completed we will resume walking as a group on a Sunday morning.  We are hoping to resume mid January. Members have been able to buddy up with other members and continue walking in the last few weeks.

The motto of the group is KEEP WALKING

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this challenge

Bren