To raise money for Loros we walked, cycled, and ran 2080.1 miles! Smashing our target of 1779 miles! That’s the same distance Frodo and Sam travelled with the One Ring between Hobbiton and Mount Doom.
These extra miles were usually never done or done by motor so we were getting fit, helping a charity AND helping the planet! And just think we’re the cliché group for spending the summer inside. What a challenge!?
Target Distance: 1779 Miles, completed 2080.1 miles
Dates: 1st June to the 31st August
Team members: 14 members
Members completed miles in their own time and on team walks:
1 The Hidden Orchard June 2023:
Bug Pyramid
scenery of the orchard
tiny trail
The start of the trek
Spot the sign
chilling sheep
Here’s the old sign
could be Hobbiton
Kats Bench
hiding sheep… nettles!
cool boulder scenery
Ent!
Another cool tree
cool tree
2 to Everards Meadows July 2023:
First steps
canal side
swans
enthusiastic tow path
swans again
marker
artistic shot right?
more feet
4 legged team member
lock opening!
Kings Lock
Kings Lock tea room
marker two
canal side artwork
tired feet
We made it!
Everards Meadows sign
Everards Meadows and a rabbit
fallen tree
fallen hollow tree
Captain in a fallen hollow tree
county life, horse sanctuary
cool sign
another sign
a third sign
the long path home
3 Bradgate Park
Spot the team!
Leicester History… did the Doctor ever visit?
old old tree
the team and friends
4 Watermead Country Park
Start of the walk…. how far??
Some cool statues and art work here
Shelob at it again
Where will it lead
Triumphant!
Mammoth!
Sunshine, friends and a mammoth
the word hobbit was mentioned…
5 Leicester Botanical Garden and Brocks Hill Country Park