London Long Distance Walkers

@LDWA1 @LDWASurrey @LdwaBbn @EssexHertsLDWA Ah, just had a look - it *is* too late ☹️

@LondonLDWA Any of your members interested in this? Might be close enough for some in @LDWASurrey @LdwaBbn and @EssexHertsLDWA too.

@LDWA1 @LDWASurrey @LdwaBbn @EssexHertsLDWA I can put something in Monday’s Jabber if it isn’t too late

@LDWAenvironment @LDWA1 Interesting! Thanks for showing

The map looks great. I hope this really takes off @LondonLDWA @LDWA1 #urbanwalking

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@LDWA1 @VermuydenLDWA @MarchesLDWA @LDWAChair @DorsetLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @EssexHertsLDWA 👍

@VermuydenLDWA @MarchesLDWA @LondonLDWA @LDWAChair @DorsetLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @EssexHertsLDWA Hmm... could put the pictures up and let everyone have a go in their own time, posting answers discouraged to avoid spoiling it for those not around now?

Anyone around for the third instalment of challenge event pictograms now, or shall we leave it for another day? Quizmaster was late back from work and got a bit behind... @MarchesLDWA @LondonLDWA @LDWAChair @DorsetLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @EssexHertsLDWA @VermuydenLDWA

@LDWA1 @MarchesLDWA @LDWAChair @DorsetLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @EssexHertsLDWA @VermuydenLDWA Beddy-byes for me

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair Thank you!

@LondonLDWA @LDWAChair Thanks. Leave it with me and I'll see what I can find.

It's with much sadness that I advise @LDWA1 members that Ann Sayer OBE has died. Ann was a LDWA’s Vice President & passed away after a short illness. Details of a memorial service will be provided when social distancing measures are relaxed. Thoughts are with Ann’s family.

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair Or Whitstable, even.

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair Hello, family history researcher. It’s Ann R Sayer, so Kent - Whistable, we think.

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair Gosh. No idea. I’ll check with Gail Elrick who’s doing her Strider obit - she might know. Thanks for this - I’ll come back to you when I’ve got a bit more info

@LondonLDWA @LDWAChair Turns out there were two people called Ann Sayer born in October 1936 - one in Smallburgh, Norfolk; the other in Blean, Kent. Any idea which one is likely to be her?

@LDWAChair @LDWA1 I’ve just emailed her!

@LondonLDWA @LDWA1 Hi Julie. Gail Elrick is pulling a Strider obit together. Can I suggest that you make contact with her? She will have a lot of info that I'm not sighted on.

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair If you can find something that would be great - also occupations of her father and mother

@LondonLDWA @LDWAChair Family history researcher here. If no-one knows Ann's DOB, I may be able to find it from online records. Was Sayer her birth surname?

@LDWA1 @LDWAChair Must be - she never married

@LDWAChair @LDWA1 David, it’s Julie Welch here. The Guardian do want something. Who could give me background info about Ann - family background, a more exact date of birth than October 1936 etc? Could we have a phone chat?

@LondonLDWA @LDWA1 Many thanks indeed. Gail Elrick is pulling an obit together for the next Strider magazine. Ann Sayer was a pioneer for women's sport, a phenomenal athlete, the first woman centurion & set the walking record for LEJOG. Please advise if obit published?

@LDWAChair @LDWA1 Will do

@LDWA1 @MarchesLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @LDWAChair @LDWASurrey @EssexHertsLDWA @VermuydenLDWA @norsuffLDWA @LdwaBbn 20 Pewsey Dowsaround

Today's set of pictograms, with plenty of time for @MarchesLDWA to have a go before bedtime. At least one of them should be very familiar! @LondonLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @LDWAChair @LDWASurrey @EssexHertsLDWA @VermuydenLDWA @norsuffLDWA @LdwaBbn

@LDWA1 @MarchesLDWA @SouthWalesLDWA @LDWAChair @LDWASurrey @EssexHertsLDWA @VermuydenLDWA @norsuffLDWA @LdwaBbn 13Herts Stroller

@timbedders @LDWA1 @MarchesLDWA @norsuffLDWA @DorsetLDWA @VermuydenLDWA Thanks!

Some lockdown fun: which LDWA challenge events (past, present or future) are depicted here? Where the name of an event includes a number, this has been left out (too easy otherwise!). @MarchesLDWA @norsuffLDWA @LondonLDWA @DorsetLDWA @VermuydenLDWA should all recognise some!