John Lawton, with wife Lynda, just before he went missing in Greece

Nine volunteers from Cheshire Search & Rescue (SAR) have returned to Greece to renew the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton.

John, from Alsager, went missing while taking part in the Taygetos Challenge near Kalamata on April 8 this year.

Cheshire SAR sent a large team out there for almost a week back in May to help the Greek search teams thanks to generous donations from people in the UK and funds raised by John’s distraught family.

Since then search managers and planners have been working around the clock to organise a second outing.

Greece map, Cheshire SAR (John Lawton search)Now they are fully prepared and briefed to undertake a second six-day search in harsh, mountainous terrain near the western fringes of Greece.

Cheshire SAR spokeswoman Jo McClure said: “We are lucky the six are members who participated on the last search in Greece and they will take the lead as their knowledge and experience of the area will be absolutely invaluable.”

The team in the UK and in Greece will work alongside GAIA Alert, an organisation that has been at the core of the search.

They will be targeting an area around the old town of Kardamyli, Aghia Sofia, Karaveli and the associated valley, monasteries and caves, checkpoint 5 and checkpoint 6, paths,tracks and trails from around the Pedino area into Kalives and Likaki, and cave areas around Apxaia.

The team arrived in Athens yesterday afternoon (June 22).

Members of John’s running club the Sandbach Striders have also been aiding family members and friends in the ongoing search.

You can still help the search by donating. Please text CSAR01£1 to 70070 to help support the team in Greece.

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