Chris Lewis is currently walking around the coastline of the UK to raise money for SSAFA, the armed forces charity. Chris says, “I have been truly overwhelmed by the amount of people that have gone out of their way to help me on this incredible, but sometimes very isolating, journey. I will never forget it. “When I heard there was going to be a lockdown, I was kindly given a boat to get over to Hildasay, which is an uninhabited island. SSAFA showed me there were people out there that were going to be there for me. "It's incredibly good for the soul. “I suffered badly with anxiety and depression. "As we left the pier I sat at the back of the boat not really able to say much," Mr Lewis wrote on Facebook, having left the island on Friday.
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Photograph: Chris Lewis/PA Almost 40,000 people have been following Lewis’s journey on a Facebook page, Chris Walks the UK. He slept on the street and in cars before SSAFA, who he describes as “truly amazing”, stepped in to help. "I feel I left a part of me behind when I left and look forward to my return in years to come. Lewis says he is ‘the happiest I’ve ever been’.Lewis and Jet are staying in a former shepherd’s hut without running water, heating or electricity.Lewis says he keeps a three-week supply of dog food for Jet. "I could go on and on with acts of selfless kind gestures from people I've never even met," Mr Lewis continued in the post.
Chris Walks the UK now has more than 50,000 Facebook followers, with over £140,000 made in donations thus far. “I’m able to reflect on the walk so far, just realising what this has done to help me personally and the amount of amazing people there are in the UK. "It's amazing how people simply just want to be kind and help whatever way they can. What an adventure the past three months have been living on our own island during lockdown.
I thought it would be better if I wasn’t on the mainland; I didn’t want to be in the way.“There is one house on the island and the family of the man that used to live there heard I was camping and offered me the keys. "Mr Lewis said he had received "frankly outstanding" support from some who carried out regular food and coal drops by boat when weather allowed.People following his journey have also sent money to the local shop in Burra, as well as gifts, letters and cards, to be passed on.
Chris Lewis is staying on usually uninhabited Hildasay until charity challenge can resumeA former paratrooper is isolating on a usually uninhabited Shetland island after lockdown measures were introduced when he was on a fundraising challenge to walk the UK coastline.He was sleeping in a tent on mainland Shetland when the government announced the introduction of lockdown measures on 23 March to limit the spread of coronavirus.Lewis and his dog, Jet, travelled by boat to Hildasay, a 108-hectare island off the west coast of the Shetland mainland, and have remained there ever since.They have been given permission to live in the one house on Hildasay, a former shepherd’s hut without running water, heating or electricity.Once the lockdown is lifted, Lewis and Jet intend to continue their journey around the UK coastline to “I’ve mainly been in isolation for the past two years due to the nature of the places we’ve been walking,” Lewis said. BFBS, Chalfont Grove, Narcot Lane, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8TN 1,338 Followers, 568 Following, 27 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Chris Lewis (@chriswalkstheukcoast) The items are left on the island’s pier, and Lewis then walks the 600 metres from the house to retrieve them.Lewis collects driftwood, forages and fishes for his food, and always makes sure he has a three-week supply of dog food for Jet.Hildasay has been uninhabited since the late 19th century, Besides Lewis and Jet, there are 15 sheep and thousands of birds.“It has really given me a chance to enjoy the island,” Lewis said. Lewis says he is ‘the happiest I’ve ever been’.Chris Lewis and his dog, Jet. This will be over for me when it’s over for everyone else.”Coal, water and food are brought over by boat when the weather allows.
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