The Penair Oldies Blog

Friday, 9 July 2010

ROUGH details of walk - subject to change

For those that had asked for a more detailed idea of our route this is the latest ROUGH guide to where we'll be and when:

Steve, Joe, Chris and Clive will start the walk (possible 2 more walkers yet to be confirmed)

22nd August - Start Torpoint - Anthony - Whitsand Bay; camp in Looe / Polperro area
23rd August - Looe/Polperro - Polruan - Fowey. Camp Fowey area.
24th August - Fowey - St.Austell Bay - Charlestown - Mevigissey - camp Gorran Haven area.
25th August - Gorran Haven - walk inland to Grampound - Probus - Tresillian (call in at Rachael - she don't know this yet!) - Truro - have a bath at home!

Neil and John join walk at this stage (John one day only)
26th August - Enterprise boat to Falmouth - walk around Pendennis - swanpool - Helford Passage - cross via Ferry, camp on Heford Village side.
27th August - Helford Village - Porthallow - Coverack - Cadgwith - Lizard. Camp Lizard area
28th August - Lizard - Kynnance Cove - Mullion - Marizion - camp Mount's Bay
John rejoins the walk from this day
29th August - Mount's Bay - Penzance - Newlyn - Mousehole - Lamorna - Lands End - easy!

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Penair School - good to their word!

Penair School - good to their word!

Penair (via their Dep Head Jill Longden) have come up trumps! A sizable donation was recieved with school ties and numerous badges!

Obviously we're please as punch to be associated with the school even after all this time (25 years since we left this year!).

Thanks again Penair School!

Monday, 5 July 2010

Injury worries!

Injury worries!

On a training walk into work Clive sprained his left ankle at Newmills Ford. Now tightly bandaged and advised to rest hopefully shouldn't be a problem for our walk in just 7 weeks time!

Please keep encouraging others to sponser us; we're doing well but to steal a quote from a well-kown Supermarket - "Every little helps!"

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Coast 2 Coast Challenge

Joseph has been raising money to fund his WSJ experiance, he has recently completed a walk from Par on the South Coast to Port Issac On the North Coast, this is around 32 - 35 miles.

The group decided to complete the walk, whilst taking a wheel barrow with them.

Joseph is the second child from the right

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Rachael Curtis comes up trumps!

Rachael Curtis presents Steve with a sizable donation to our cause outside of her Florist in Tresillian. A very generous gift on behalf of all the Oldies (despite her not liking the name - says it ages her as well) a huge Thank You!

Monday, 7 June 2010

Penair Oldies - Bodmin Moor - crossing a fence in style!

Penair Oldies - Bodmin Moor - crossing a fence in style!, originally uploaded by C.H.Stocker.

In crossing Bodmin Moor, we took the odd wrong turning. I course (with style and grace) showed the others how to cross a fence (with rusty barbed wire) carefully.

Like a Mountain Lion I'm sure you would all agree!

(c) J.Brinkhoff

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New Penair Oldies Photo Stream

New Penair Oldies Photostream on Flickr at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cstocker/sets/72157624097256609/

Sunday, 6 June 2010

The Fifth Oldie breaks radio silence!

We've finally made contact with Simon "Min" Nicholls - the fifth Oldie! After a long period of radio silence he's surfaced at last! Although computer illiterate (his admission) so he won't see this update, it's good to hear from him again. Hopefully he'll join us on later updates

Four Tor Trek - Training accross Bodmin Moor

The four Oldies embarked on the hardest training to date, walking accross Bodmin Moor from Rough Tor to Tolborough Tor, including Brown Willy and Cathole Downs on the way.

After many miles (and much sun burn) we made the 10 - 12 miles miles in about 4 - 5 hours; not bad going for a bunch of old farts!

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Honoury Oldie finally starts his training!

Honourary Oldie Chris finally starts his training! It took a lot of encouraging but I finally got Chris out of the house and do a 6 mile walk yesterday!

(Picture taken climbing the 81 steps to the back of Kenwyn Church)

Welcome!

Welcome to the Penair Oldies Blog

Four old school friends who have stayed together through many of life's many adventures.

We have always kept in touch, supported each other through marriages, funerals, one divorce and between us 11 children!!!

We reunite twice a year if possible, in the Autumn for many years especially to remember Kaimen Wong who passed away in early November 1986. He was a brilliant young man who I think would have approved of our joint nuttiness! We never make such reunions morbid, more a happy celebration of life and to ensure he remains part of the Oldies!

Until this stage, we jokingly called ourselves the 'Old Buggers'!

In 2010 we began the Oldie challenges. Started because of a rainy day talk over a cup of coffee at Steve's house, we decided to formally try and raise money to help send his son Joseph to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden! Between us we walked the south Cornish Coast from Rame Head to Lands End, a total of 150 miles (give or take). Because of the need for a more public profile, this page was created along with a new name more media friendly - 'The Penair Oldies'

The Challenges continued albeit slightly more low-key - In 2011 we walked 26 miles between Devoran - Portreath and back again on the 30th July 2011

In 2012 - We attempted to cycle from Plymouth Hoe to Dartmoor and back again! This particularly was important for me as it marked the last event the 'old' me took place in. (for those not in the loop, ask someone else, it's no secret and I'm getting tired telling the same story after all this time!)

In 2013 - we walked between Rough Tor to Golitha Falls Bodmin Moor - a huge undertaking made worse as it was the first for the 'new' me. The boys were brilliant and really you couldn't ask for better friends

2014 we took a slightly different approach. Rather than distance we went exploring! We walked the banks of the Rover Tamar from Gunnislake discovering the long forgotten river port of 'New Quay' hidden in the undergrowth. Brilliant, March adventure that for that time of year was warm and bright.

2015 we had a far more relaxed challenge. I was still getting over an operation, Neil was awaiting yet another baby-oldie, Steve is old and John, well John just doesn't age curse him! So a gentle stroll across almost ten miles of the south Devon countryside close to the South Devon Steam Railway.

2016 marked 30 years since Kiamen's passing - our reunions reflected that. - Princetown on Dartmoor to Plymouth - "Prison to the Sea".

2017 - an easier trek across the China Clay Pit area of Cornwall down to the sea

2018 - provisionally two challenges are planned!! The first will be the usual Oldie silliness - this time cycling the length of the Camel Trail and back again (about 50 miles, don't tell the rest of them!)

The second is a "mini" challenge in so far as just Neil and Claire will be doing it - the Three Peak Challenge,

Claire and the Old Buggers (Penair Oldies)