A CHARITY walker who is heading out on a 250-mile trek is looking for a safe place to sleep when he passes through Rugby.
This July, Mark Willis and his dog Nina are taking on the 23-day, 250-mile Kindness Amble for Canals, Cats, and Canines.
The 59-year-old’s ambitious circular route, starting and ending in Worcester, takes him through Warwickshire, with a crucial overnight stop planned in Newbold-on-Avon.
Having already raised over £1,400 for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and the Canal & River Trust, he is now relying on what he calls the ‘kindness of the towpath’.
Rather than staying in hotels, Mark will be carrying his own gear, pushing Nina the entire way in a customised pushchair, and camping along the route.
Mark is appealing to canal-side pubs, farmers and kind-hearted residents in Newbold to provide him with a small, safe patch of grass to pitch his tent for the night and rest his feet before continuing his trek.
Email Mark at [email protected] to offer help. Visit www.surplex.co.uk/donate to sponsor Mark.
