The Start…

08/02/2007 by webmaster.

Veronica and Eddie plan to set off on Monday 30th April and will tackle the walk in stages of around 12 miles per day, staying in overnight accommodation en-route, all of which has been booked in advance, and hope to arrive in Robin Hood’s Bay on Tuesday 15th May.
“I’m under no illusion…” says Eddie, “It’s going to be tough!”

Veronica says:
“I have always been interested in the sea, and this was heightened following a visit to Teesport on a Kingdom Tour some years ago. The tour really made an impression on me; we went on board a large roll-on roll-off ferry and met seafarers working on board. They were very pleased to see us and made us very welcome. It was great to talk to them about their families back home.
Seafarers lead such a difficult life, away from loved ones for up to nine months at a time; they suffer loneliness, isolation and sometimes ill treatment and abuse, and all to keep the shelves of our supermarkets filled with all the goods and produce we take for granted.
The Apostleship of the Sea does a great job in caring for seafarers, many of whom are Catholic, so we decided that it is this organisation which should benefit from any sponsorship monies raised to help with their work”.

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