34. The Livery Hall Walk

Each year a walk is arranged to visit all 40 livery halls in one day. The purpose is to raise funds for the Lord Mayor’s Charities. This year the event was organized by the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners under the watchful eye of their Clerk, Maureen.

The twenty livery company participants (selected on a first come, first served basis) included the Water Conservators and Mike Williamson (Thames Warden) and I represented the Company. The walk commenced, in full regalia, at HQS Wellington and meandered its way through the City, finishing some seven hours later at The Galziers Hall – coffee, lunch and afternoon tea breaks were provided by the Barber Surgeons, Armourers and Furniture Makers respectively. It was a very hot day and we were pleased to stand in the shade outside each Hall for official photographs!

Mike and I set up our own ViginMoneyGiving page and raised some £600 for our Company charity, The Water Conservation Trust. The site is still open if you would like to contribute.

Photograph shows us just before we set off from HQS Wellington with the list of Halls in hand!