One man’s 400-mile, 3 week, walk London to Scotland, to save his village from Heathrow bulldozers
On Tuesday 4th April Hillingdon Council leader Ray Puddifoot and others well-wishers will gather in Harmondsworth at 11am as local man Neil Keveren sets off on a marathon 400-mile walk to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to ask Nicola Sturgeon why the SNP is backing a 3rd runway at Heathrow and destruction of his home and village in the process. Neil aims to finish his walk on Thursday 27th April at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. There will be a theme for each day and a number of campaigners and politicians will join Neil for sections of the walk. The route can be found below and covers places within Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Scottish Borders, Midlothian and Edinburgh. Neil Keveren, who was born in Harmondsworth’s neighbouring village of Sipson, has lived in the area all his life; he hopes that his walk will highlight the reasons a third runway should not go ahead. Keveren, who built up a successful building business in the area, said: “I am not one of nature’s natural walkers but I felt I had to do this for my family, my village and the wider campaign.” Neil will also use Facebook Live to provide daily updates of his progress and any highlights of that particular day. Further updates will be available on the Stop Heathrow Expansion twitter page @StopHeathrowExp.
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One Man’s 400-mile walk to save his village from Heathrow bulldozers
31.3..2017 (No 3rd Runway Coalition)
On Tuesday 4 April Hillingdon Council leader Ray Puddifoot and others well-wishers will gather in Harmondsworth at 11am as local man Neil Keveren, 50, sets off on a marathon 400-mile walk to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to ask Nicola Sturgeon why the SNP is backing a third runway at Heathrow and destruction of his home and village in the process (1).
The quest, which is estimated to take 394 miles, will commence on Tuesday 4 April and will finish on Thursday 27 April at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh (2). There will be a theme for each day and a number of campaigners and politicians will join Neil for sections of the walk. The route can be found below and covers places within Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Scottish Borders, Midlothian and Edinburgh.
Neil Keveren, who was born in the neighbouring village of Sipson and has lived in the area all his life, hopes that his walk will highlight the reasons a third runway should not go ahead.
Keveren, who built up a successful business in the area, said: “I am not one of nature’s natural walkers but I felt I had to do this for my family, my village and the wider campaign.”
Neil will also use Facebook Live to provide daily updates of his progress and any highlights of that particular day.
Further updates will be available on the Stop Heathrow Expansion twitter page @StopHeathrowExp.
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The calendar of Neil’s walk is below
Day 1
04 April 2017 Map of route
Walk commences
Theme for the day – transport
Start location – Harmondsworth Village Green 11.00
Harmondsworth – Uxbridge – Gerrards Cross – Chalfont – Amersham – Chesham
Day 2
05 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – NIMBY?
Chesham – Tring – Ivinghoe – Leighton Buzzard – Stoke Hammond
Day 3
06 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – compulsory purchase
Stoke Hammond – Blecthley – Milton Keynes – Newport Pagnell – Olney
Day 4
07 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – Economics
Olney – Bozeat – Wellingborough
Day 5
08 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – politicians
Wellingborough – Isham – Kettering – Corby, Cottingham Road
Day 6
09 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – Howard Davies & the Davies Commission
Corby, Cottingham Road – Caldecott – Uppingham – Oakham
Day 7
10 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – health impacts
Oakham – Wymondham – Sproxton – Saltby – Harloxton – Grantham
Day 8
11 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – schools
Grantham – Manthorpe – Belton – Honington – Caythorpe – Fulbeck – Leadenham – Welbourn – Wellingore – Navenby – Coleby – Harmston – RAF Waddington
Day 9
12 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – Heathrow born from a lie
Waddington – Bracebridge Heath – Lincoln City Centre – Ermine – Welton Cliff – Caenby Corner (Hemswell Cliff)
Day 10
13 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – Heritage and environment
Caenby Corner (Hemswell Cliff) – Manton – Gainsthorpe (medieval village) – Raventhorpe –
Scunthorpe
Day 11
Good Friday
14 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – night flight sham
Scunthorpe – Gunness – Althorpe – Thorne – Snaith
Day 12
15 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – Climate change
Snaith – Carlton – Camblesforth – Selby – Barlby – Riccall – Bishopthorpe – Middlethorpe –
York
Day 13
16 April 2017
Easter Sunday – REST DAY
Day 14
17 April 2017 Map of route
Easter Monday
Theme of the day – housing
York – Rawcliffe – Skelton – Shipton – Thormanby – Thirsk
Day 15
18 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – jobs and apprenticeships
Thirsk – Croft-on-Tees – South Kilvington – Northallerton – Great Smeaton – Dalton-on-Tees –
Croft-on-Tees
Day 16
19 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – the north-south divide
Croft-on-Tees – Darlington – Aycliffe – Woodham – Rushyford – Chilton – Ferryhill – Thinford –
Croxdale – Meadowfield
Day 17
20 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – Regional Airports and Heathrow passengers
Meadowfield – Langley Moor – Langley Park – Malton – Lanchester – Delves Lane –
Consett
Potential for diversion via Durham.
Day 18
21 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – children
Consett – Ebchester – Whittonstall – Hindley – Riding Mill – Corbridge – Chollerton
Day 19
22 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – air quality and pollution
Chollerton – West Woodburn – Northumberland National Park – Troughend – Border Forest Holiday Park
Day 20
23 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – Scottish special
Border Forest Holiday Park – Byrness – Carter Bar – Scottish Border – Camptown –
Jedburgh
Day 21
24 April 2017 Map of route
Theme of the day – Heathrow Air Ltd. Failure to deliver.
Jedburgh – St. Boswells – Newton St. Boswells – Lauder
Day 22
25 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – air freight
Lauder – Oxton – Fala – Pathead – Dalkeith
Day 23
26 April 2017 Map of route
Theme for the day – flight paths, noise & respite
Dalkeith – Moredun – Liberton – Newington – Edinburgh – location tbc
Day 24
27 April 2017
Scottish Parliament, Holyrood
Final plans for this day will be confirmed nearer the time
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