Diego_Sideburns Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 ..... keep in touch with how we are getting on at www.tradwin.com.... Anyone know how the Dr. Kershaw's Two are getting on? There has been no mention on the tradwin site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Anyone know how the Dr. Kershaw's Two are getting on? There has been no mention on the tradwin site. Peanuts updated his facebook yesterday with some comment about Kidders' feet being a bit sore. Think they're still on target! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 LONG walk ahead . . . Phill Higgins (left) and Andrew Durrans are walking from Millwall FC to Boundary Park good luck lads , i am sure you will do it ,and make some money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice , and i hope you have good strong shoes like new balance ,which are good for walking in ,,...................,and i hope someone lets us all know how you both are getting on wheres the ruck-sacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Updates from Peanuts' Facebook: day 4 over 30 miles walked longest and hardest so far. 7:24am (4/8) day 5 on thru liecester another wet one the kidders feet deteriorating. 9:32pm (5/8) day 6 liecester - derby kidders feet very poor & require medical attention. 5:38pm (6/8) Drama queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 they'll be on the way to Rowsley now, it's Bakewell show this week so they'll might struggle if they close the Monsal Trail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel M Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 There'll be a plug for the walkers on TGMFS this week. I've put the same interview on the MEN website as well if you click on 'sport' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Setting off for Oldham soon via Hayfield. We should pass Phil and Kidders and give them a bit of encouragement on their final stage. Don't forget they are organising a bucket collection in Oldham town centre beginning at 12 midday, and anybody wishing to accompany them down to Boundary Park is more than welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky_Latic Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 It looks like they've had an early start today. Peanuts stuck this on his facebook at 6am. last day today hayfield to oldham thats 207 miles in 9 days well done boys fantastic effort. Go on Lads. Cracking achievement. Well done. Hopefully the rain will keep off for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 we did indeed set off from the lantern pike at 8.10 clearing glossop at 1000 cracking pace have been joined bye phills girlfriend andys brother and dad so the group of five making there way up mottram cutting and through stalyvegas as i type hope to see some of you in town center around 12.30 at the bucket collection then join us down to the ground see you later folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Updates from Peanuts' Facebook: day 4 over 30 miles walked longest and hardest so far. 7:24am (4/8) day 5 on thru liecester another wet one the kidders feet deteriorating. 9:32pm (5/8) day 6 liecester - derby kidders feet very poor & require medical attention. 5:38pm (6/8) Drama queen very very badly blistered and infected left foot doctors told him not to walk for aweek ! had a days rest thurs then back at it 30 miles matlock to hayfield yesterday bloody proud of him some drama queen ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 did the lads get to the match on time ??and how are their feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 we all got there intime bob did the half time draw as well you even got a mention from franny for an email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 we all got there intime bob did the half time draw as well you even got a mention from franny for an email just got home now. thanks for all your support. pity i had no internet access during the walk. ill stick a summary up later, but im off out soon for a celabratory curry, and then on into town. today kidders was walking better than me. dunno if you heard but frannie took the piss out of me cos i was limping, arrived in good time (1.50pm) for kick off. the website is still open for any donations, and will be until the end of august. thanks again for everyones support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 just got home now. thanks for all your support. pity i had no internet access during the walk. ill stick a summary up later, but im off out soon for a celabratory curry, and then on into town. today kidders was walking better than me. dunno if you heard but frannie took the piss out of me cos i was limping, arrived in good time (1.50pm) for kick off. the website is still open for any donations, and will be until the end of august. thanks again for everyones support. Very well done to you both, that's a tremendous effort. One problem You do realise that you are now the lucky charm and will have to go through exactly the same preparation before every home game don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Very well done to you both, that's a tremendous effort. One problem You do realise that you are now the lucky charm and will have to go through exactly the same preparation before every home game don't you? should of seen the look they gave me when i said they should do a lap of honour ! well done lads again had a great week with ya both and know what youve been through and a big thanks to all those who have donated as thats what its all about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDdErZ Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thankyou to all the support weve received and all the people following our progress been a really good experience and i dont regret any of it. I did sadly have to take a break on wednesday to go hospital because basically i couldnt put any weight on my left foot and was being bollocked by a nurse (told peanuts to take me home straight away) and a doctor because the cut aside i had a red line running upto my knee which was described as 'tracking' a sign of infection and if i walked anymore on it would continue to go up my leg and eventually im putting infected blood in my heart, been taking 12 tablets a day since. I managed to get myself back and through friday and saturday i did my best. Too many people to thank for so many reasons, jacko with the t shirts, the