Tank you for all your wonderful support. The campaign is well underway, and the original, idea was to walk from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela, but after the first 320km to Sahagun, it was decided that the route from Porto to Santiago would be better in the long run, and kinder to my feet. I completed both legs of the journey, and have posted photo essays and a brief update at http://awalkaboutwater.blogspot.com/2019/06/ , so please feel free to visit and have a look. In total 560km was covered, which takes me just over 3000km since last April, walking on behalf of this magnificent charity. Somehow all the hardships, seem easy to bear, when you consider that there are those who suffer far greater hardships than I, and none more so than those who through no fault of their own find themselves bereft of the most basic requirements of daily life, none more so than water.

It is an absolute pleasure to walk for this cause, and I hope you will be inspired by them, and in small part myself, in our mutual desire and dream to eradicate water poverty on the planet.

Arohanui

Richard

Congrats on reaching Santiago, Richard!!

With you in spirit Richard! May this journey be rewarding for you! ❤️

Hello everyone

I will be walking from Madrid to Santiago De Compostella as my first leg of a campaign for Charity Water. Last year I walked from The Netherlands to Santiago, a journey of 2450km, and you can read about that trip at http://awalkaboutwater.blogspot.com/ I also walked on behalf of Charity Water, but this year will do two walks, of which this is the first leg, and will again walk on behalf of Charity Water, this time as an official campaign.

The first leg of the trip will be about 700km. I carry 20kg's on my back, and average 20km a day, in solidarity with those who are forced to do so on a daily basis, just to collect their daily water.

I hope that you will feel inspired by this walk and look forward to posting Photo's, Poetry, and updates from the trail as we walk this road together for a wonderful Charity who are doing magnificent work with those who are most in need.

Water is Life!

Thank you

Rich