Our Friends on the Pennine Way

lenny · #1 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:03 PM

Hi all, remember these inspirational chaps and their dog that we waved off from Hayfield last weekend just prior to setting off on a 2000 kilometre trek on foot for charity.

Well I just happened to bump into them this weekend

(6 days and 100 or so miles into their trek) , I met them on the pennine way at Dodd Fell Hill ( about 660 metres above sea level

) and about 5 miles short of "Hawes" where we stayed the night.

This is the pic I took as they approached me sat on a rock with little Jack alongside me.

What a surprise,they said, after handshakes and rolling around in the grass for a little while laughing

.

I then escorted them back to their farm campsite where coincidently ,my van was also pitched, where I spent the rest of the night feeding and watering them

, (They ate me out of house and home) not to mention the three bottles of red we duly consumed

.
Next morning I made them a hot breakfast and left them about dinnertime (Totally cleared out).

These guys ,Barry, Eric and Shiba are truly inspirational and you cant help but admire them, which is why I offerd my hospitality "Free Of Charge"

.

Hope to meet up with them again next weekend at either Alston or Haltwhistle for more of the same.

Jacques le foot · #2 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:06 PM

Thats really nice of you Lenny, didn't you feel the urge to join them on their trek..I'm sure you would have got some sponsorship off the site

Jackie

#3 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacques le foot

Thats really nice of you Lenny, didn't you feel the urge to join them on their trek..I'm sure you would have got some sponsorship off the site

Jackie

Nice Lenny,
I put 1€ a km (or better 1£ a mile) on you

lenny · #4 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacques le foot

Thats really nice of you Lenny, didn't you feel the urge to join them on their trek..I'm sure you would have got some sponsorship off the site

Jackie

I did

,join them

, I walked 5miles to meet them and 5 miles back

Oh

and I even stuck a fiver in their tin for the privilige

lenny · #5 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Belgian

Nice Lenny,
I put 1€ a km (or better 1£ a mile) on you

Thats a Tenner you owe me

, Leo

Just Kidding

#6 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lenny

I did

,join them

, I walked 5miles to meet them and 5 miles back

Oh

and I even stuck a fiver in their tin for the privilige

I'll send you a 5-er (the way back doesn't count !)

#7 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 07:39 PM

youre a good man Lenny, well done.

lenny · #8 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 09:44 PM

Bump, oops

, Just thought I,d bring this one up again in case any one missed it

.

Forgot to mention that Barry and Eric had managed to raise around £95 since Hayfield whilst on the trek

, with 2 or 3 campsites waivering the site fees for the cause

.
They declined my offer to take care of it for them

, cant think why

Anyway, they should be in the area of Alston to Haltwhistle next weekend if anyone local wants to go out and offer them some encouragement

grath · #9 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 10:26 PM

These two guys and not forgetting Sheba are real heroes

lenny · #10 (**permalink**) 13-04-2009, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grath

These two guys and not forgetting Sheba are real heroes

Your not wrong Graham

, it was these two that gave me a push this morning when my wheels were spinning trying to get off the grassy site

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