Since our first overseas trek in 2016, our intrepid explorers have raised over £630,000 for St John’s Hospice. Walk with us as we celebrate our 40th year. Read about our recent expeditions and why not register your interest for the next one?
CHINA TREK 2026! 2ND DATE AVAILABLE
Come along to our 2nd Information Event on 1st May 2025 to find out more.
Or email [email protected]
(Trekking dates: 12th-20th September 2026)
This trek is a wonderful opportunity to challenge yourself and help keep your hospice caring!
Your hospice needs you to take up this challenge to ensure that we can continue to be there when people need us most. Like the trek, fundraising is a team effort and the St John’s Hospice fundraising team will help you every step of the way in helping secure your funds.
If you think you are up for this challenge you can sign up today. If you have any questions please get in touch, our fundraising team will be happy to help.
We woke up early in the shade of a beautiful Buddhist temple for the last time. After presenting our fantastic support teams with gifts, we left camp at the coolest part of the day. A short 7k walk in the growing, humid heat meant we had to shelter in the shade of the cashew and […]
We Finally saw our camp in the light. This was the most “wild” place we stayed. Next to a fast flowing river, literally, in the middle of nowhere. After a walk into a nearby village we removed our shoes, covered our knees and shoulders and climbed high above the canopy of the trees to visit […]
We started the day with a warm up session with our very own Dr Phil. We definitely needed it after yesterday’s hot walk – there are lots of aches and pains now. The we headed up Kulen (lychee) Mountain – straight up! And it was a long, hot climb with some scrambling and paddling to […]
Today is a full moon in Cambodia and it is auspicious to be blessed by a Buddhist monk at this time. Before we set off this morning, we were honoured to take part in a blessing to wish us well on our journey. A very special ceremony that moved everyone. Then the day began! We […]
Up early to take a 40-minute coach ride to our start point. Once we left the city, the roads became very challenging! We dodged whole families on one moped, small children on bicycles and cattle, dogs and kittens galore. Gradually, the beauty of Cambodia began to unfold. Paddy fields, tapioca crops and wild lemon grass […]
21 of us left the Hospice at midnight on the 4th November, cheered on by ward nurses Jules and Andrea. We picked up 2 trekkers in Preston then met the rest of our gang at Heathrow. After a gruelling 30 hours of travel we caught our first glimpse of Cambodia with a smattering of watery […]
Our amazing trekkers have set off on their 2022 adventure across Cambodia. You’ll be able to keep up to date here on this Trek Blog. As the St John’s Hospice team receive updates we’ll publish them here along with photos of how the team are doing. This amazing adventure is an important fundraiser for St […]
our adventure starts: 5th November 2022 Book Now Contact Us Download Brochure START FUNDRAISING Our 2022 overseas trek destination is Cambodia and the breath-taking Wonder of the World and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor Wat! Our 2022 Trek will be a hot 9-day challenge taking us across the hills, valleys and dense forests of this amazing place […]
An early start for some of the trekkers as they wanted to take advantage of last minute shopping in Kathmandu. We then were met by our guides for the final time as we set off sightseeing. Traffic in Kathmandu certainly makes Lancaster-traffic look like a walk in the park.! We arrived at monkey palace to […]
The final view from our tents this morning was not only highly emotional but also one of great achievement. We were about to embark after breakfast on our final hours trekking in the beautiful countryside of Nepal and the Annapurna range with an amazing group of individuals. As we packed our blue bags for the […]
Once again we awoke to amazing scenery and another day of clear blue skies which allowed for many more photographs. The buffalos thankfully didn’t cause too much chaos on the camp only leaving us a few gifts! We wandered only for 30 minutes to visit the Annapurna conservation museum where we saw the history of […]
After going to bed in the clouds we woke to the awesome sight of the Annapurna range. As each trekker awoke the sounds of amazement came and the cameras were out. It had been a cold night with frost on the outside of our tents but this view we worked so hard to reach yesterday […]
