On Friday 6th July a team of 30 walkers set off from Newcastle to walk 84 miles along the length of Hadrian’s Wall and completed the walk in just over three days, on Monday 9th July. The walk was in aid of ‘Louise’s Challenge 2012’ to raise money for research into adrenal tumours. In June 2010 30-year-old Louise McVaddy from Caterham passed away suddenly when she was 32 weeks pregnant with her first child. The tragedy came as a devastating shock to her husband Regan and family. Louise and her unborn baby, Michael, died just five hours after Louise fell ill during a family barbecue. Over the last two years Regan and Louise’s family and friends have been raising money for the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours (Ens@t) to help fund their research.

Speaking about the Hadrian's Wall walk, Regan said: “We did the walk in just over three days which is half the recommended time for the walk. We also walked it from East to West, the opposite way to most other walkers. It was very hard going but it is not a challenge otherwise! Everyone made it, which was great.”

The walkers had six family members on the support team including Louise's parents, Irene and David Plumb. Irene said: “I worked out I drove over 500 miles driving up and down Hadrian's Wall during their walk! We are very proud of them all. It was a very tough three and a half days but good fun.”

Last year supporters of Louise's Challenge raised over £48,000 from various fundraising projects including the Three Peaks Challenge. The Hadrian's Wall walk has so far raised nearly £10,000 of the £14,000 target. Another fundraising event, a sponsored skydive held in May, raised almost £2,000.

For more information about the fundraising events for Louise's Challenge and to make a donation in support of the group's recent walk along Hadrian's Wall, visit www.justgiving.com/louiseschallenge2012