After Nicola’s walk, the paddle was a doddle
 So last summer, after collecting four pages of sponsorship, the second year Grove Academy pupil set off on the 63-mile trek from Melrose Abbey to Lindisfarne on the Holy Island.
She beamed, “It was good weather every day, but there are a lot of hills on the walk so it was quite tiring.”
However, the keen walker, who one day dreams of climbing Mount Everest, was up for the challenge.
Joined by her gran, Kathleen Coupar, and a couple of friends, they negotiated both the East Coast Railway line, which they had to ask permission to cross, and then the busy A1 before finally reaching the causeway to the Holy Island known as Pilgrim’s Way.
Low tide
Only accessible at low tide, Nicola had to paddle part of the way across.
Rolling her trousers up and taking her boots and socks off, Nicola waded across.
But it all paid off, with everyone digging deep into their pockets.
Nicola smiled, “I got sponsorship from friends and family and everyone was really generous.”
And CHAS representative Diane Wallace was delighted to receive a cheque for £413.
She said, “For a 13-year-old girl to think about other children who don’t have the same hopes in life and to then go and get four pages of sponsorship is really quite something.”
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Nicola proudly shows off her walking style — and her impressive grand total.
