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Post by Les on Nov 3, 2017 14:45:44 GMT
Maidstone I remember it well: Kent Messenger Walk, May 6th 1967. I still have the certificate issued by H R Pratt-Boorman, Editor in Chief and Proprietor of the Kent Messenger. Thousands of people from schoolkids to pensioners took part every year, starting from Dreamland in Margate to Maidstone via Canturbury and Ashford. The certificate says I took 17 hours and 44 minutes - it felt much longer and I was very pleased to reach Maidstone. I'd given up at 32 miles (Ashford) the previous year but some of my schoolmates had finished. In 1967 I was going to finsih if it killed me - it nearly did!
David I thought about doing it myself at the time but then I thought better of it. To everyone that completed the walk I had and have every admiration. Incidently I remember there were one or two who actually ran the course, they were the mad ones. Peter
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Post by Les on Nov 3, 2017 14:47:36 GMT
Yes that's about Mirrored my go at it.
Not forgetting the greasy fry up you got at the finish.
Got home fell asleep on the settee My Mum said I was still walking in my sleep.
Les
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Post by Les on Nov 3, 2017 14:48:47 GMT
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