David Robins Get Connected Walk

David Robins with Carole Pound, Connect's Director of Innovation by the River Taw in Barnstaple. See below for David's blog of the walk and more photos.

It's 1st May 2008 and 'day one' of David Robin's 346 mile sponsored mega-hike across the country. He is aiming to raise £75,000 for people living with aphasia.

David was given a send-off from Boston's 'Stump' by staff and service users from Boston's Pilgrim hospital. Alex Ross, Caroline Cooter and Christine Robbins from the Speech and Language Therapy department at Pilgrims hospital accompanied David for the first five miles of the walk. Mrs Fletcher, who now has aphasia after having a stroke in January, wished David well for his marathon effort.

Phyllis Campbell-McRae, Connect's chief executive joined the well-wishers who gathered by the church in warm spring sunshine. Phyllis thanked David for his generous support of Connect. 'We are immensely grateful for your generous support of our work and your part in helping to raise awareness of this much-misunderstood disability', she said.  David hopes to reach Barnstaple in North Devon on 18th May when he will have walked a distance equivalent to over 13 marathons!

Click on the links below to check out David's progress on the Get Connected walk.