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SPIRIT OF GIVING
NEWS
Year 12 pupil raises over
£1,600 after completing
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast
Walk in just over a week
YEAR 12 PUPIL, RAFFERTY S, HAS COMPLETED AN INCREDIBLE 190 MILE WALK IN LESS
THAN 10 DAYS, ALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN AFRICA.
Accompanied by his friend Fred from
incredible determination of Ra昀昀 and Fred
Bishops’ Stortford College, Ra昀昀 began his
to complete it in just nine days.
challenge at St Bees in Cumbria at 7am
on Saturday 25 May. His goal was to
To achieve this, the duo had to walk an
walk as much of the famous Wainwright’s
average of 24 miles a day – the same
Coast to Coast Walk as possible. On
length as a marathon – all while carrying
average, the 190-mile Coast to Coast
supplies and camping equipment. “We
Walk takes 12-14 days, demonstrating the
considered a few routes in the UK that we
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