support drivers gerry and keith, all of the sponsors (inc jeff on here who visited us one evening as we ate) weve got lots of letters to send to individuals who've helped us. Yesterday was a great day and what a football match to walk all that way for even if we were all as wet as a fishes swimsuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Today is the first day ive had off from walking, and i have to say i honestly dont think i could have walked today if i had too. The stairs are a nightmare, and im walking like a penguin. The missus walked with us back from hayfield with us, as did kidders brother and dad, and They were feeling the pressure after 16 miles, s o you can imagine how im feeling this morning. worst thing though is that im absolutely shattered. anyway, thought you might be interested in a brief summary, day to day, and a few highlights of the trip. day 1 Millwall - Colney Street (M25 London Border) After getting lost in london with kidders dodgy sat nav, we eventually arrived at the new den at 9 am, to be greeted by the news sky television hadnt bothered to show up, but the plus side was there was a strippergram in the millwall cafe so we enjoyed that, especially my dad. eventually departed around 9.45. was meant to be meeting MarkOasis who was going to do a couple of miles with us, however i dont know my westminster bridge from my london bridge and i told him the wrong one. sorry buddy. after getting a little lost near victoria station, we eventually found our way to hyde park, marble arch and onto Edgware road, which would eventually lead us all the way up to St Albans. Making it to the M25 Border was a real achievement on the first day, we expected to finish around 1 or 2 miles short, but being fit and fresh, we pushed on and were ahead of schedule. a note here about my dad, our support driver who got lost in london, and somehow managed 120 miles in 6 hours. he was a little pieved to say the least. Day 2 Colney St - Hockcliffe Typically, we slept in on day 2, not setting off until around 10am. it was our intention to start at 8 every day but so far it just wasnt happening. setting off without any breakfast we were both starving and stopped for our hours break just 3 miles into the day, in st albans. this left us with 20 miles to do without a break, and day 2 proved to be much harder than the first day. the first signs of blisters were appearing on kidders foot, and we were both yawning away at the evening meal. on the plus side though, i got to top up my tan. nettle stings made their first appearance today as well. We had some problems on the second day with the premier inn, as they had miss placed our booking, but my dad did his flirty bit with the receptionist, and she begged her boss to let us stay for the night, so we did our bit and bought her a box of chocolates. Day 3 Hockcliffe - Horton This proved to be a ridiculous day, with no clear direct route to our destination, we had to use the back roads around newport pagnall, which must have added miles onto our day. we were still walking at 7 pm, and the frustration of walking around the houses was shown when we passed the Horton sign. heads were down, and the rain mid morning didnt help. with the extended milage not helping both moral and feet, we were both relieved to see the finish line. Was nice to see a friendly face in Jeff (Inspiral Carpet) in the pub at our premier inn, who kindly bought us a pint. Day 4 Horton - Market Harbrough I will hold my hands up and say i got the milage wrong today. Before we set out, we knew it was to be the longest day of our journey, with a planned 27.9 miles, but this turned out to be more like 34, on a straight road. Kidders was finding it increasingly difficult with his blisters, and the length of this journey didnt help. We had covered around 16 miles before stopping for dinner at around 2 o clock. After making it to Northampton with no problems, the next leg of the journey took us forever. Dinner saw the change over of our support drivers, and a big thank you to my dad for doing a stirling job over the first 4 days. He was now handing over the reigns to peanut, who again over the coarse of the week, did a stirling job. by the time we had crossed the a14, our pace had slowed considerably, and we were on the virge of stopping short with around 7 miles to go. kidders had got cramp in his foot, and the heat (we had both turned red with sun burn, and dehydration was kicking in) was killing us, but we plodded on and reached our destination eventually. Thankfully, this was to be the hardest day we would experience, but again, moral was extremely low at this point. Day 5 Mkt Hbrgh - Stanton Bardon We were looking forward to the evening as we were meeting one of my dads colleagues from Speedy Hire, who were kindly buying our evening meal, and paying for our accomodation for the next two evenings. Top notch accomodation at that. During the day, things went well in the morning. we began our journey up the A6 in torrential rain, but spirits couldn't be dampened, and we stormed along, and were on the outskirts of leicester by dinner. after lunch, we made a bad decision in walking around the ring road instead of straight through the city, but these things happen. after walking past a gypsy camp, with horses grazing on the local council football pitch, and then right through an extremely rough council estate, with streets strewn with mattresses and sofas, we were glad to make it back to the country, and a relatively pleasent end to the day, up through ratby and up to Stanton Bardon. Everything seemed to go wrong in Leicester. We lost the room key, Kidders was suffering overnight with his feet, and we had no signal whatsoever on our mobiles. this was to run into the following day. Day 6 Stanton Bardon - Allestree The day had just begun, and already i had very limited battery life on my phone due to me forgetting to put it on charge. this made it extremely difficult all day to keep in contact with the support car. we had also lost the room key, which still to this day has not been found in my bag. around a mile into the journey, it became quite obvious kidders was in considerable discomfort and the decision was made as a team that it was in our best interests that he gets some medical treatment. I wont go into detail on this as he has explained above. So I was left to battle on alone, with my singing partner gone, and nobady to play stupid