FOLLOWING the success of last year’s event, the Mendip Mental Health Hike (MMHH) is returning for 2025 with some changes to make it even better.
MMHH was created to raise funds for the Heads Up mental health charity, based at South Horrington.
Chris Young, owner of Wolf Barbers in Broad Street, Wells, and Neil Winterson, one of Chris’ clients, organised a 30-mile trek on the West Mendip Way from Uphill to Wells last August, which raised more than £17,000. About 50 people joined the walk at different stages.
This year there will be three different paced walking groups, each with its own Group Leader, to ensure that all participants remain together for the entirety of the walk.
There will be staggered starting times for all the groups, planned so that they all meet at the final checkpoint, Priddy, to walk the final stage together.
This year’s walk will take place on Sunday, May 25, with participants who are taking part from the start meeting at 7am. It will finish at Wookey Hole, where The Wookey Hole Inn have agreed to hold the after party again from 5pm onwards, so that everybody can arrive at the same time and celebrate their achievement. There will be live music, and a raffle and an auction to help boost fundraising efforts.
“We have also added another checkpoint to be able to rest and resupply. We have made two longer rest stops for this year’s event, so there will be extra time to be able to refuel ourselves and keep our energy levels up,” said Chris.
“We will be taking everyone’s food order before the event to ensure that everyone who is walking has some food available to them afterwards.”
More companies are being asked to help sponsor the event this year. Cheddar Natural Spring Water is back on board along with The Wookey Hole Inn.
Registration for those who would like to join the walk is now open at: docs.google.com/forms/d/1_T1cfISotKNhTKacyojwoa WwPkIHI-gasqsaXbDtCts/edit
The donation page to give to the cause can be found via this link: localgiving.org/fundraising/Mendip-Mental-Health-Hike