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Vics Big Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research UK
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Tags: Charity, walking, event, cancer, UK
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Vic Heaney is walking from Puivert in the Aude department to the town he was born in, Blackpool. He departs on the 15th May and should arrive in Blackpool on the 23rd July 2010.
He aims to take 70 days and arrive at the house he was born in 70 years ago on his 70th birthday, covering a total distance of 2000 Km.
Money raised will be donated to Pancreatic Cancer Research UK and he has a target of £7000.
Donations can be made via Just Giving :
http://www.justgiving.com/Vic-Heaney
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I forgot to mention yesterday that as Septimus and I were walking through the streets of Alresford in search of Tiffins, ...
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30 June 2010
by Martin Parker
by Martin Parker
I forgot to say yesterday that I walked 25.5 kms. Today it was 26. Total so far is 1058.5. I have been walking through an ...
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20 June 2010
by French Biker
by French Biker
We camped overnight in Candes St Martin, so had to drive back to yesterday’s finishing point near Chinon. It then took ...
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12 June 2010
by French Biker
by French Biker
For the past three days I have been walking through flat countryside (while still managing to climb about 800 metres per ...
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09 June 2010
by Dizzy Gillespie
by Dizzy Gillespie
From Vics Blog
Moving On? A Hank Snow song, also recorded by Elvis. Did you know that Hank Snow was the main financial ...
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07 June 2010
by Murphy Malone
by Murphy Malone
Guide2MidiPyrenees wish Vic and Gay the best of luck as they set off today on the huge challenge of walking from Puivert ...
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20 May 2010
by Dizzy Gillespie
by Dizzy Gillespie
Vics rute from Portsmouth to Blackpool will be posted as an image in the photo album as soon as he has finalised it....
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12 May 2010
by MyGuide2 Admin
by MyGuide2 Admin
Vic starts his walk on Saturday 15th May from Puivert.
The routes for both the French and English parts are in the photo ...
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Donations can be made via the Just Giving site :
http://www.justgiving.com/Vic-Heaney
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Vics French route is posted as an image in the Group photo album. the basics are listed here. If you would like to see ...
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How many roads must a man walk down …?
Thank you, Bob, very philosophical, but I don’t think people will buy that ...
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It’s funny that, a day after saying something about soldiers marching, I should find myself in between two squads on a ...
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We had a very pleasant visit yesterday from Judith and Rob Fletcher, who made a big detour to see us instead of going straight ...
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A quiet day, with nothing much to report. The only matters of note are:
1. I passed the 900 kms mark, having walked 28 ...
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The day’s walk was only 24 kms (have you noticed how Gay’s excellent navigation has cut my average day down from about ...
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We are at Yvrė l’Evêque, even nearer to Le Mans, although I finished today’s walk from Mayet to near to Ruaudin. Tomorrow ...
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Today was dry, but very cold. The coldest day since I started VBW. The temperature just before I started out was 11 degrees ...
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We are at Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. Today I walked to Assé-le-Riboul, where there is no campsite, which is why we are in Beaumont.
The ...
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Did I mention yesterday that when I clocked up the 1,000 kms, this was, with my stride of 0.80 of a metre, my 1,250,000th ...
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Well the big day has finally come and Vic has set off on his long walk.
Leaving from Puivert this morning at 0800, a ...
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Vic has been unable to post an update on his travels as the camp sites they have stayed in over the past two nights have ...
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Today I walked from Mirepoix to Salles sur l’Hers (we have a river Hers and a river His in this area), which was again ...
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Today’s walk was from Salles-sur-l’Hers to Auriac-sur-Vendinelle (all these places can be found on Google Earth).
The ...
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Today I had a pretty uneventful walk - although another long one of 35 kms, from Auriac sur Vendinelle to a lonely crossroads ...
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Vic’s walk continues with a shorter stretch today of just 31.5 Km, giving a total of 170.5 Km since setting off on Saturday.
Today ...
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This turned into Vics longest day to date, with over 38 Km’s covered. Having left Salvignac at 0640, he didn’t manage ...
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Vic has now reached Caylus on day seven having covered 241 Kms so far. The walk today was through splendid scenary along ...
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Day eight and nine.
Day eight saw Vic walking from Caylus to Concots. Through avoiding the GR’s and taking the more ...
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Day 10
Today I walked from Marty, near Vers, to beyond Montfaucon. 33.5 kms, which means that I have walked 328 kms so ...
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Vic left Sarlat-le-Canada in the Dordogne department of the Aquitaine region this morning bound for St Leon sur Vezere.
Much ...
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Day fourteen
27.5 kms today. I have been walking for two weeks and have covered 450 kms. How am I feeling? A bit tired ...
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Day seventeen
Last night we had our first social engagement of VBW. We were entertained to dinner by Pam and Bob Coxon, ...
