HUNDREDS of walkers are due to take on a 21-mile challenge this weekend to raise money for a Stroud charity.
The Five Valley Walk is a fundraiser for Meningitis Now and returns this year after a two-year hiatus.
The route
Beginning at Stroud Cricket Club, the charity walk goes through Stroud’s five valleys of Painswick, Slad, Toadsmoor, Chalford and Nailsworth.
Participants are able to choose between walking part of the route or taking on the entire distance.
Free Stagecoach buses will be available to carry walkers back to the starting point at Stroud Cricket Club.
Walkers who finish the route will be rewarded with a voucher for a free drink.
The sponsored walk has been running for 35 years and supports the charity’s lifesaving research as well as raising awareness and supporting those who suffer from meningitis.
It takes place on Sunday, September 25.
Five Valleys Walk checkpoints
Checkpoints open at 8.30am and close at 5.30pm but Stroud Cricket Club will be open until late.
- Stroud Cricket Club: along the A419 between Stonehouse and Stroud GL10 2LA
- Nailsworth: Morrisons car park, centre of Nailsworth
- Minchinhampton: Corner of Minchinhampton Common, near the Parish Church
- Brimscombe: STB Engineering Ltd, Toadsmoor Road, Brimscombe
- Lypiatt: Round Elm crossroads, Stroud
- Slad: Bus shelter, opposite the war memorial on Slad Road
- Pitchcombe: North end of village, just off A4173 where A46 and A4173 split
- Standish Woods: OS grid reference 832073 (Randwick end)
More information is available here - bit.ly/3db6pYQ
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