A wonderful effort 👏👏
The 58-year-old is walking to each ofOriginally from Doncaster, David joined the organisation as a volunteer 12 years ago and says he always wanted to do something to fundraise for them.
‘So that was my last excuse. Last September I started planning the walk properly and I set off in April.’On 14 April, David set off from Doncaster, aiming to visit every branch and do a volunteer shift at each one if possible. So far he has done around 65 out of 75 shifts.Now David is 2,500 miles into the walk and is aiming to finish in early 2021.
He explains: ‘I was in Scotland looking for this access point and I couldn’t find it. I was getting frustrated and I thought I was going to have to climb over this fence.‘I walked back down the road and then spotted it. It took me about 40 minutes until I got to where I wanted to be.‘We walked together for a bit and I told her about the walk and she opened up and told me about some troubles in her life.
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