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Day Twenty
A sunny day, and quite an enjoyable walk, except for the several kilometres where I found myself on what is ...
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At last a bit of camouflage. We are at la Roche-Posay. There are so many geriatrics here that nobody will notice me. It ...
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This is the result of Gay’s rerouting operation. The places named are roughly where I will finish up each day’s walking. ...
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Vic writes about his very able assistant, Gay;
I feel very guilty about this being known as Vic’s Big Walk. There ...
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Today I plunged deeper into Normandy and nearer to the coast. 7 more days of walking in France then we take ship for England.
My ...
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Longest day of the year. As far as the northern hemisphere is concerned, maximum warp for sunshine. Result? 5 degrees ...
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The stone in today's picture marks the boundary between the Orne and Calvados departements in Normandy. Calvados is the ...
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I have now spent 40 days and 40 nights wandering in the wilderness, and am wondering when the wisdom and wonderful insights ...
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This area – Suisse Normande – is a bit of a revelation. I think we are not the only ones to be surprised to find such ...
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Six weeks walking under my belt, or rather, under my soles.
Nothing much to report today. I walked only 16 kms, to Mutrėcy. ...
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The first day of the seventh week of VBW. I have walked for 43 days without a rest, although today was the shortest walk ...
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Today I walked with Dale Heighway from Fleury-sur-Orne to Ouistreham.
The route took us through the centre of Caen, which ...
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Septimus met me off the ship at Portsmouth so that he could walk the first two English sections with me. What a day he picked!
It ...
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When we examined the maps in light of yesterday’s experience, it was clear that today we were heading for another walk ...
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The campsite we were in last night was a goodly drive from Sherborne St John, where I finished yesterday’s walk and had ...
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More nostalgia today, and of course there will be more and more as I travel through parts of England where I have spent ...
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Yesterday afternoon I received a message that Radio Berkshire wanted my telephone number because they wanted to interview ...
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Back to Abingdon this morning for the last bit of the Thames Path, as far as I am concerned. The beginning of the Oxford ...
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We spent the night in a field, with lots of rabbits and another caravan about 50 yards away. The farmer kindly opened his ...
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A very pleasant walk from Somerton Bridge to Claydon Locks. Gay met me in Banbury, having sussed out a Costa’s coffee ...
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A much better signal today, so I have inserted the photographs which were missing from my blog on Monday and Tuesday.
It ...
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They are a miserable lot round here.
I walked from Braunston to Brinklow, 25.5 kms, on the Oxford Canal. 1528.5 kms so ...
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Not much to say about today’s walk. Too long, at 35 kms. Especially in the conditions, hot. Not enough sustenance available ...
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Today I entered Staffordshire, and nostalgia territory. I have lived in Staffs and Cheshire and Lancashire, the next two ...
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As I said a few days ago, we have replanned the last phase of VBW. Most of the nostalgic side-trips to places where I have ...
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Yesterday evening we were taken out to dinner at an excellent Chinese restaurant in Lichfield. John Hayfield had already ...
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You may have noticed an extraordinary donation on my JustGiving page. The sum is £540. This was donated by an 18 year old ...
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We were sitting in V-Force One yesterday evening, minding our own business, when I saw this hot-air balloon looming over ...
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I forgot to mention yesterday that I walked 22 kms and that the total VBW distance covered so far is 1640.
I am dawdling ...
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We spent last night in a campsite on the edge of the Roaches, near Leek. The Roaches, dramatic rock formations, cover quite ...
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Here are some slight amendments to the information I posted on Day 57. These changes are due to availability of accommodation. ...
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VBW has entered Cheshire, the penultimate county, and tonight we are staying at the home of Big Tone and Mu in Congleton.
I ...
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I forgot to mention that yesterday I covered 29 kms, which took the VBW total to 1685.5 kms.
This morning I left the ...
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We are camped next to the Warburton Toll Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. I know I have been on a bit of a nostalgia ...
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Yesterday afternoon, at Warburton, we had a visit from our friends Evelyn, Ian and Rowan. They live in Ireland, were on ...
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At the Dover Lock yesterday afternoon we had a photo session with the Wigan Observer, had a chat with the two cyclists who ...
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Ferlin Husky sang a song with the above title. It started “I’m wondering if anyone remembers me, in my home town”.
That ...
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Today’s walk with the third set of Walters went a bit astray at first, as we failed to find each other. In fact it was ...
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I had just about dried out today, after yesterday’s continuous and intensive downpour. We had stayed the night at the ...
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I walked much further today than I intended to. I ended up logging 26.5 kms, total so far 1864 kms, with only a couple of ...
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I took no photographs today. My walk was only about 3 kms, and some of that was going over some of yesterday's route. But ...
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