anagram games with, it was just a case of switching off and getting on with it. I did ok as well, making cracking progress, until dinner, where i met Peanut and Kidders in the pub for lunch. By this point, I think I had already taken a wrong turn unknowingly, and continued on the wrong path for around 4 miles. The reason I didnt notice was that the road i was on ran parallel with the road i should have been on, and i was still picking up all the town signs i was expecting too. when i eventually realised, i was around 4 miles east of where i should have been. After a detour past donnington park, i decided to take as short cut up the canal to derby, and i eventually finished the day at around half eight i think. Day 7 Allestree - Rowsley The easiest day of the journey by far. after a cracking fry up, i set out at artound 10 am, again on my own as kidders was still not 100%, All day was spent on the A6, and because of the lack of map reading involved, i was finished by 4.45pm. a good hour and half earlier than any finish time we achieved all week, and with a late start to boot. the highlight of today was seeing my first manchester sign. it might have said manchester 55 miles, but it was a sign all the same. We also made an appearance on GMR this morning, Speaking to Diane Oxbury on the breakfast show, although only a small piece, it was publicity all the same. The downside of today was that in the late stages, i began to feel my Achilles Tendon pulling on my left heel, not a problem at this stagem but it was to worsen in the latter stages of the journey. Day 8 Rowsley - Hayfield The penultimate day, and Kidders was back on the mend and decided to join me once more. I was glad of the company, and it was clear to see kidders was glad to be back, and although we didnt finish until pushing nine pm, this was probably one of our best days on the road, purely because we took other routes other than road, and we had a laugh while we were out there. We were finding it increasingly difficult to get up in a morning, and sleep was the biggest hindering factor throughout the journey. we didnt begin today until half ten, and we were both feeling aches and pains, but we pulled eachother through. we decided to go off road, and took a 4 1/2 mile bridal way, cutting around 3 miles off our journey, although the terrain was extremely difficult, and at times, we were climbing at vitually 50 degree inclines, it was better because it made a change to the heavy traffic we had been walking along side for much of the journey. it began to dawn on us how close we were to home on arrival at the hotel as we were greated by my mum and dad, who treated us to lunch. much appreciated. The final day, day 9 Hayfield - Boundary Park We had been looking forward to the final day all week. not only were friends and family walking the final leg with us, there was also a bucket collection in oldham centre on our behalf, which alone raised 200 pounds, and we met the collectors on route and together, around 20 completed the last leg from oldham to bp. as you already know we also drew the half time draw, and spoke to frannie pitch side. this was all topped off by the 4-3 win, and a curry house celebration. however, before all that, there was the small matter of the final 16 miles. typically, crossing the oldham border, we were greeted by torrential rain, and we were soaked by the time we hit oldham centre, but that didnt stop us enjoying the day. en-route, i received a phone call off jimmy wagg at gmr, who spoke to us on air for a good 3 or 4 minutes. had a good crack with him and he seemed genuinely interested in what we were about. were really feeling the achilles by the final day, and the others walking with us had to really drag me along, but the feeling we both had walking down sheepfoot lane was one i have never experienced before. as kidders has said, a big thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way. everyone who has sponsored us, and our main sponsors, Tradwin, Vital Products, www.gofixit.co.uk Speedy Hire, Premier Inn and NG Bailey. I edition, Thanks to Jacko for our t shirts, Peanut and my dad for support driving for us, Schoey for putting us up on our first night, all our walkers and bucket collectors on the last day, and to latics, the chron, the men and gmr for helping publise it. Finally the last thanks goes to kidders for pushing the pain barrier to the limit and also sending me insane with absolute nonsense during our journey. the donation page is still open until the end of the month, so if you could spare a few coppers, dr kershaws would be more than greatful. Thanks again for your support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Mrs Sideburns and I were hoping to see you between the Lantern Pike and Mottram, but we assumed wrongly that you would go via Charlesworth and Broadbottom. Tremendous respect for you lads. Hope more people sponsor you before the end of August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 well done lads ,not many would do a long walk like that ,you both are heros and i hope people carry on donating for a good cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Sounds like you did well to get through the fleapits of the Midlands alive, especially given that modern tedhnology doesn't work there. Top effort. No luck with Five Live then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_ok Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Sounds like you did well to get through the fleapits of the Midlands alive, especially given that modern tedhnology doesn't work there. Top effort. No luck with Five Live then? You're right, tedhnology hasn't reached these parts yet. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 You're right, tedhnology hasn't reached these parts yet. What is it? You wouldn't understand, it's something to do with siance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliggi Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 tried them andy, no response. i did however get on gmr twice, they contacted me on both occassions, the second being in the pre match build up on sat for a good five mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDdErZ Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Well reviewed phill was a great experience, thanks to you as well was a brilliant week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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