A total of 1,500 entrants signed up to take part in the 48.1 mile hike around Jersey, which started at 3 am at the Elizabeth Terminal on Saturday and ended at the Waterfront.
Now in its 25th year, the annual walk is one of the largest fundraising events for local charities and has raised almost £2 million since it began in June 1991.
This year the money will be donated to the National Trust for Jersey to help improve coastal paths, the Parkinson’s Disease Society of Jersey and to Centre Point to help install artificial grass for children to play on.
Other charities which will also receive donations are Jersey Heart Support, the Grace Trust, BeachAbility, Shopmobility, Family Nursing and Home Care, Macmillan Cancer Support Group, Helping Wings, the Abbeyfield Association, Glanville Home and the Teenage Cancer Trust.
As well as people who had registered for the full 48.1 mile walk, others took part in the Lieutenant-Governor’s Challenge, which sees Islanders walk a quarter of the distance and finishing at St Catherine’s Breakwater, which was also the first checkpoint for the 68 relay teams who were taking part.
The Lieutenant-Governor General Sir John McColl led his team of walkers to St Catherine’s Breakwater, where Islanders were met with bacon rolls and veggie burgers.
The first Islander to make it across the finish-line was Dominic Mayer who completed the 48.1 mile walk in seven hours and 31 minutes.
