Last year, Swift and I completed the Starlight Walk for the first time and loved it. This time we doubled our numbers with my Dad and Jane. We start off at 9pm in the dark, in rural Bedfordshire with pink stars on our heads. I will never forget the host last year saying that "14 people are in the house and they would love to be walking alongside you, but they know what you are doing tonight". It really gives me goosebumps thinking that. We first walked around the grounds and then through Moggerhanger and through the countryside in the dark...and constant rain.
The end of the walk chokes you. On a yellow star, you write the name of someone who has passed away, and put it on a tree in the fairy light memorial garden. It brings a tear to the eye.
In fact, the end of the 10km came as a complete surprise. Before we knew it, we finished and got our soup and role to finish. We raised almost £300 for the Hospice and will return next year.
