Ashgate Hospice Sparkle charity walk 2024
The Ashgate Hospice Sparkle walk is a well known Charity event in Chesterfield with nearly 3000 walkers going through Chesterfield finishing in the early hours of the morning.
This event requires a lot of coordination with multiple road closures, 61 checkpoints split into 5 zones, and a lot of walkers, we successfully provided all communication and coordination during the event from our newly refurbished trailer.
During this event we had our first trial of an all digital integrated planning, logging and tracking system. A few bugs were identified, but the value was quickly seen, Ashgate officials was impressed with the integrated APRS tracking of our sweep walker.
Most participants where wearing pink, and brightly lit, see the pictures below…
Some of the 3000 walkers on the closed carriage way.
Walking into the night.
The temporary DMR repeater and APRS digi-peater late one night.