Tom’s Trek 2023 – The ‘First’ Last Walk

Why did Jane and I and our dog Moses embark on a 14th sponsored walk for ZANE?

We walked because life for the poor in Zimbabwe is a gruelling
fight for survival. Imagine living in a country where inflation is 400% and rising. Imagine living in a country with no social provision: imagine living in a country with no state funded healthcare: imagine being poor, ill and lonely: imagine dying in squalor, facing fear, hunger, and despair.

This could be me: this could be you.

We walked once again to highlight that ZANE is the only lifeline for the many thousands of needy who have no one else to turn to.

We walked once again so that ZANE can afford to assist more people. Our brave ZANE workers say that the thing they dread the most is having to turn desperate people away through lack of resources.
We walked for Marion who is 75 and a diabetic. She worked as a teacher for over forty years.

Marion says: “My savings and pension have vanished and I’m too sick and old to start again. I’m so grateful to ZANE and the astonishing generosity of the ZANE donors. Please thank them for me.“
If you donate to ZANE, please know that the money goes to those in desperate need.

ZANE supporters like you  make the difference between hope and despair and brings smiles to faces and hope for the future. Please sponsor our walk; the need is so great. Thank you so much.

Yours sincerely

Tom Benyon OBE

You can download an OS map (pdf and Word versions) of the route for each day from DropBox by clicking here. There are also GPX files for those who want to download them for use in their favourite GPS app.

The table below gives the start points for each day. These are also the end points for the previous days. The final column gives the What3Words references. This is a clever system used by the emergency services to pinpoint locations. To use it, please download the What3Words app or go to www.what3words.com and enter the reference in the search box.

The number to contact the walkers and driver during the walk itself is 01865 693016. During the walk, this number will be set to divert to the driver’s mobile.

 

Day

Date

Start Point

coordinates

distance (m)

aggregate distance (m)

day of week

what3words.com ref

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

03-Sep

Best Western George Hotel,  Swaffham PE37 7LJ

52.64916, 0.68882

8.95

8.95

su

///squabbles.angers.glares

2

04-Sep

Footpath sign, Roman Road, Houghton

52.74893, 0.65794

8.72

17.67

mo

///unsettled.hours.swooned

3

05-Sep

track crosses Roman Road, nr Great Bircham

52.86604, 0.58247

7.80

25.47

tu

///erupt.cakes.breezy

4

06-Sep

Bridge over River Hun, Holme-next-the-Sea

52.96302, 0.52751

8.36

33.83

we

///tapers.petulant.beaker

5

07-Sep

All Saints Church, Thornham PE36 6NT

52.96009, 0.57926

9.61

43.44

th

///sweated.overpaid.baking

6

08-Sep

Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill PE31 8JB

52.96046, 0.73465

8.29

51.73

fr

///soulful.flasks.streaking

7

09-Sep

The Quay, Wells-next-the-Sea

52.95738, 0.85072

7.76

59.49

sa

///guises.yield.character

8

10-Sep

REST DAY

 

0.00

59.49

su

 

9

11-Sep

St Nicholas Church Hall, Blakeney NR25 7ND

52.95609, 1.01849

8.18

67.67

mo

///professes.mavericks.fades

10

12-Sep

Norfolk Coast Path, nr Weybourne

52.94774, 1.14937

9.06

76.73

tu

///coats.shepherdess.credible

11

13-Sep

Cliff Top Cafe,22 Cliff Rd, Overstrand, Cromer NR27
0PP

52.9194, 1.34327

8.76

85.49

we

///bandwagon.poet.file

12

14-Sep

End of Keswick Road, Walcott

52.84611, 1.49304

9.05

94.54

th

///cars.intestine.lecturers

13

15-Sep

Warren farm, Waxham NR29 4EJ

52.76316, 1.64414

8.03

102.57

fr

///diplomat.blogs.wiped

14

16-Sep

Car Park on Seafront, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
NR30 5NW

52.66294, 1.72807

7.39

109.96

sa

///prom.others.pound

15

17-Sep

Harbour’s Mouth, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
NR31 6PL

52.57134, 1.73392

7.21

117.17

su

///classmate.label.dislodge

 

End point

Lowestoft Railway Station NR32 2EG

52.47449, 1.74961

 

 

 

///pipe.pills.intervals

 

Details of previous walks:
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Earlier walks can be found at www.walkforzimbabwe.com.

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ZANE - Zimbabwe a National Emergency
Registered Charity No: 1112949

company number 05604011
Registered address:
2 Church Street, Bladon, Oxon OX20 1RS

 

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