Between 24
July
and 6 August 2010, The Extreme Cellists managed the mammoth
Coast-to-Coast walk across northern England, as made famous by Alfred
Wainwright. This 192-mile trek, spread across 14 consecutive days of
walking, involved all the usual challenges of such a walk, plus the
added difficulty of carrying cellos - and of course playing along the way
(usually three times a day!). You can read all about it, and see a variety
of pictures from it, on our
blog, which we updated daily
during the walk.
Click here to see the Extreme Cellists' daily blog!
The challenge managed to raise over £6,000 for two causes. Aspire is a charity that helps rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries, and has a long history of partnership with Extreme Cello (click here to see details of the Extreme Cello visit to Aspire in 2007, or here to read more about Aspire generally). The other charity we hope to raise money for this time is PACT (Parents Association of Children with Tumours and Leukemia), a Sheffield-based charity that provides a range of support services for families whose children have been diagnosed with cancer, including two caravans and a house right next to Sheffield Children's Hospital. To read more about PACT, click here.
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Many thanks to everyone who supported us - either through
sponsorship or by joining us along the way (or with messages of
support!). We'd also like to thank our corporate sponsors
for their kind donations and continued
support:
We walked from
West to East, starting at St Bees in Cumbria, and finishing at Robin Hood's Bay
in North Yorkshire. Our day-by-day schedule was as below.
We were very grateful to Coast-to-Coast guru and star
of the recent BBC series about it, Julia Bradbury, for giving us her
support. Click here to see her message to the Extreme
Cellists! More welcome messages of support have come from the comic actor
John Challis (best known for the role of Boycie in Only Fools
and Horses) - click here to see his message -
and the internationally renowned cellist
Matthew Barley. And whilst we
were on route, we were fortunate to receive messages of support from
Stephen Fry (via Twitter) and Stuart Marconie (on Radio 2) - many
thanks!
Date
Route
Approximate Distance
Sat 24 July
St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge
14.5 miles
Sun 25 July
Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite
14.5 miles
Mon 26 July
Rosthwaite to Grasmere
10 miles
Tue 27 July
Grasmere to Patterdale
10 miles
Wed 28 July
Patterdale to Shap
16 miles
Thu 29 July
Shap to Kirkby Stephen
20 miles
Fri 30 July
Kirkby Stephen to Keld
12.75 miles
Sat 31 July
Keld to Reeth
11.25 miles
Sun 1 August
Reeth to Richmond
10.5 miles
Mon 2 August
Richmond to Danby Wiske
14 miles
Tue 3 August
Danby Wiske to Osmotherley
12 miles
Wed 4 August
Osmotherley to Blakey Ridge
20 miles
Thu 5 August
Blakey Ridge to Grosmont
13.5 miles
Fri 6 August
Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay
15 miles
