Rachael: A remarkable child explorer

About Joyce Buxton

JOYCE BUXTON is a Derbyshire `girl now happily retired to the Peak District. A Rotarian for many years Joyce is now a member of The Rotary Club of Bakewell where she serves on Youth and International Committees helping people locally nationally and internationally. Joyces club works with The Rotary Club of Kathmandu Metro supporting a village in the Himalayan foothills and orphanages in Nepal as well as participating in numerous worldwide projects. A few years ago she was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship: ` In appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world. She is also International Ambassador of F.I.N.C.H. Friends International Network of Childrens Homes founded by her friend and Rachaels dad Ian Moseley. It is a network of like-minded people who care for vulnerable children all over the world. Joyce is an ex-nurse and a retired schoolteacher and has walked most of her life completing many of the long distance walks in the UK including The Pennine Way The West Highland Way Hadrians Wall and like Rachael three memorable Coast to Coast crossings. She has also successfully undertaken many hard treks in Nepal including the Everest Circuit and Everest Base Camp the Annapurna Circuit and Annapurna Base Camp twice the last time at the age of seventy-eight.