Joel Condron aged 9 is walking to London from Oakham to raise cash for
Save the Children Refugee Appeal
Joel Condron, from Oakham, will set off on October 24 with his dad a tent and toothbrush
They are hoping to raise £5,000 for Save the Children - a global charity which provides
disaster relief for youngsters around the world.
Joel is Oakham CofE Primary School pupil and has already raised more than £500 from
a JustGiving webpage which he set up earlier this week.
Fundraising page: http://igg.me/at/WalkingtoLondon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChildrenBeHappy
The route
Our itinerary with approximate arrival times and a map of the route we will be taking is shown below. We will be going through lots of towns and villages. The places marked in bold are where we'll be hoping to find somewhere to pitch our tent for the night:- Day 1 (Sat 24th Oct): 10:00 Oakham, 11:00 Brooke, 12:00 Preston, 12:40 Uppingham, 13:30 Lyddington, 14:30 Caldecott, 15:15 Rockingham, 16:00 Corby
- Day 2 (Sun 25th Oct): 10:00 Corby, 11:30 Geddington, 13:00 Kettering, 14:00 Pytchley, 15:40 Orlingbury, 16:30 Little Harrowden
- Day 3 (Mon 26th Oct): 10:00 Little Harrowden, 10:30 Great Harrowden, 11:15 Wellingborough, 12:15 Irchester, 16:00 Olney
- Day 4 (Tue 27th Oct): 10:00 Olney, 11:30 Sherington, 12:30 Newport Pagnell, 15:30 Browns Wood (Milton Keynes)
- Day 5 (Wed 28th Oct): 10:00 Browns Wood (Milton Keynes), 13:15 Leighton Buzzard, 15:00 Eaton Bray, 16:15 Whipsnade
- Day 6 (Thu 29th Oct): 10:00 Whipsnade, 12:00 Great Gaddesden, 14:00 Hemel Hempstead, 15:15 Kings Langley
- Day 7 (Fri 30th Oct): 10:00 Kings Langley, 10:45 Abbots Langley, 12:15 Watford, 14:45 Stanmore, 15:45 Edgware
- Day 8 (Sat 31st Oct): 10:00 Edgware, 11:00 Hendon, 11:30 Golders Green, 12:15 Hampstead, 12:45 Chalk Farm, 13:00 Camden, 14:00 Somers Town, 15:00 Holborn and finally at around 16:00 - The Kindertransport Statue.
You will be able to track progress live their Twitter page.
If you would like to walk with them through your town/village, offer somewhere, e.g. your garden, to pitch our tent, support them, or just come out and say 'Hi' please do.
