The Thames Walk for Water

Last year, around 20,000 children and parents took part in sponsored walks in villages, towns and cities across the UK as part of our Turn on the Tap campaign.

This year, the walk is going global.

We’ve teamed up with our sister organisations in Australia, Canada and Europe to organise a Global Walk for Water – inviting schools and churches, children and parents, young and old to go for a local walk with a global impact.

1,000s of people across the globe…all walking 1 million miles….raising 1 million pounds in the UK alone…for families living without clean water.

The Thames Walk is where it all began... 15 days, a combined 899 miles walked, Cirencester to the Thames Barrier.

You can see some of their photos and read about their adventures in the entries below. Find out more about Turn on the Tap at www.turnonthetap.org.uk there's also a donation link where you can sponsor us.

Sunday, 22 March 2009

Day 2: Cricklade to Lechlade Photos

Day two starts with another wonderful day and yes those who walked yesterday know that they had walked a few miles. So after a good breakfast it was off to the meeting point, in Cricklade.
Just where are those ardent walkers to join the merry throng, it’s Sunday and they must have been in their beds or on their way to church. So we’ll forgive them as today is mothering Sunday.
Might be good to remember that for the want of safe water many mothers will not have their precious child greet them with a smile and the words ‘Love you Mum’. We hope you all remembered your mums today, maybe even took them out for a treat.

A quiet start to the day with not many people encountered. We did meet up with a couple of canoeists who are attempting to canoe the Thames. They are doing this over several weekends and started yesterday at the source. We expected them to be making better progress than us, however we came across them a short while later when the river was completely blocked by a fallen tree and they were finding somewhere to get out. Of course we stopped to help, one nearly lost his shoe in the mud! Yes it cost them the signing of one our postcards, it was either that or get pushed in!

Later in the day we met a couple who are walking upstream having completed five days last September and will finish at the source tomorrow. Oh and they completed a postcard and gave us a donation.
The day was quiet until late in the day we had to walk a mile section along the A361. Oh the noise hurt your ears we were glad to return to the peace and quiet of the river bank.
Today was a day of bridges and churches. First church was 12th century the second 11th yes we were going back in time.

Tomorrow, the team set off from Halfpenny Bridge in Lechlade, they’ll be leaving at 10.00 a.m. and walking to Newbridge. So what’s stopping you from being with us? You don’t need to do the whole route, you can do a bit of it and we’ll look after. Don’t forget the team need your support in person or if not why not sponsor them, or you can make a donation via www.turnonthtap.org.uk. Don’t forget there is always Tuesdays as well leaving Newbridge at 10.00 a.m. and walking to Oxford. We would really like to see you join us and chat along the way.
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