Who walked the Lyke Wake Walk challenge: a 41-ish mile walk spanning the width of the North Yorkshire Moors, in under 24 hours. This walk is traditionally taken to remember coffin bearers and funeral processions, so this will be a poignant challenge to take.

All money will be split evenly between Macmillan and Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support. Without these wonderful charities, our loved ones would have had a much tougher time dealing with their illnesses. Dan and Alex Donate here

Thanks also goes to Demons East Devon MC for the fabulous venue, help throughout the day in general and of course use of their clubhouse.
Along with all the wonderful class sponsors and Raffle prize donators, both businesses and private individuals.

Thankyou to everyone who helped with the BBQ and the Raffle and bar. Thanks to other boules league players from The Kingfisher Public House & The Gerrard Arms, Colyton Devon who came and supported our Event it was a great afternoon. Well done Matt & Steve our winners!!

Thankyou to friends and family who attended the afternoon tea and raffle and those who donated prizes, cream. scones, jam & cake to make it possible.

The booking system has been designed to give priority to those going through treatment or recently finished. The confirmation and information is sent within the Eventbrite ticket. You can also manage your booking by cancelling any dates you are no longer able to use.

A location that has kept me positive since an incurable cancer diagnosis five (yes, FIVE!) years ago is Lyme Regis in Dorset. When I retired from teaching, and with some help from my husband, I was able to buy a small flat there. It has parking, which is gold dust in Lyme, but above all it has a view of Lyme Bay. The view stretches along the Jurassic coastline from Stonebarrow Hill at Charmouth to Portland Bill. The evening light changing shadows on the coastline and sea is magical. Once I sat at my table there happily doing a jigsaw of the very view I was looking at!
But another asset of this resort is thanks to a wonderful local charity, Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support, founded by Mary Kahn, a local one-time nurse, who won a bid for funding and acquired the use of a beach hut. Having had cancer herself she knew that however excellent the medical care may be there is a need for emotional support as well.  She has managed to set up sundry pleasurable hobbies, free for use for local cancer sufferers, ranging from flower arranging, art classes, woodwork, leather work, silver making, aqua therapy, Nordic walking, wild water swimming, creative writing, tea and chat, acupuncture, counselling, pie and pint, talks on relative cancer problems, and there is a library of books and quirky Wentworth jigsaws.   For me the top joy is the beach hut. I was lucky enough to have enjoyed a childhood by the sea on the Wirral. From our windows we could see the Irish Sea, the tidal Dee estuary and the Welsh coast beyond, and, on a clear day, Snowdon. Maybe that is why I love that coastal view in Lyme so much.  The beach hut has tables and lounger chairs as well as smaller ones. Sheltered, I watch swimmers and boats, enjoy the sound of children playing, waves breaking, am amused by gulls who daren’t quite dash in to steal our picnic, and I read ‘The Lady’ or tussle with its challenging Ladygrams. Bliss!