This week I watched the very first showing of Love her Wild: Women End2End Relay Film.
What is the Love her Wild: Women End2End Relay:
The film celebrates the journey and the people, that walked from Land’s End to John O’ Groats, in a relay of over 2000km, uniting women of all ages and backgrounds from across the UK.
Last summer the all women relay team hiked the length of the UK, over 74 days in aid of The Woodland Trust, raising £14k as they went. 699 women joined the relay team and helped carry that baton across our beautiful countryside.
The film shows how the relay worked on the ground and highlights a few of the walkers and their stories along the way.
I was part of this mega event last summer and loved being a member of this unique, all female team. Every walker had their own reason for taking part. A place to find friendship and connections, a time to find adventure and enjoy walking in the hills, a space to grieve and heal, a day to reflect and create balance or an event to focus on your physical and mental health.
Every morning the baton was handed over to a new group of walkers, the group then followed the pre planned route, walked all day between 6-10 hours. Logging some serious amount of steps as they went.
The power of the event was in essence it’s simplicity – you register, you turn up and you walk. Everyone was welcome and all encouraged. It was a day to tap into the outdoor sisterhood.
