Each year, I take on a sponsored trekking challenge as a self-funded ‘holiday’ while raising funds for the charity I founded, Pipal Tree. In 2021 I trekked along Offa’s Dyke, in 2022 it was The Pennine Way and in 2023 the turn of The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. This year, I will walk the 119-mile Devon Coast-to-Coast route that starts at Wembury on the south coast and ends at Lynmouth on the north coast. En route, I will be covering the Two Moors Way that begins at Ivybridge and crosses both Dartmoor and Exmoor.

I will make a head-start on Sunday 13th October (as the forecast is good) and get the first 16 miles from Wembury to Ivybridge out of the way. After that, I am expecting to resume the trek on Monday 28th October and walk on consecutive days thereafter, assuming that the weather isn’t atrocious (Dartmoor is not a place to be in poor conditions). But, I will get to Lynmouth at some point in November, hopefully buoyed along by your kind sponsorship!

All the funds that I raise will go to the Lily’s Leaves social enterprise for women in Kathmandu that Pipal Tree helped establish in October 2020 and has funded ever since. The funds will support the training and employment of vulnerable and disabled (deaf) young women who will be making school rucksacks and reusable sanitary pads for free distribution to schoolchildren in the poorest parts of south Nepal to encourage their continued attendance.

From day one of my trek until noon on the 17th October, your sponsorship can automatically double in value through The Big Give if you click on the image below. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a BIG difference to girls’ lives in south Nepal.

Many thanks!