Bats Race Across The South West (Bus edition!)

During the Summer of 2023 Bats Chairperson Becky and her husband Uan managed to complete their very own Salt Path Challenge and raised an incredible £2,000 for Swindon Bats. Their total distance covered from Weston Super-Mare to Minehead ended up a staggering 54 miles exactly with a total walking time of 18 hours over 4 days.

This year Becky and Uan are back and this time they plan on racing across the South West to get from Penzance in Cornwall back to Swindon in Wiltshire in just 5 days, sounds easy enough right!?

Except the only form of transport they will have available to them is Walking and Becky’s trusty Disabled bus pass! 

Think BBCs Race Across The World but on The UK Buses!

For many Blind and Visually impaired people in particular a Concessionary/Disabled bus pass is a life line and can give individuals a route out of isolation. 

So with this in mind Becky who is registered severely sight impaired/blind and her sighted husband Uan will be taking on the mammoth challenge of navigating through 5 counties (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bath and NE Somerset and Wiltshire) in a race to get back home in just 5 days!

They will start their journey by catching a train to Penzance setting off on a Tuesday morning to return by Saturday. With no overnight accommodation booked they will need to find accommodation or take their chances with some wild camping along the way!

Please donate if you can via the link below. Anything big or small is incredibly welcome. Swindon Bats relies solely on funding from fundraising and grants so every little helps!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/xnZ9ZqgW

Thank you!