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To walk across Central America might seem a madcap thing to do, but for Labour MP, Peter Kilfoyle and friends, it was a deadly serious idea.
It all started the previous year when Kilfoyle was rushed to hospital after a heart attack and underwent a quadruple heart by-pass.
It changed his life and habits. He gave up smoking, began treating the diabetes he didn't know he had, and - more importantly - started walking!
Bluefields or Bust follows the Labour MP for Liverpool Walton, his parliamentary friend, Greg Pope, son-in-law Jon Gill, son Patrick, fellow heart sufferer Tony Pitt, and Peace and Hope Trust member, Peter Coleman, in their 10-day trek across Nicaragua.
 Fresh start on the Pacific coast
He uses this challenge to raise money for the British Heart Foundation whose '30 minutes a day' campaign Kilfoyle wished he'd heeded earlier. At the same time, the group find out what local NGO, the Peace and Hope Trust are doing to alleviate poverty in Nicaragua.
 The going gets tough ...
It had started on the Pacific coast and many miles later ended with a dip in the Atlantic that gave the group a feeling of fellowship and a commitment to make changes in the lives of the poorest in Nicaragua.
Coming to the Channel on Wed 19 March @ 8.30pm, and online.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 March 2008 )
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