Terry Brown, our newest Director and Lichfield worksites manager, has set himself a challenge to walk from the west coast of England to the east coast. He'd like to raise £1,000 in sponsorship for the Trust. Can you help him do it?

The Coast to Coast Walk is an unofficial and mostly unsignposted long distance footpath in Northern England. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the North York Moors National Park.

From the Irish Sea at St Bees to the North Sea at Robin Hoods Bay, Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk passes through some of the most beautiful and varied scenery in the country: the rugged mountains and beautiful lakes of the Lake District, the rolling hills and pretty valleys of the Yorkshire Dales and the expansive heather moorland of the North York Moors, with some dramatic coastal scenery at each end.

I’m Terry Brown; I’ve been a Trust member and volunteer for 12 years, so I know how hard it is to raise money and how careful we are to spend it wisely. As this year marks our 25th anniversary I’ve decided to do a sponsored walk and am asking for your support. In the last 2 weeks in April I’m doing Wainwright’s Coast-to-Coast walk. At about 200 miles, and with a total ascent equivalent to climbing Everest, it’s described as “challenging”, but I’m confident of completing it. I know that simply by being a member you already contribute, and that many of you live a long way from Lichfield, so never get the chance to see the progress we’re making, but if you could make even a small donation it would mean a few more bricks in the wall. Please make any donations via the website, or send to Bob Williams at the address below. Thank you for reading this appeal and, hopefully, for your support. Terry.

If you would like to sponsor Terry you can make an online donation with your debit or credit card using PayPal, or download a sponsorship form and send a cheque to the address below.