Coast to coast walk raises more than £1200! - 20/5/10

Published: 20 May, 2010

Three Plymouth College boys, Ed Hirst, Luke Wheeldon and George Monk, all aged 16, have trekked 200 kilometres across Devon to raise £1225 for Dame Hannah Rogers Trust and The Lady Taverners.

In what the boys describe as 'horrendous conditions', the 4-day expedition took them from Mothecombe on the south coast to Lynmouth on the north, tackling the challenging terrain of Dartmoor and Exmoor en route.

Covering about 30 miles a day and carrying all their kit, the boys had to battle thick mud, gale-force winds, driving snow and rain, topped off with very cold temperatures.

"Although it was tough, I think we all knew that we could finish", said Ed.  "We've all been involved in Ten Tors and so have done quite a bit of training for this sort of thing.  The weather was unseasonably bad but the thought of all the money that had been pledged by friends and family for our chosen charities kept us going."

The Dame Hannah Rogers Trust, based in Ivybridge, Devon, has been transforming young lives for more than 220 years.  It provides education, therapy and respite care for young people aged 5 to 25 who have a range of physical disabilities and associated learning difficulties.

The Lady Taverners is a vital and dedicated fundraising arm of The Lord's Taverners.  While The Lord's Taverners is famous for its charitable giving to cricket, Lady Taverners focuses on being able to give young people with special needs vital transportation so that they can access sport.  It does this by fundraising for specially-adapted minibuses and sports wheel chairs.  The charity also provides grants for play and sports equipment.