This afternoon a special visitor arrived at Moelfre RNLI Lifeboat Station.
At 4:00 pm this afternoon we had the pleasure of welcoming Beth Wickes to Moelfre lifeboat station after she had completed the Amlwch to Moelfre leg of her mammoth walk around Britain
Beth is raising money for the RNLI, Lowland Rescue and Mountain Rescue services. She started her long walk at Tower Bridge RNLI lifeboat station in London on 3 Oct 2018. Having already walked the south coast and the West Country she expects the walk to take approximately two years.
As a profession, which is currently on hold, Beth is a cartographer so well used to map reading. Beth said that she had already covered about 1500 miles with an expected walk totaling over 4000 miles.
Whilst some people travel to different parts of the world for adventure Beth decided that this country was beautiful, and the walk provided not only a challenge for her but an opportunity to visit and appreciate all of our coastline. She said, ‘I have seen so many fabulous views so far and the many strangers that I have met on the walk have been so kind and generous to me. To help, people have offered me overnight accommodation which I value, and this support allows my journey to be that much more interesting too’.
Tomorrow is a rest day for Beth, but she will be starting her next leg of her walk from Moelfre to Beaumaris this Saturday morning. If you would like to show your support or accompany Beth on part of her walk, then please join us outside our boathouse this Sat morning July 11th at 10:15 am.
You can follow Beth’s progress by logging on to her website, www.bethfootforward.co.uk
For further information, please contact Phil Williams, Moelfre Lifeboat Press Officer, on 0777 3979910
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