Real Action
BLESMA and St Dunstan's
We are serving members of a British Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) (bomb disposal) Squadron who provide intimate support to the civil police within Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as providing personnel for 20 bomb disposal teams in Afghanistan and other theatres.
The Challenge
We are planning an event in June for a team from 521 EOD Squadron, consisting of 8 pairs, to relay run the 272 mile length of the Pennine Way national trail beginning in Edale, Derbyshire and finishing in Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish Border. We have set ourselves an ambitious time limit of no more than 100 hours to complete this challenge. This is certainly no easy feat, given that an average hill walker will do the same route over a period between 2 and 3 weeks.
The Charities
The funds raised in sponsorship for this event will be split between two excellent and very worthy charities:
1. St Dunstan’s. St Dunstan’s gives invaluable physical and emotional support to blind and visually impaired ex-Service men and women enabling them to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
2. The British Limbless Ex-Serviceman’s Association (BLESMA). BLESMA is a national charity which supports wounded service personnel who lose limbs, the use of limbs or their eyesight in the service of their country, from World War veterans to current day service personnel.
Both these charities provide life-long support, proving that there certainly is life after a serious injury!
Our Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/pennine100pursuit
