Hi Everyone, new to this Forum and just looking for advice and tips for a new walker attempting a fund raising mission. Apologies for the length of this...
Me and my brother in law are doing a charity walk on the 11th of April. Our last money raising mission for charity was 2 years ago, cycling 240 miles to Wales over 3 days for Melanoma, we managed to raise £3,000.
Basically 2 or 3 times each year we travel over to Holland and meet up with a group of locals to watch a Feyenoord match, so this year we have decided to tie this in with raising some money for charity.
On the 11th of April we will be setting off from Ely, Cambridgshire and walking the route to Holland, finishing at De Kuip (Feyenoords Stadium), plan is as below hopefully.....
Wednesday - Ely - Ipswich (55 miles)
Thursday - Ipswich - Harwich port (25 miles)
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Over night Ferry to Holland
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Friday - Holland port - Rotterdam (25 miles)
We are both 27 and reasonably fit but have never attempted to walk such a distance, especially the first stint from Ely to Ipswich, I am looking for some advice on training in the build up to the walk and also a routine a week before the walk and during, ie water intake, food intake etc, blister prevention etc.
I really appreciate any tips you can provide! thank you!
Our fundraising page is on Just giving and named - SamDan100