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Join the Oswestry Walkers for the Oswestry Round Challenge and raise funds for cancer charities
Walk the ORC!
The Oswestry Round Challenge (ORC) is now in its fourth year. This year it will be held on Saturday 15 June. It is a 33-mile (or 17-mile) charity walk combining parts of Offa's Dyke Path and the Montgomery and Llangollen Canals to form a complete circuit around Oswestry. The route starts and finishes at the Lion Quays Hotel and Spa complex on the A5 just north of the town.
'The Oswestry Round is a delightful route,' explains Dave Andrews, who wrote the book it's based on. 'The Challenge is a great way to meet people, get some exercise and raise money for two cancer charities at the same time. It's always a fun day, even when it rains!'
During its first three years the ORC and the book together have raised over £40,000 for Cancer Research UK and Lingen Davies Cancer Fund at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The organisers' aim this year is to raise a further £25,000.
The Challenge is based on 'The Oswestry Round' written by Dave, who is currently Reader and Writer in Residence at Oswestry Library, and his wife Jane Trudgill. Dave was treated in the Lingen Davies Centre in 2014 and he sees the book and the annual Challenge as ways of saying thank you for the care he received.
This year's Challenge will be held on Saturday 15 June. Those who take part will be able to attempt either the whole route - all 33 miles - or just half of it and stop at Llanymynech and get a lift back to the start. The organisers are also keen to hear from anyone who would like to be a marshal or help in some other way - contact Annie at lizzy.kerr@sky.com For more information about the ORC or to register please go to the Oswestry Round Challenge at www.oswestryround.co.uk
