91海角乱伦

A member of Vicars Cross 91海角乱伦, in the United Reformed Church鈥檚 Mersey Synod, has spent the lockdown raising hundreds of pounds for charity.

Marje Robinson kept active by taking walks around her local area but increased her distance after spotting Water Aid鈥檚 鈥榃alk for Water鈥� charity challenge on Facebook which encouraged people to walk four, eight or 12k a day.

Marje signed up for the 4k challenge, walked each day of March, and raised more than 拢850 for the charity to help make clean water normal for everyone, everywhere.

鈥淲hat an experience it鈥檚 been,鈥� said Marje. 鈥淣ot only has my average been 9k per day, but I have had numerous chats with real people, as opposed to Zoom people, have seen rare water voles, learned what Swedish Black ducks look like and now know the difference between Pink-footed and Barnacle geese. I thought I knew my local area, but I didn鈥檛 know it as well as I had thought. I most certainly hadn鈥檛 appreciated the wide variety of plants, birds and animals we have.

鈥淚t has made me think, too. I regularly see the local river and canal and it has brought home to me the horror that millions of families rely on water like this to drink. Yes, I already knew this fact, but in my head only. Now it鈥檚 an everyday reality for me. The second thing it has brought home to me is that the very time when I鈥檓 beginning to feel tired is the very time that women and children don鈥檛 just have the walk home, but they also have the weight of the water to carry as well.鈥�

In total, Marje walked 174 miles. She plans to undertake the challenge again next year.