One man and his dog start 180-mile walk for hospice
One man and his dog are embarking on a 17-day walking tour to raise funds for Dorothy House hospice.
The epic walking challenge being taken on by chief executive John Davies and his springer spaniel Mrytle was launched with a celebration in Milsom Street yesterday.
The Rainbow Steel Band entertained passers-by as Dorothy House staff and supporters mingled with the public alongside a team from Macmillan Cancer Support.
John and Myrtle set off on their 180-mile walk, visiting all 28 Dorothy House shops and 20 towns. Over 17 days the walking challenge will span the hospice’s 700sq mile region across Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire returning to Bath on November 2.
He said: “Please join me on this walking tour as we seek to meet and inspire the community to support this much-treasured hospice and work alongside us to ensure that outstanding end of life care becomes part of the everyday and accessible to everyone.
“I look forward to walking the Dorothy House ‘patch’ and meeting with the public, local businesses, charities and community groups on my travels to share our exciting vision for the future of end of life care.”
The walking tour launches the hospice’s bold ‘Everyday, Everyone’ plan for 2018-2025 aimed at meeting rising palliative and endof-life care needs set to increase by a third by 2025 across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire and Somerset.