Former nurse completes 102nd charity walk on 102nd birthday
Former nurse completes 102nd charity walk on 102nd birthday

A 102-year-old retired nurse has completed her 102nd charity walk on herbirthday.

During lockdown, Joan Rich set a goal of walking 102 laps of herlocal park before her 102nd birthday on September 11.

Following in Captain SirThomas Moore’s footsteps, the former auxiliary nurse and Second World Warveteran wanted to raise money for the NHS she worked in for much of herlife.Using her frame, or pushing her wheelchair, Mrs Rich walked a 560-metreroute from her home in Felixstowe, Suffolk, around Allenby Park, and back.