St Barnabas House Dream Team – Sarah Dale reports on day two of the Great Wall of China trek

ST BARNABAS House charity walkers are progressed along the Great Wall of China at a great pace today (Tuesday, October 5) and learning a great deal about the local culture.

Worthing Herald senior reporter Sarah Dale is with the hospice Dream Team writing daily reports from the wall.

Sarah writes, we trekked the remote and stunning Gubeikou section of the Great Wall for six hours today.

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It was an unrestored section of the wall – meaning we were walking along the exact route where thousands of Chinese people lost their lives building the magnificent structure.

While we were walking, Sloane Vaughan, St Barnabas House fund-raising manager, told me how proud she was of the fantastic team of trekkers and how much they have achieved, not just for themselves, but also for the hospice.

She said: “We are such an amazing group of people, from all ages and walks of life, who have embraced and supported each other, and I hope we can all get together in the future to reminisce about our time in China and what the money will mean for so many people.”

This evening, we were treated to a demonstration of the ancient art of Chinese paper cutting by a local celebrity who has created decorative paper art for King of Spain.

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We have also learnt how to speak some basic Mandarin, including the words Ni Hao, meaning hello, and Wo ai ni, meaning I love you.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 6), the Dream Team are due to trek the most breath-taking section of the wall from Jinshanling to Simatai.