Thames Path Extremely Problem raises hundreds to assist residence enchancment business
Revealed: 14 September 2022 – Neil Mead
Wet Day Belief CEO, Bryan Clover efficiently accomplished a gruelling 100km continuous hike final weekend to boost much-needed funds to assist the charity proceed to supply important assist to individuals throughout the residence enchancment, housewares and backyard sector amid hovering vitality payments.
On Saturday, 10 September, Bryan Clover set out from Putney Bridge at the beginning of the Thames Path Extremely; a mammoth 100km continuous hike to Henley on Thames, which have to be accomplished in below 24 hours.
He undertook the powerful problem in a bid to boost the cash wanted to assist the Wet Day Trusts ‘Let’s Save Vitality’ marketing campaign, which provides away free low vitality gadgets – together with LED lightbulbs and eco bathe heads – to assist scale back vitality payments at a time when so many are scuffling with the cost-of-living disaster.
The occasion was no small endeavour and, regardless of 712 hikers beginning the continual problem from Putney Bridge on Saturday, as many as 162 withdrew from the race over the course of the day, largely because of damage. Impressively, Bryan set off at 7:40am and crossed the end line at Henley on Thames at 5:21am the next morning, having accomplished the punishing 100km hike in 21 hours and 41 minutes.
He positioned 240th general for his route and was extraordinarily pleased with this achievement, exclaiming: “When you think about that I used to be actually sufficiently old to be most individuals’ father, I’m fairly satisfied with that inserting!”
There have been a complete of seven checkpoints alongside the route, which recorded individuals’ progress and provided medical care, water and snacks to maintain hikers sustained. Bryan drank a whopping 27 litres of water throughout the problem and joked that he most likely additionally “ate my body-weight in bananas!”.
The blisters and aching limbs he sustained alongside the best way have been all for a great trigger, because the Wet Day Belief’s Let’s Save Vitality marketing campaign works to assist a large number of people throughout the industries that the charity helps. The initiative has proved to be a really efficient approach of enabling individuals to chop their payments by as much as £250 a 12 months, which makes a big distinction for struggling households.
Bryan defined: “The federal government has frozen payments, which is nice, however we have to keep in mind that they’ve been frozen at a degree that lots of of hundreds of individuals nonetheless can’t afford. The federal government assist, while welcome, hasn’t helped individuals, it has simply stopped it getting worse. Charities like us are left to select up the items.”
He additionally thanked the companies that so generously supported the hike – Addis Homeware, Cowal Constructing Provides, Residence {Hardware}, Kuhn Rikon, Monument Instruments, QEP-Vitrex and Workhouse Advertising and marketing.
In the meantime, there may be nonetheless time to assist this nice initiative and recognise Bryan’s immense achievement by donating by way of his fundraising web page right here.
