More than 1,000 women braved the floods to take part in the St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice 2012 Midnight Walk from Crewe to Nantwich.
The 13-mile stroll should raise thousands of pounds for the hospice which helps hundreds of people across South Cheshire.
This year’s route was reversed to accommodate registration, parking and other facilities and the walk started at MMU’s Crewe campus.
Some ladies keen to participate took part in the Half Moon version – 6.5 miles.
Jane Thompson, head of event management at St Luke’s Hospice, was delighted with the event.
“We had a very difficult 24 hours prior to the walk as the site was completely flooded,” she said.
“We were still discussing with MMU moving into the sport hall as late at Saturday morning.
“However we had tremendous support from the university, ground staff, volunteers and the Crewe Scout group and with a combination of forking of the ground and tensa taping off areas we were able to go ahead.
“It was our own little Glastonbury!”
The start of the walk on June 9 was a sea of brightly coloured turquoise t-shirts. Many of the walkers had a personal connection to the charity, or a friend or family member who has battled with a life threatening illness.
Other walkers were just eager to do their bit for the cause.
Jane praised the support from companies and organisations involved.
“Their support helped us to stem the shortfall we experienced from a drop in walker numbers and we can’t thank them enough.
“If readers visit www.midnightwalk.co.uk they can see all the wonderful people who made the walk possible as each and everyone of them deserve to be recognised.”
It is still possible to donate by texting LUKE02 £1 to 70070.
To find out more about St Luke’s visit www.stlukes-hospice.co.uk or 01606 551246.
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