29/10/2025
Camino for Charity 🥾🇵🇹🇪🇸
"Two days before setting off on our 11-day walk along the Portuguese Coastal Camino Way, I broke my toe.
But this was mine and my daughter's bucket list journey, she was raising money for charity, and I was certainly not about to postpone!" 💪
Our amazing Local Area Manager, Christine, and her daughter, Lauren, with a few blister plasters, completed an incredible 260km, starting in Porto and finishing at the stunning cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
"We greeted fellow travellers with “Buen Camino” wishing each other a safe and successful journey. We trekked along beaches, through vineyards, fields, sleepy villages and woodland.
Life was beautifully simple, and the outside world, easily ignored (although sore feet and blisters are more difficult to forget!)
My daughter Lauren is raising money for HCPT, a UK-based charity for children with disabilities or who are disadvantaged, taking them away for a holiday, a highlight of their year, and a time to just be kids."
We’re so proud of Christine and Lauren for completing this trek for a great cause, and want to say a special thank you to everyone in and out of the office who donated 💚
Lauren raised an incredible £875 for HCPT, which exceeded her target of £500. If you would like to donate or read more about HCPT visit: https://ow.ly/Aei250XcZEz
If any of you are planning on embarking on this journey soon, Buen Camino! 👏