100 Plus

The legacy of Sir Tom Moore lives on. His family launched the “100 challenge” – his original fund-raiser was walking 100 lengths of his garden – and encouraged people to do anything of their choosing one hundred times. The staff and residents of The Limes, the Abbeyfield home in Sowerby, rose to the challenge, as manager Val explained when I dropped in last weekend. “I said, would you like to do something? Can you think of 100 of anything? Somebody said I think we could walk around the building.” It didn’t mean everyone walking round 100 times, instead it was a collective response, each making their own contribution. Some could walk ten times round, or just one: it all counted. And so I met groups of residents, some walking, some pushed round in their wheelchairs, and having a good time. All the residents took part, and all the staff, and they were joined by quite a few visitors, family and friends. The weather then was warm and dry and this, and the poor forecast, had tempted them to get going early. Two residents, Yvonne and Linda were clocking up a few rounds and enjoying the experience….