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LymeLiving - The Lyme Regis Town Council Magazine
HEADING HOME TO
LYME REGIS
HEN the High Sheriff of
W Dorset set out from
Charmouth in June, she had more
than 200 miles ahead of her.
Four stages later, Dr Helena Conibear
has passed the halfway point and this
October her journey will bring her
back to Lyme Regis.
Stage two of the walk began at The
Front Skatepark in Weymouth, one of
the charities Helena is supporting
through the challenge.
Over 300 young members use the
skatepark, which provides a safe
space to learn new skills and find a
sense of community, exactly the kind
of preventative provision the walk
aims to champion.
We first introduced Helena’s
ambitious County Line Walk in
LymeLiving earlier this year, a
From there, 34 walkers headed
challenge which would see her walk
toward Lulworth Cove, covering 12
216 miles around Dorset’s boundary in miles, around 33,000 steps and
five stages, beginning on the coast in temperatures reaching 30 degrees.
Charmouth and eventually returning
to Lyme Regis at the end of this
The next stretch took Helena through
month.
some of Dorset’s most dramatic
Dr Helena Conibear
coastline, with 58 walkers collectively
However, this was never just a story
joining her over the four days and
From 21 to 25 October, Helena will
about the miles walked – the High
around 70 miles added to her total.
walk from Halstock back to Lyme
Sheriff’s challenge carried an
Regis, completing her journey around
important message across the county. By stage three, Helena’s boots had
the county boundary.
carried her from Sandbanks to
Sixpenny Handley.
The route has been deliberately
For the final stretch, members and
designed to take Helena through
staff from Lyme Regis Town Council
Dorset Police also joined the walk,
communities across Dorset to start
plan to join her from Lambert’s Castle,
with Chief Inspector Jamie Halford
conversations about county lines,
following the old packhorse route into
criminal exploitation and the
accompanying a section between
Lyme and ending at the Boat Building
vulnerability of children and young
Sandbanks and Christchurch.
Academy.
people, all while aiming to raise
£10,000 for charities working to
He said:
