PJ's Sudbury to Sudbury 152 mile walk for 'Children in Need' Nov 04

152 MILE WALK - SUDBURY, DERBYSHIRE, TO SUDBURY, SUFFOLK

Few people would consider walking 150 miles in one long weekend. But Suffolk Army Cadet Force Staff Sergeant William Picton-Jenkins of Sudbury is doing just that between 11th to 15th November 2004 in aid of the BBC 'Children in Need' Charity.

He intends to walk the 152 miles from Sudbury in Derbyshire to Sudbury in Suffolk. 'It's downhill if you do it that way', he says.

Known to all in Suffolk ACF as 'PJ', he is no stranger to long-distance walks. His passion for Long Distance Endurance Walking includes the remarkable tally of a 60 miles 26-hour non-stop walk around Epping forest in Essex, a 24-hour non-stop walk across Dartmoor and a 48-hour 90 miles non-stop Essex Way Walk.

Involved with the Army Cadets for 28 years, now aged 39, he is the Sports and Duke of Edinburgh Award Officer for C Company, Suffolk ACF, based in Ipswich.

In 1982 PJ attempted to walk around the coast of Great Britain starting from Shoeburyness. Via the South Coast, Land's End, the Severn Bridge, around Wales, the Western part of England, then Scotland, crossing over to the Isle of Oban and then Skye, he eventually reached Durness at the top westerly part of Scotland and then walked across to John 'O' Groats. At Wick, he had to call it a day due to ligament problems. But his aim is to finish his coastal walk, starting from Wick, and back down to Shoeburyness!

Another aim, says PJ.' is to walk around the world starting at the age of 65 or thereabouts.'

Your pledge or sponsorship, no amount is too small, should be sent to C Company HQ, Suffolk Army Cadet Force, TA Centre, Yarmouth Road, Ipswich, IP1 4BH, Tel and Fax 01473 252562 or you can text or telephone 07899 848076 and make a donation.

PJ'S REPORT ON HIS 150 MILE WALK

I started from Sudbury in Derbyshire on Thu 11 Nov at 1650 hrs walking until 0200 hrs Friday morning
eventually kipping in a bus shelter at a place called Barton-in-the-Beans. Woke up at 0400 hrs.
continued walking in a general south-easterly direction until 2100 hrs Fri.
When I was just too tired to continue I decided to lie down in a farmers field just outside Corby waking up at 0200 hrs
and carried on walking until 0100 hrs Sunday morning
finding a telephone box in a village called Elsworth where I slept until 0600 hrs.
I continued on to Horseheath just west of Haverhill, Cambridgeshire, Sun at 2000 hrs. (See below)
I left at 0400 hrs on Monday morning from the pub.
Sudbury was reached at 1545 hrs Monday evening 15 Nov.

9 hrs walk
2 hrs rest
17 hrs walk
5 hrs rest
23 hrs walk
5 hrs rest
14 hrs walk
8 hrs rest
12 hrs walk

'The Horseheath pub was the Old Red Lion where they offered me a room for the night free of charge valued at Ł75.
The chef, Ben, sponsored me to the tune of a fiver.'

Our sincere congratulations PJ on a magnificent effort.