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Events > 2009 The Lakeland 214 Challenge was marked on Saturday 16th May when members of The Wainwright Society met at Braithwaite with representatives from SARDA Lakes and SARDA England for an enjoyable walk meet led by Lindsay Shaw.
The walk commenced with the party taking the old mine road up along Stoneycroft Gill as light rain began to fall, and on to High Moss, where the sky slowly cleared and the opportunity was taken for a group photo.
The summit of Outerside was our next objective, before a descent over Stile End and on to Barrow, with a return to Braithwaite. Society members were able to chat with the SARDA volunteers on the day and learn about the dedication required to be able to join a SARDA team as a dog handler, or as one of the Dogsbody volunteers who act as casualties during training sessions. Our thanks are expressed to the SARDA representatives who joined us on the day.
A second gathering took place in the afternoon, at the Keswick Lodge Hotel, when the Society was honoured by the appearance of Sir Chris Bonington who kindly assisted with the presentation of cheques for £2000 each to SARDA (England) and SARDA (Lakes). The Society expresses thanks to Sir Chris Bonington for his support on the day, and also to Lindsay Shaw who led the walk meet and originally proposed that the Society might raise funds for the SARDA teams. Many thanks to all of those who took part in, made personal donations, or raised sponsorship for the Challenge. Les Telford, Secretary of SARDA (Lakes), following the recent sending of a second cheque, wrote: 214 Challenge Online Gallery 214 Challenge Book published |
