Woman preparing to walk entire 154-mile Herefordshire Trail in memory of her dad
Phillippa Jinman will be joined by her partner Dave and friend Lucy to take on the route next month and to fundraise for St Michael's Hospice who cared for her father
A group of three from Herefordshire are going through their final bits of training ahead of their challenge to trek 154 miles across the county next month.
Ewyas Harold's Phillippa Jinman, known as Philly, her partner Dave, and friend Lucy are all aiming to complete the Herefordshire Trail route in just 10 days.
It's being done in memory of Philly's dad Peter Jinman, but also to fundraise for Hereford's St Michael’s Hospice who cared for Peter in 2023.
Philly said her father asked her to do something to raise money for the hospice which is where the idea was first formed.
She said: "He basically said to me I want to raise some money, I want you to raise some money, so we said, okay, how do you want us to do this?
“He just replied dog walk with Lucy, so that was kind of how it how it started.
“We just want to give back and kind of provide what we can for more people to be able to access the hospice and what it gives to people within this community and this county is huge."
Peter was a former vet and county councillor who fell unwell over Christmas 2022 with stomach pains and underwent tests before being told he had B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
He underwent surgery and received chemotherapy, but during his last course of treatment he was rushed to hospital with an infection where he developed other symptoms and was told the cancer had spread to his central nervous system.
The transfer to St Michael's then took place and he passed away in 2023.
“He actually loved walking and he loved listening to the birds," Philly said.
“We’d always walk my dad and I ever since I was little up to the top of the common and back down in Ewyas Harold.
“That was kind of what we did, we'd sit on the bench up there and we would just chat about what was going on in the world and I miss him very much."
So far they've raised over £3,500 and are planning to set off from Abbey Dore on the 16 May and finish back there.