GLOBAL adventurer, author and charity champion Rosie Swale Pope will be in Derby this weekend as part of a running challenge.
Rosie, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, is an marathon runner who has previously done a five-year round-the-world run, raising £250,000.
She is now running from London to Yorkshire over 29 days - despite recent knee surgery - pulling her famous survival cart Icebird, to raise money for PHASE Worldwide, the charity of which she is patron; Macmillan, Emmaus and Naina's Leg Fund.
Originally, she was due to run northwards through Nottingham but is diverting through Derbyshire to met up with a man who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident last year.
Rosie said: "I understand my book about the round-the-world run has been inspirational to him especially as he was told he would have never walk again.
"So I am going to meet up with him in Bonsall and we are going to walk together for a while as I make my was further north."
Rosie is no stranger to Derby and Derbyshire. Last year she abseiled down Jury's Inn to raise money for Sight Support Derbyshire, a charity for people with visual impairment, and counts blind explorer Miles Hilton Barber, of Belper among her best friends. She also has a sister living in the county.
She said: "I love Derbyshire it is so clean and the people are very friendly. You have litter bins unlike some counties and people want to sto and talk."
Talking about her latest run, she added: I'm 67 now and my intention is to embrace every day and set myself more challenges. It's time to do more not less.
"This run may well be my last. It all depends on how my knee holds up. Keep an eye out for me when I pass through the city. I would love for you to say hello"
