Chris Davey memorial

Sun, Nov 25th 2012 at 10:00 am - 2:30 pm

Together with some of Chris' other friends we organised a short walk, followed by a get-together and bring-and-share meal at Gt. Houghton Village Hall.


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Given the torrential weather we fortunately chose the right day. Theday before we had buckets of rain, so the first field was uber-muddy but no complaints were heard (perhaps because I was charging ahead to lead the way). The whole walk was 5 miles long but, as it was a figure-of-eight based on the village, you could have done either 3.5 or 1.5 miles. To the best of my knowledge everyone did the whole thing. For those who are curious I have loaded here a map of the route (as a PDF).

Walking across a very muddy field

It started from the village hall off Leys Lane, at the top of the villlage. In spite of lots of local flooding and Gt Houghton High Street resembling a mountain beck loads of people turned up.

Remember one of the objectives of the day was to raise funds for the memorial fund in Chris' name for  personal development of young people through foreign travel. Thank you.

Peter Glennon 26/11/12

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