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Hello all

Daisy Chain 2013 is 14 stage charity walk scheduled for this coming August, in memory of 15 year old Daisy Jean Metcalfe, who died tragically of meningitis in January this year.
All proceeds go directly to Meningitis UK, who are at the forefront of providing charitable assistance to those actively involved in treating and researching this silent killer.

We are walking from Wirral to Aberdeen (Daisy's place of birth) in 14 stages, spread out over a fortnight period. Anybody and everybody is most welcome to participate. Nobody is expected nor obliged to complete all 14 stages, or even 1 for that matter. Willing participants can walk as much or as little as they feel able to. All contributions to this event are gladly welcomed.

The event has been promoted on Facebook for the last 7 days, and the response has been overwhelming. The walk itself is promising to be far more successful than initially forecasted. This is great news for Daisy's family, as organising this event and throwing their enegries into charitable work affords them a platform to begin to come to terms with the devastating loss of a wonderful, beautiful and outstanding young daughter.

We are also hosting some small pre-walk fundraising events in the coming months to publicly promote the walk itself. We have already secured some very attractive prizes which will be up for grabs in a fundraising raffle for Meningitis UK. I will post another thread for these events as they approach.

If you have any enquiries regarding the walk, sponsorship and the individual stages involved please feel free to inbox me here.

Thank you for your interest

Follow us on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/daisychain2013

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Your support is much appreciated, we couldnt do this without the kindness and efforts of others.

Our sincere thanks x

Wonderful idea. My daughter is in the same year at school and told me about the Daisy Chain, a great idea for a great cause. A terribly sad thing to happen and our whole family send our thoughts and love to all of Daisy's family and friends.

We would as a family, myself my other half and my daughter, like to take part in at least one stage. I will PM you for sponsorship information.

Thanks for posting in here, we have all 'liked' on Facebook and will spread the word.

SB xxx

Thanks Sallybear, your interest and support are very much appreciated. We have Meningitis UK sponsorship forms ready for anybody wishing to participate. Thanks again xx

A recent news story covering Daisy Chain 2013:

http://www.wirralbiznetworking.co.u...y-of-wirral-teenager-daisy-metcalfe.html

Here is a route list of all stages in the Daisy Chain 2013 walk. Please note; 1 stage = 1 day.
(As stated, nobody is obliged nor expected to complete the entire walk, or even one stage for that matter. You can walk as much or as little as you can manage, it all helps tremendously :))

STAGE 1, Start date Sat' 17th AUGUST
liverpool to Preston = 28.9miles
STAGE 2, Sunday 18th
Preston to Carnforth = 28.4miles
STAGE 3 + STAGE 4, Monday and Tuesday 19th+20th
( 2 days walk; due to this stage being fairly lengthy we will personally cover this stage )
Carnforth to Penrith = 45.2miles
STAGE 5, Wednesday 21st
Penrith to Sandysyke = 24.9mi...les
STAGE 6, Thursday 22nd
Sandysyke to Teviothead = 27.2miles
STAGE 7, Friday 23rd
Teviothead to Galashiels = 26.9miles
STAGE 8, Saturday 24th
Galashiels to Bonnyrigg = 25.1miles
STAGE 9, Sunday 25th
Bonnyrigg, Forth Bridge(Edinburgh)toQueensferry = 21.9miles
STAGE 10, Monday 26th
North Queensferry to Kinghorn = 12.0miles
Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy = 3.6miles
Kirkcaldy to Dysart = 2.0miles
Dysart to Boreland = 0.8miles
Boreland to Windggate = 5.5miles
TOTAL = 23.9miles
STAGE 11, Tuesday 27th
Windygate to Woodend = 13.2miles
Woodend to Newport on Tay Bridge ( Dundee ) = 9.4miles
TOTAL = 22.6miles
STAGE 12, Wednesday 28th
Newport on Tay Bridge ( Dundee ) to Arbroath = 19.1miles
STAGE 13, Thursday 29th
Arbroath to Inverbervie = 25.6miles
STAGE 14, End date Friday 30th August.
Inverbervie to Aberdeen = 25.7miles

SATURDAY 31ST Balloon and lantern release in Seaton Park Aberdeen!!

We really need all the support we can get for this, and your help would be greatly appreciated. Whether it's joining us on the sponsored walk, attending a pre-walk fundraiser or even just donating a small amount to Meningitis UK; it all helps significantly.

Please follow us on Facebook for more info about what we're doing and why we're doing it:

https://www.facebook.com/daisychain2013

Please 'Like' and share with as many people as possible. Our sincere thanks for your efforts.