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Becky and Uan Salt Path Challenge
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Aim
Walking 40 Miles of the SW Costal Path in August for Swindon, Bats. A fantastic Charity that has helps those with Sight loss find their way!
Hello!
We are a husband and wife from Swindon, Wiltshire.
Looking to take on a Walking challenge to help raise money for a local charity very close to our hearts.
Becky was unexpectedly registered Blind in August 2021, due to a rare degenerative eye condition that she did not know she had.
This has meant a lot of adjusting and a new way of life for us. It has changed our way of thinking about what's really important, and has given us time to take stock and start to appreciate life to its fullest.
One of the things we now appreciate more are the people and activities that bring us joy and purpose.
Becky is always looking for experiences to make her world feel less isolating and small since she lost her sight.
And that's where the Swindon Bats have been an absolute life line!
The Bats is a Sports and Leisure group that support Blind and Partially Sighted people from across Swindon and the surrounding areas to meet up and get involved in meaningful, accessible and fun activities together. Giving people with Visual Impairments a sense of community and belonging.
In the short time since joining the Bats in November 2022 Becky has been able to join British Blind Sports Ten Pin Bowling League, had a visit to Harry Potter World, was able to try her hand at Acoustic Riffle Shooting and Kurling, has visited a local Primary school to talk about Para Sports and regularly takes part in a weekly Pub Quiz with her fellow team mates.
The Bats have become like family and It's given Becky confidence, courage and a community.
Therefore we've decided that we would like to try and give back to this wonderful Group. Bats is a charity that can only run and function if it can secure regular donations and funding from the public. This money goes towards purchasing each Bat team member a Bowling Ball and T- Shirt, towards subsidising trips, days out and events and allows the Club to run its various weekly activities.
We recently listened to the wonderful AudioBook The Salt Path by Raynor Winn (2019) together. It's a wonderful story that really struck a cord with us both.
The book is an Autobiographical story of a married couple called Ray and Moth, who after an unexpected life changing diagnosis for Moth, start to lose everything they've lived and worked for their entire lives including becoming devastatingly, homeless. With no choices left open to them they begin a walking journey which over its huge length of over 600 miles along the Costal Path transforms into a narrative of inner courage and a beautiful heartfelt story about their relationship and nature’s ability to truly heal.
In the book the couple walk the South West Costal Path from Somerset through to Dorset.
We don't think we have the ability to walk the full 630 miles ourselves! So have instead decided to Walk 45 Miles of the Costal Path from Weston Super mare to Minehead, Somerset in order to hopefully raise some funds along the way for Swindon Bats! We'll be walking at the End of August for 3 days.
We would be so greatful for any support you can give no matter how big or small, we know how difficult it can be at the moment for people to find and spare any extra money.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message and please do check out the Swindon Bats and all the fantastic work the Charity does.
https://www.swindonbats.org/
Thank you
and
Best Wishes,
Uan and Becky
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made