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Clarkey’s 200 mile challenge
- Updated: September 9, 2016
Sky Sports Darts presenter Dave Clark and Sky Sports Head of Formula 1 Martin Turner are taking on a 200 mile coast-to-coast walk in aid of Parkinson’s UK. We spoke to both men on the challenges they face and Clarkey takes up the story…..
I went on holiday with my dad, who had Parkinson’s, to Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire coast and saw people opening champagne and running into the sea. I was wondering what they were doing and it turned out they had done this coast-to-coast walk, which is 200 miles from St Bees on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hood’s Bay.
The idea is, you dip your feet in the sea, pick up a pebble from the beach, walk across England and then run into the sea at the other end, two weeks later.
Obviously I have been battling Parkinson’s for nearly six years now and Sky have been really supportive of me. Sky have pledged to match the donations and we’re up to £50,000, which is brilliant.
This is the toughest physical battle of my life, apart from battling Parkinson’s. I’ve got a torn meniscus from the wear and tear of playing rugby and football over the years. The physio has also diagnosed an arthritic big toe. But a bit of Parky’s, a dodgy knee, and an arthritic toe aren’t going to stop me, that’s for sure.
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