Lucy Hoyle

March Dog Walking Challenge

I'm walking 124k with Rosco for Dementia UK

This March, I'm walking 124K with Rosco and raising funds to help ensure no family faces dementia alone. I'm taking on the challenge for Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity, and would be grateful for your support.

Your donation, big or small, makes a difference. Just £8 can cover the telephone costs for two families seeking support through Dementia UK's free Helpline. £33 could fund a new dementia specialist Admiral Nurse to spend an hour helping a family in the community, offering practical solutions and emotional support to cope with their loved one’s distressed behaviour.

This charity is very close to my heart, any donation is appreciated! Thank you!

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day thirty one.. 4.12km ✅

Monday 31st Mar
We've done it 🎉🎉  124km exactly 🎉🎉

day thirty.. 3.76km ✅

Sunday 30th Mar
Just one big long family walk today, last day tomorrow.. 4.12km to do... 😁

day twenty-nine.. 6.09km ✅

Saturday 29th Mar
2 days to go... 116.12km done..  7.88km to go.. 😁

day twenty-eight.. 4.43km✅

Friday 28th Mar
The usual quick one to nursery this morning and then a long walk back from nursery this afternoon. Back is killing now though🫠

day twenty-seven.. 4.25km✅

Thursday 27th Mar
4.25km done today, only 4 walks left! 18km to go.. ☺️

day twenty-six.. 4.8km ✅

Thursday 27th Mar
forgot to post yesterday! 4.8km done! 

day twenty five.. 3.65km ✅

Tuesday 25th Mar
Busy day and not great weather so not as far as I'd liked but I have time to make up for it this week🤞

day twenty-four.. 3.81km ✅

Monday 24th Mar
Quick walk to and from nursery this morning and then went for a bit of a longer walk this afternoon, but not long enough! Oh well! 

day twenty-three.. 3.47km✅

Sunday 23rd Mar
Just over 2km this morning, all ready to do another 2/2.5km this afternoon, but the dog decided nope, we'll do just under 1.5km and then that's it, we're done. Wouldn't budge 😂

day twenty-two.. 1.36km✅

Saturday 22nd Mar
busy day today and then the rain came! so only a quick one this morning 😔 

day twenty one.. 3.92km✅

Friday 21st Mar
Struggled on the second walk today! But 10 days to go, and about 3.8km a day needed to reach my target 💪

day twenty.. 4.6km ✅

Thursday 20th Mar
Another beautiful day, 2 walks done today ☺️

day nineteen.. 3.54km ✅

Wednesday 19th Mar
One big long walk in the beautiful sunshine today, Daisy slept in her pushchair so we did a full 3.54km. Unfortunately Rosco is now so tired we can't get out again today to make up some more km's 😂

day eighteen.. 4km ✅

Tuesday 18th Mar
A nice whole 4km today 💪

day seventeen.. 3.55km ✅

Monday 17th Mar
Busy day today but managed to squeeze in 3.55km, happy enough😊

day sixteen.. 5.85km✅

Sunday 16th Mar
Half way! And I've gone over the half way mark so I'm a happy bunny, we can do this💪💪

day fifteen.. 4.45km ✅

Saturday 15th Mar
I'm glad I skipped the second walk yesterday and saved my ankle because it feels so much better today and we've managed 2 walks! 😊

day fourteen.. 2.6km ✅

Friday 14th Mar
Two weeks in... Unfortunately my ankle is really painful today so we've only managed the nursery drop off and nursery pick up.. 😔 Hopefully my ankle recovers soon cause I've got some catching up to do😬

day thirteen.. 4.12km ✅

Thursday 13th Mar
Back on track 💪 I may have hobbled round the second walk but the sun was out so we grabbed our chance ☀️

day twelve.. 2.13km✅

Wednesday 12th Mar
Managed just over 2km this morning, but the on and off rain and a poorly ankle (hoping it's just a twist) means that's all we can get done today! 😞 Pretty sure it's still an average  of 4km a day to do to achieve the target, which we can do! 

day eleven.. 5.1km ✅

Tuesday 11th Mar
Thought we were only gonna get out once today so did a longer walk to nursery. Then I got back earlier than expected, but it was raining... for about 10 minutes, so we waited and then braved the cold. It was definitely worth it, because I now feel good about doing 5.1km over a potential 2.6km!

day ten.. 4.13km ✅

Monday 10th Mar
4.13km, taking Daisy to nursery plus an afternoon walk, bit colder today 😬

day nine.. 3km ✅

Sunday 9th Mar
3km on the family walk today, i was going to try and get out this evening again but Rosco is pooped bless him! Will make up the kilometres another day!☺️

day eight.. 5.11km ✅

Saturday 8th Mar
didn't think I was going to squeeze 2 walks in but we did it 💪💪

day seven.. 4.25km✅

Friday 7th Mar
day seven, a week in.. 4.25km over two walks today and what lovely weather we've had for it! ☺️

day six..

Thursday 6th Mar
So I've worked out my watch hasn't been picking up my full distances, I think it's when I'm pushing Daisy in the pushchair! I've worked out my distances on a map and manually added them to my page. I've worked out I'm currently at 24.92km. So about 139km to go, 25 days... it's gonna be a struggle but we'll do it💪💪 

day five.. 3.6km ✅

Wednesday 5th Mar
3.6km, thought we'd done more but clearly not🤦

day four.. 2.39km ✅

Tuesday 4th Mar
Only 2.39km today, not feeling too great so will have some making up to do! 😞

day three.. 3.53km✅

Monday 3rd Mar
1km on the nursery run this morning ✅
2.5km on the afternoon walk, would have been longer but Daisy saw the park... Then decided to play in the muddy puddles in Crocs... So we had to go home🤦

day two.. 4.56km ✅

Sunday 2nd Mar
4.56km today over two walks, another lovely day❤️

day one.. 4.59km ✅

Saturday 1st Mar
day one and we've had two walks today! thankfully the weather has been nice for us and we've enjoyed it! 

Doubling up...

Wednesday 19th Feb
Thank you for all the donations so far! It's very much appreciated. 

I used my watch to check the distance of mine and Rosco's walk today, 1.5km! 

So I'm going to make it a challenge and double the distance! Instead of 62km in a month we'll be walking 124km instead! 

Thanks for reading 😊

Just a hello...

Tuesday 18th Feb
Hello 👋 

I saw this challenge pop up on my Facebook page and straight away signed up! 

Dementia UK is a very important charity to me and my family, and I know how much they need fundraising right now. 

It will be a challenge for me because currently the dog walks are once a day for about 30 minutes, and I'm not sure of the actual kilometres we do! I'm hoping March will bring lighter evenings so we can do multiple walks and achieve that 62km goal! I'm sure it'll be an easy enough challenge for Rosco though!

Thank you for reading! 

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