Partially sighted Keith walks length of Chesil Beach to raise funds

Keith Francis, 37, set himself the task to walk from Abbotsbury to West Bay for his second cousin, young Sir John Colfox School student Charlie Parkman, who is going on a school trip to Borneo in 2015. On the day the weather was kind but the journey was not without its dramas.

The support team met them at the first stage in West Bexington, where they strapped up Keith’s ankle – the ankle he broke a few years before. The next stop was Burton Bradstock where Keith’s other ankle had to be strapped up.

Then the family waited for the pair in West Bay.

Lyn added: “Thank goodness they both carried phones. I had spoken to the Coast Watch at Burton who assured us that the beach should be fine all the way to West Bay as long as they stayed close to the water. They rounded the corner just after that and the water was particularly close to the cliff and a wave got them! Keith fell and he and his phone was immersed in the freezing water. He was fine but his phone isn’t.

The duo took around four hours and Keith raised more than £400.

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