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Hadrian's Wall walk in aid of Minster
Published: on 6th September 2005 by Eleanor Course in Development Campaign News
Rosalind Campbell, from Matlock in Derbyshire, will be walking Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for York Minster’s Development Campaign. Rosalind will leave Bowness-on-Solway on Monday 12 September and, after her arrival in Wallsend, she will travel south to York to attend a service of Holy Communion in the Minster to celebrate the completion of her challenge.
In May 2003, the 84-mile entirety of Hadrian’s Wall was made accessible to the general public for the first time this century. Rosalind will be walking the wall to raise money for the Minster’s Development Campaign, which is aiming to raise £30 million. The focus of this campaign is the restoration of the East Front of the Minster, including the Great East Window, which is the largest expanse of stained glass in the world.
Rosalind said, “I am a person who seeks challenge, and I’ve wanted to walk Hadrian’s Wall ever since it opened to the public. When I finally settled on walking the Wall this spring, the information on the Minster’s Development Campaign dropped through my letterbox and I suggested to my family that I walk the Wall in order to sponsor this cause. They were unanimous in their support, knowing how much the Minster meant to me as an on-going presence in my life.
“York Minster is my spiritual home. I began worshipping there as a York University student, 25 years ago, and I was married in the Zouche Chapel in the Minster in 1982. The combination of York Minster and Hadrian’s Wall, these two English national treasures, has created an enormous challenge for me, but one that is too worthwhile to refuse.”
To sponsor Rosalind, please send cheques made payable to R. J. Campbell / York Minster Fund, to: Denacre House, Denacre Lane, Two Dales, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2FL.