{"id":48010,"date":"2023-11-14T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/from-simons-town-to-rosedale-35-km-poppy-walk-20231113\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:46:39","slug":"from-simons-town-to-rosedale-35-km-poppy-walk-20231113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/from-simons-town-to-rosedale-35-km-poppy-walk-20231113\/","title":{"rendered":"From Simon\u2019s Town to Rosedale: 35 km Poppy Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The final arrivals of the Poppy Day Walk conquered by friends and retired members of the SA Legion in Rosedale beamed bright with smiles as they finished their 35 km walk from Simon\u2019s Town to their retirement village.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final arrivals of the Poppy Day Walk conquered by friends and retired members of the SA Legion in Rosedale beamed bright with smiles as they finished their 35 km walk from Simon\u2019s Town to their retirement village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said organiser of the walk John Gandy: \u201cKicking off at 07:00, we started a bit late and the traffic was quite hectic for us, being an unofficial walk while some of us battled with some blisters on the way to the finish line. But we made it!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He completed the same route and distance as a way to raise awareness of and funds for SA Legion last year, comprising a seven-hour-walk from Simon\u2019s Town to Rosebank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur Annual Poppy Day collection goes towards funding our welfare efforts, and last year, as a resident of Rosedale I completed a walk in support of it. My achievement then \u2018lit a fire\u2019, among others, and this year I and a band of enthusiasts comprising eight men and seven women, including 82-year-old Heather Cooke, did it again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fit as a fiddle, Cooke was one of the first five to arrive with tremendous striding grace. Asked in disbelief whether she was really 82-years-old, she replied enthusiastically: \u201cI am indeed! I can even show you my driver\u2019s licence!\u201d She attributed her active well being to maintaining a lifestyle where moving one\u2019s limbs plays a central part. \u201cI feel sore, but I\u2019ve been a runner until just before I turned 80. I do a lot of walking and my maiden name is Walker. I enjoy walking, do parkrun walks once a week, but I\u2019ve just been active all the time. Oh, I did run a 10 km this year in April. To others I want to say, \u2018it\u2019s never too late to start\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Gandy (far right) seemed proud and pleased by the amazing strides made by his fellow walkers on Saturday as they neared the finish line after more than seven hours on the road in honour of Poppy Day.<\/div>\n
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Fit as a fiddle, Cooke was one of the first five to arrive with tremendous striding grace at SA Legion Rosedale.<\/div>\n
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Eighty-two-year-old Heather Cooke graciously came in the top five of walkers to reach Rosedale in just over seven hours\u2019 walk all the way from Simon\u2019s Town on Saturday 11 November. <\/div>\n
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The spirits ran high as SA Legion\u2019s Poppy Walkers finished the 35 km walk from Simon\u2019s Town in honour of those who served and sacrificed their lives in service of the military. <\/div>\n
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As for her sentiments for Poppy Day, Cooke told People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> on Saturday her grandfather served in World War I. \u201cI\u2019d rather have peace than war and I feel our government and people ought to learn their history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first at the finish line was Liesel Ellman (43) followed by 70-year-old Tim Reilly in second place with Paul Rosslee (66) short on his heels in third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SA Legion is a registered non-profit and public-benefit organisation that assists military veterans who are battling to make ends meet. This includes accommodation at Rosedale, its retirement facility in Rosebank, clothing, welfare parcels, financial assistance and loan of assistance devices to those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to its official website, the SA Legion is a national organisation, part of a world-wide family that addresses the needs of ex-service personnel and their dependents by way of housing, pensions, employment and general welfare. It is apolitical, non-sectarian, non-racial, non-sexist and non-partisan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It represents the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL) on welfare matters and interacts with recipients resident in South Africa and is about fostering a spirit of self-sacrifice, comradeship and cooperation that inspired members of the armed forces to work together in the common interest of their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Poppy Day the South African Legion holds a street collection to raise funds to assist welfare work among military veterans, which takes place on the Saturday nearest Remembrance Day. When one buys a poppy on Poppy Day one pays tribute to those who died, and one is helping those who are left and bear the scars of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donations and bequests to the Cape Town Branch of the Legion are always welcome and gratefully received, however small they may be. To make a donation online visit<\/a> http:\/\/www.payfast.co.za\/donate\/go\/salegioncp<\/a> or to donate by other means, contact Gandy on 071 610 6002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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