{"id":3182,"date":"2015-08-27T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?3182"},"modified":"2015-08-27T18:50:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T18:50:41","slug":"army-officer-travels-2800-miles-to-raise-funds-for-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/army-officer-travels-2800-miles-to-raise-funds-for-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Army officer travels 2800 miles to raise funds for soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
A British army officer has embarked upon a mission to travel 2800 miles, across 11 different countries and one continent in order to raise funds for a military charity.<\/p>\n
Captain Ed Lloyd Owen, a reservist British Army Officer walked across continental Europe to generate funds on behalf of Walking for the Wounded.<\/p>\n
He embarked upon the journey in March 2015 and is due back in London this month.<\/p>\n
Mr Owen prepared for his epic journey by walking s between 20 and 25 miles every day as part of his gruelling regime.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his journey earlier this year, Ed said in an interview published by Walking for the Wounded: "My legs are very sore and it is getting tougher and tougher to get through to the end of each week but I have to get on with it. I hate it every day but at the end of each week it is another 120 miles done and there is no giving up, I just grit my teeth. I’m sure I will look back and forget how painful it was."<\/p>\n
Despite the arduous challenges and pain associated with the journey, Mr Owen said the prospect of helping other military heroes had encouraged him to continue.<\/p>\n
He said: "I have two functioning legs and I can’t grumble. There is no room for self-pity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A British army officer has embarked upon a mission to travel 2800 miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n