The Tinsel Trekkers Take on the Trailtrekker

Trekking across the Yorkshire Dales for Oxfam

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How much stuff can one girl need for a 1 night camping trip! #overload #camping #yorkshire #trailtrekker #oxfam

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Morning walk with the pooch! 1km just another 7km to do! #walk #perfect #sunday #morning

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Spotted a huge rusty ship whilst out on a Oxfam training walk, remembering a time gone by. #sunderland #ship #building #oxfam #training

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Red wine treat! #oxfam #trailtrekker #reward #100km #training

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Just a few snaps from the first 20k training walk of 2014 up at Kielder water!

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So, the total is here....

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New mantra

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View from Chopwell Woods! Team training day 2

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We must remember this on the trek!! Team training day number 2 tomorrow.

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Today is World Food Day. It’s incredible to think that around 80% of the world’s hungry people are directly involved in food production. But what this also means is that if we invest in these small-scale farmers — like some of the people pictured here — and make sure they’re treated fairly, we can help build a fairer future.

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Today is world food day...

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Today’s inspirational message

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Tinsel Trekkers is fundraising on JustGiving for Oxfam

The fundraising page is live!! Thank you in advance to everyone who donates towards this brilliant cause :) 

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First Ten Mile Challenge

On Sunday 6th October two members of the Tinseltrekkers team took on their first ten mile walk. Along with a team of other fundraising champions we walked along the beautiful northern coast line, starting from South Beach in Blyth at 11.00am the group walked all the way to the magnificent Tynemouth Priory. 

This was no ordinary walk, everyone participating in the walk were raising money for another charity Clic Sargent, who have helped a young boy and his family tremendously with his battle with Leukaemia. His battle is still ongoing but hopefully the huge amount raised on the day will help the charity enormously. 

The walk was completed in just over 2 hours which is a little faster than we will be aiming for the day of the Trailtrekker. Both Gemma and Laura took a way some valuable lessons on the day...

1. Gemma discovered that a zip up top is a must!

2. Laura needs to keep her hair out of her face at all costs otherwise she will go stir crazy!

3. Tasks, games and songs will be needed to keep the morale high

All in all the walk was a success, the girls were even keen on a quick snapshot at the end to prove they completed challenge number 1! 

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Day 1 of Team Training

Well, today was the first day of the Tinseltrekker's training...albeit it was only to the Barnes and back, although the walk up Durham Road did take it's toll on all of us. More training is definitely needed before we tackle those 100km

We popped into the Barnes to check out the function room and work out how the first fundraising event is going to be set up! Watch this space find out more about the evening's festivities...

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The Challenge

Watch the video, accept the challenge http://bit.ly/QGukJW

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What is Trailtrekker?

Trailtrekker is now in its fifth year but its family history goes back over 30 years with Oxfam's international 100km event - Trailwalker. It's a challenge concept known and respected the world over.

Find out more about this brilliant challenge here 

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The Challenge...

So the challenge has been set. Gemma, Laura, Nicola and Ruth are setting out to tackle one of the biggest challenges in the charity calendar; The Oxfam Trailtrekker! 

Here's a little map of the challenge that lies ahead for the team, remember that this must be completed within 30 hours and it's not flat!