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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1828
16 - 22 July 2020
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CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS! THE pandemic prevented the annual Wa l k f o r L i f e A r boleas from going a h e a d t h i s y e a r, b u t it didn’t stop local people from rising to the challenge of doing their bit to support the cancer organisation. Wa l k f o r L i f e A r boleas is a registered charity that helps people affected by cancer and in financial need, of all ages and nationalities within a 25-kilometre radius of the locality. The charity raises money through donations and events, the main one being the annual six or three-kilometre walk around Arboleas. Covid-19 meant the 2020 walk could not go ahead, but instead there was the 6k Any Wa y C h a l l e n g e . P e o ple could walk, run, swim, do it on a treadmill or cycle the distance without gathering in groups.
CREDIT: Walk for Life Arboleas
The 6k Any Way cancer charity fundraiser: Arboleas locals rise to the challenge
HORSING AROUND: Carrie Ann Earl did six kilometres a day.
Stuart Copeland was one of the people who walked the sixkilometre route, doing it on his own in just under an hour. Ceri Norman walked it with her husband. A r b o l e a s To w n H a l l staff, including the mayor and Local Police officers, also walked the six kilometres, as did Ovie Ojiri and his gym members in just under an hour. ‘Paul the Pool,’ his wife Anna Bedford and their daughters Imogen and Alannah did six kilometres a day over six days, doi n g t h e Wa l k f o r Life route on the last day. Melanie Rayner ran it in 38 minutes.
Mick and Jane Thomas completed their six-kilometre walk in stages, Angela and Phil Kendal did theirs in in their local rambla and Nigel Bradder did 12 kilometres on his Elliptigo. Eighty-four-year-old Jean Bye did a threekilometre walk very early in the morning to avoid the heat. Anji and Craig Badley walked 20 kilom e t r e s , w h i l e Tr u d y Sailes completed six hours weeding. Carly Flitney walked six kilometres every morning for six days around Saliente Alto. Andrea Hollings and the Dawn Chorus Walkers completing an amazing 600 kilome-
tres between them. M a r i a Wa l t e r d i d s i x kilometres around Cerro Gordo, and Jacqui and Rob Allen ran six kilometres, three times a week, every week in June. Alan Pearce did two kilometres in the pool, two walking and two on his exercise bike. Holman Blackburn walked six kilometres to the rubbish bins and back wearing ankle weights. Judi BedfordKeogh swam six kilometres in total within a month, and Claire Harper swam six kilometres every week for six weeks in her pool, the distance from Arboleas to Villaricos.
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