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A woman from Eastrington has just completed a 190-mile charity walk - with a broken hand.
Thirty-five-year-old Cheryl Robinson hiked from St Bedes on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hood's Bay near Whitby with her hand in a pot.
But, along with her husband Andy Robinson, she completed the trek in just 12 days.
Cheryl said: "During the first week I was in real pain. My hand was so swollen in the first week but in the second week the swelling began to go down."
She added: "I had trouble getting over stiles in particular, and obviously I couldn't help put the tents up that we slept in, nor could I cook or help with the pots. My partner had to do everything; if there was anything to climb I couldn't clamber up, so Andy had to help me do all that as well. But we got there!"
Cheryl broke her hand in a work accident just two days before they set off but was determIned to go through with the walk.
The intrepid couple, who have just returned home, walked up to 30 miles a day, often in scorching weather, from the west to the east coat of Britain.
Their Herculean efforts have raised about £900 for Macmillan Nurses, a charity which provides palliative care and support for people with cancer.
Andy (45) said: "It was hard going out there but there was never a time where we thought 'this is too much'. It was the weather we didn't count on; it was just too hot. We were having to carry extra water all the time and had a great weight on us.
"Add to that the fact that Cheryl had broken her hand just two days before it started - and had to walk all the way with her hand in a pot - and it wasn't a bad effort."
The longest the couple walked in one day was 30 miles, and the shortest stretch was 10 miles.
"We had to dress our blisters on our feet every morning before we set off," said Andy. "We had really sore feet at the end of it all."
The couple would set off about 8am each morning after a night in a tent.
They would then walk for eight-to-ten hours on the hard road surface.
The couple had never walked anything like this distance before, but had taken part in a 46-mile charity walk organised by Macmillan Nurses last year.
However, unlike their last charity walk, this time they were on their own.
Published on 22nd May 2008 in News.
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