Under A Month To Go!

"What's the use of getting sober, when you're gonna get drunk again..."

~ classic song by Louis Jordan.

Exactly!
These sentiments perfectly sum up my friendship with my good mate & drinking buddy, Curph!
In four weeks time, and less than a calendar month away, the long-awaited charity walk will finally be upon us...although in truth the time has flown by since the inception of the campaign last summer.
The second of my five favourite personal photo's this week shows Curph & me enjoying yet another night out on the town! Not so much recently, but there was a time when this was quite a common occurence, but seeing as Curph is one of my fellow trekkers on the charity walk I reckon there's a good chance we will both appear in a similar state on Friday April 27th, when the event is over? Lol.

The South Downs Way ~ 100 miles from Winchester to Eastbourne ~ April 23-27

At the very time of writing this blog, including the matched figures from our employer, Mercer, we have raised a staggering £1,507 an unbelievable achievement bearing in mind that I was only expecting to raise a few quid when I originally thought up the idea last summer! And this only includes the on-line donations ~ the old fashioned style sponsorship forms & the collection boxes are yet to be factored in! I also remain quietly confident that we'll raise even further funds after the event, when there's photographic proof that we've actually completed the distance, as well as some local press and company magazine coverage.
(I am currently awaiting confirmation from a local newspaper, who are keen to get in touch and write an article about us).
For anyone else wishing to make a donation please find attached my link below to my 'Just Giving' page, which is also highlighted at the foot of every blog:

http://www.justgiving.com/SteveMuskett27010

I'm also attaching the links to my co-trekkers, as some of you may know them as well, and maybe you'd prefer to sponsor them instead? Believe me, we are in no competition ~ the only reason we have seperate sponsorship pages is because our employer will match our donations individually, upto to a value of £300 each ~ so it makes good sense to have seperate pages, rather than one collective one!

 http://www.justgiving.com/Jon-Oakley ~ Jon
 http://www.donatetobreastcancer.org/curph ~ Curph
 http://www.justgiving.com/Ross-Chapman ~ Chappers

A BIG THANK YOU goes to Curph's & Jon's better other-halves, Leah & Carrie respectively, for promoting their husband's pages on their Facebook profiles.

The training is continuing to go well ~ as well as introducing Curph to the joys of The Trundle hill at Goodwood previously, I've now also led Chappers and my training mate, Tom up to the summit too! The only difference was the weather ~ whereas Curph & I experienced rain and poor views, Chappers, Tom and I witnessed breathtaking, panaramic scenery whilst walking in the sun! Still, you know what they say...

"there's no such thing as bad weather...just the wrong clothes!"

Hopefully, all the training is doing me good as I endeavour to lick myself into shape, back into my old lean and toned physique of yesteryear (?)...wait 'til October Ange aka the TWL (also pictured at the foot of every blog) ~ then you'll be able to see for yourself! Lol.

Until next week, be safe, take care, have fun & keep smilin' :)

Ramblin' Steve