Stone obelisks are to be erected on a remote Northumberland farm to mark a 150-mile trek that was walked to highlight the work of a cancer charity. Last year four friends from Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care walked from the source of both the South and North Tyne to the sea at Tynemouth and South Shields. Now their efforts are to be officially recorded by the stones at Deadwater Farm, north of Kielder village in Northumberland. The aim is to establish the walk as a national trail to promote the charity and highlight the work of the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The walk was the idea of former hotelier Brian Burnie, who founded the Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care charity a year ago to provide free transport in 10 ambulances for cancer patients receiving treatment at the Freeman Hospital. Brian was joined on the 10-day hike by volunteer ambulance drivers Dave Bowmaker and Ron Stanley and his friend of 50 years William King. The party left the moorland source of the South Tyne, and after following the South Tyne Valley to Haltwhistle, their next stop was the source of the North Tyne at Deadwater near Kielder. They walked the piers at both Tynemouth and South Shields to complete their journey.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000
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