Oxfam organised a get together for participants at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park to tell them more about the walk and to answer all those pressing questions. Helen, Heather and Alison went along for the team and found it really useful. A member of the Queen's Gurkha Regiment was there giving tips on endurance and safety and what to wear, to eat and drink etc, as well as other do and don'ts. A previous participant of Trailwalker gave a talk. She'd done the challenge eight years ago and only one of her team completed it. Her message was DON'T UNDERESTIMATE the challenge!
And while they were there Alison managed to fit in a 16 mile walk along the start of the trail, and on Saturday all three did a seven mile walk from Harting Down - now we know how steep (very) and chalky the Downs are; a good test of the team's fitness. 
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