Lymington Remembrance Walk 2023

The Lymington Remembrance, or Poppy walk started in 2020. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, many remembrance day events up and down the country, including the one in Lymington, were severely restricted.

I decided that year, rather than just pitching up at the memorial with one or two others, I would visit as many memorials in the area as possible, whilst at the same time raising money for veterans charities, The RBL and the Pilgrim Bandits.

Starting at Milford memorial hospital and visiting Keyhaven, St Mark's Pennington, Boldre memorial hall, South Baddesley memorial, eventually arriving at Lymington memorial. for the 11am service.

That first year raised almost £500..... So on to 2021, should I do it again ?

One or two asked were I doing it again and if so, could they join in and come along.... and there the idea was born, to include up to 20 walkers and make it happen.

That year 2021 we also extended the walk to include Boldre Church, making it a nice round number of 21kms in 2021.... Nice and uniform .... With a little bit of publicity, our walk attracted the attention of both BBC Radio Solent and BBC South news, with a great piece on the radio and BBC news coverage and interviews with some of our walkers on the day, instantly making 1 or 2 local characters famous ..... The fundraising that year achieved a remarkable £4600....all of which was added to the Lymington poppy appeal total and helping it reach a record £26000 plus....

In 2022 and yes we did it again.... With more than 20 walkers, we once again raised a phenomenal amount, more than £4k, which was shared between the Poppy Appeal and Scotty's little Soldiers......This year, 2023, our total effort will be for Scotty's, the charity dedicated to supporting the bereaved children of our men and women in uniform..

To sum up, to date our walks have raised just short of £10k........ This year we aim to reach even higher

Thanks for reading this... and a huge thank you to everyone in the community who supports our walk... Lest We Forget.