Town Talk


A WIDOWER and his next-door neighbour have completed a gruelling near 300-mile cliff path walk along the northern coast of Cornwall and have raised more than £5,000 for cancer charities. Stephen Fowler, of Church


Field, Snodland, lost his wife, Sheila, aged 43, inOctober 2009 after a four-and-a-half year fight with cervical cancer. “When Sheila was a little girl


Stephen Fowler (right) and Wayne Chatfield


her family used to stay at the Lizard Peninsula”, he said. “She introduced me to Cornwall and


Local news for Snodland and Halling Stephen completes Sheila’s DreamWalk


Lizard trek


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‘Bash the Trash’ Ben is rewarded for being a community champion


A YOUNG lad from Snodland has been rewarded for the great amount of work he does for his local community. Ben Kember (16), of Coombe Close, was presented with an Environmental Champion certifi- cate by the mayor of Tonbrige and Malling, Cllr Brian Luker. “Ben provides help in his local community and asks for no re- ward”, said the citation. “He in- volves himself in supporting activities with young people through to supporting the pen- sioners coffee morning. “He is always willing to give his


time for others and is particularly keen in keep- ing Snodland clean.” Ben has attended every Bash the Trash event


in the town, he has helped clear out the lake in Nevill Park and done litter picking in the park, Lee Road and Church Field. The scheme was launched by the borough council in 2009 and is to encourage more people to make an extra effort to improve the environ- ment. It is open to all residents in the borough and anybody can nominate a person to become an environmental champion.


Ben Kember with his dad Mark and the Mayor of Ton- bridge & Malling, Brian Luker at the pres- entation cer- emony


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we went there on holiday every year. “We talked about doing the


coast walk, but we never did so I decided to go on my own.” Wayne Chatfield said: “The


pair of them were more than neighbours, they were such good friends. To do it on his own was such a big ask I offered to go along.” The pair trained locally for four


to five months but it did not com- pare with what the Cornwall walk was like. They actually walked 287 miles over 15 days – a total of 100 hours. “My parents came with me


and I was so grateful to them,” said Stephen “I could not have done it without their support.” Sponsorship was raised from


family, friends, workmates and Sheila’s old colleagues from her workplace. Stephen works at Kings Hill Garage and his boss provided a van painted as Sheila’s Dream Walk. When all the money has been collected it will be split between Macmillan Nurses and the Heart of Kent Hospice. Stephen said it was “very emo- tional” when they walked past Sheila’s ashes at Lizard Penin- sular.


“She was larger than life,” he added. “When she walked into a room it would light up.”


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