Kids on Walk the Wight

Over 8,000 people took part in Walk the Wight 2019

Matt shares this news on behalf of Mountbatten. Ed


Support for Sunday’s Walk the Wight has been hailed ‘extraordinary’.

More than 1,100 walkers signed up on the day, taking the overall total to more than 8,000 in Mountbatten’s flagship fundraiser.

Hartley: An incredible day
Mountbatten chief executive Nigel Hartley, who presented medals at The Needles, having earlier completed the Flat Walk after setting starters off from Bembridge, said:

“It was an incredible day.

“There were so many people and there was a very special atmosphere across all the walks.

“The support was extraordinary and the stories of courage and determination were both humbling and inspirational.

“On behalf of all of us at Mountbatten, thank you to everyone for being part of a very special day.”

Round of applause for Steve
Among those taking part was Steve Wright, who has terminal cancer and is currently being supported by Mountbatten.

Joined by family and friends, Steve stepped out of his wheelchair to walk across the Flat Walk finish line to a huge round of applause.

In memory of loved ones
Other groups and individuals took part in memory of loved ones, while fancy dress was a prominent theme throughout, with sunflowers and superheroes popular with walkers.

Medical incidents
Mountbatten would also like to thank everyone who helped support two separate incidents where medical attention was required – at Brook Down and Highdown – during which two walkers had to be airlifted to hospital.

Emergency crews, including our event medical support team, Medi4, plus other walkers and volunteers provided medical assistance to the two men involved.

Nigel said:

“We are very grateful and thankful to those who helped.

“Once again it demonstrated what an amazing community we have on the Isle of Wight.”

Mountbatten is liaising with the emergency services and an update on the two incidents will be issued when more information is available.

Don’t forget to send sponsorship
The total raised for Walk the Wight will be announced later in the year, as soon as all the sponsorship money has been sent to Mountbatten.

Sponsorship payment can no longer be accepted in Mountbatten shops.

Visit the Website for details on how to send in money.

For photos and videos from Walk the Wight, visit Mountbatten’s Facebook page throughout the week.

Image: © Stephanie Mackrill

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Diane Etherton
15, April 2013 4:08 pm

It’s time Councillor Pugh stopped being so arrogant and thought about the effect this will have on the Island.

Billy Builder
15, April 2013 4:15 pm

Unfortunately as the post of Principle Engineer requires a degree qualified individual with many years professional experience, it is not appropriate for the Council retain such a person. To do so would mean having someone on-board that actually knows what they are doing. How could David Pugh or Stuart Love hope to pull the wool over the electorate’s eyes, with people in post that can expose the… Read more »

Craig from Bembridge
15, April 2013 4:16 pm

What reason is being given to break up this highly respected team of coastal engineers? Could it be penny pinching?

How about cutting some of the larger salaries of senior officers back to reasonable levels and clawing back the payoff given to Beygnome?

Surely that will help a bit.

A2B
15, April 2013 4:50 pm

Stuart Love has been told that coastal management team MUST be kept for the time being and plans to disband this team are to be squashed. This could be construed as taking note of consultation, valuing of the service, all-round good practice (for an Island!)or quite simply poltically motivated to create a doomsday scenerio and then to be seen to ‘listening’ and ‘caring’. Watch the council website… Read more »

steve s
15, April 2013 5:23 pm

If this is true (and I suspect that it might be) David may live to regret accusing Ventnor Town Council of ‘hysterical scaremongering’.

Drone
Reply to  steve s
15, April 2013 6:01 pm

David Pugh regret anything? Are you serious, he’s wearing the same Teflon jacket that Steve Beynon used to don.

He’ll likely spin this around to try and make it seem as if he was championing the coastal team.

Darcy
Reply to  Drone
15, April 2013 7:47 pm

Didn’t do Bunion much good in the end, did it?

Black Dog
Reply to  Drone
15, April 2013 9:06 pm

A bit like he did with the Island Flag, what an a#@e

Chris Welsford
16, April 2013 7:58 am

I have been working to prevent this from happening. I am the IWC representative at SCOPAC, the Standing Conference on Problems Associated with the Coast. I attended SCOPAC just after the proposal was announced and delegates that I told were shocked at the lack of foresight displayed. For us to retain and attract the funding we need to research these issue, we need a credible team managed… Read more »

Billy Builder
Reply to  Chris Welsford
16, April 2013 8:35 am

Hi Chris, The point that you have made about Stuart Loves proposal loosing expertise is absolutely right. It is difficult enough for an island such as the Isle of Wight to attract people of the right calibre to fill these essential roles, but the more the island deskills the more difficult it will be to get the right people. Following the failure in both Children Services and… Read more »

Hipster
16, April 2013 1:27 pm

Boy Blunder and Stuart ‘Tainted’ Love’s position on the coastal management team is now showing some signs of cracks and distress as they need to do some serious back-peddling and humble pie eating. Hubris, arrogance and pig-headedness come naturally but honesty and integrity are completely alien concepts for these gentlemen…sorry slip of the tongue!! Landslides in Newport/Cowes yes but we dont want them around our shores thank… Read more »

wight paul
16, April 2013 10:32 pm

Can’t understand how one or two people can have such a control over what happens, Pugh and Love can’t really know or care what our coast needs, yet they’ll decide who stays, and who goes because know best.

Jonathan Bacon
16, April 2013 10:57 pm

Chris Welsford and I have arranged to meet with Stuart Love tomorrow (Wednesday) to challenge this proposed decision. I hope that, at least, the decision can be postponed so that it can be properly assessed after the election, although, like Chris, I am firmly of the view that the current proposal is bad.

Jonathan Bacon
(Independent: Brading, St Helens and Bembridge)

Alan
17, April 2013 10:18 am

Chris & Jonathan, Clearly Stuart Love will agree/promise to anything today and a postponement is very likely (which is a good thing for the Island) – but he is also playing a tactical game for his own future as the council’s senior officer after the election. Ask yourselves could you really work with a person who is so ‘close’ to all that is wrong with this administration,… Read more »

Rowan
17, April 2013 10:49 am

If this scaremongering suggestion is true then it’s even more shocking than the sacking of all tourist information centre staff. Thousands of people’s homes, the safety of Island roads and footpaths, natural habitats, coastal businesses, tourism and the whole Island economy – they’re all affected by what happens to the coast. We need people who know what they’re doing to keep an eye on the coast and… Read more »

hussar
17, April 2013 11:07 am

Please read the Island Independents document FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE on line- they have promised that if they get in on May 2nd and the present administration have gone ahead with disbanding of this team- under the Independents IT WILL BE FULLY REINSTATED.