coast to coast for Charlie

Today was day one of our challenge to walk from Blackpool to Scarborough.  We drove up to Blackpool on monday evening and eventually settled in our motor home by the side of the coast road. We had an unsettled night what with the noise from the traffic and the rocking motion of the van every time a car drove by. We even had some lovely drunk people bang on the side of van. We all woke at 7 am and made sure a good breakfast was had. We drove down to the starting point just before 8 am and after a few pictures Gary and Dan set off.  Our first port of call was Blackpool fc to have our picture taken with New signing Jacob Mellis. A big thank you to Stewart Hudson for arranging it all for us. The lads then set off on the main journey. They set a good pace completing their first five miles in just over an hour.  They slowed down slightly over the day but not by much.  The weather stayed pretty good for us , only slight rain for a little while.  We reached our first days destination, Gisburn, around 6 pm. A good dinner of pasta and very welcome showers were had and then a quiet relax in preparation for tomorrow's leg of the journey.