"Easter here again, a time for the blind to see
Easter, surely now can all of your hearts be free..." ♥
After torturing myself these past few weekends with long treks in all kinds of weather, this weekend I have a short break in Somerset & Gloucestershire to look forward to.
This means that I'll be temporarily hanging up my walking boots as I treat myself to the luxury of a hotel for the night on Good Friday in Bath, before continuing my journey to stay with friends in Cheltenham for the remainder of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
This weeks blog contains the third of my five favourite personal photo's and is relevant both to my weekend break, and to Cancer Research UK as the forthcoming charity event looms large on the horizon!
The South Downs Way ~ 100 miles from Winchester to Eastbourne ~ April 23-27
The photo shows my great friend, Jo Rolfe & I enjoying ourselves at a leaving party in my old local pub, The George & Dragon, in the village of Batheaston, where I used to live and where Jo's parents still currently reside. Jo now lives and works in London as part of the Olympics 2012 Event Management Team, so although I won't be catching up with her this weekend, I do hope to meet up with my dear friend Trace, and her family, before travelling on to Cheltenham to spend some time with some more great friends, Jimi & Denn, who incidentally the leaving party was for when this photo was taken.
The relevance with the charity event is that Jo worked quite extensively for Cancer Research UK for a while, and it was her fantastic efforts and achievements whilst being involved with this worthy cause, (in addition to my personal reasons already established in previous blogs), which confimed my decision to make this my chosen charity.
Also, by a rather strange coincidence, Winchester is the city where Jo graduated from last year, where I spent a few wonderful days in her company whilst sat in one pub or another...(cheers Jo!), and it is from here where our great trek is starting from!
Tomorrow (April 3rd) also marks a very significant day for someone special.
The main reason behind my charity event is out of respect to one precious lady, (my ex-girlfriend), who continuely strives to fight in her battle with terminal cancer.
Tomorrow marks her 30th birthday ~ we may no longer be in contact, but she remains in my thoughts and I wish her well. I must confess to making one final grand gesture of attempting a reconciliation, but it was to no avail. In fact she made it very plain to me that I must move on with my life; leave her to get on with what she's got left of her life; and although she's probably just being cruel to be kind, I guess the harsh truth is that's the way it's just going to have to be ~ I know I'm just a foolish, hopeless romantic, but I just had to try...
The donations continue to arrive (£2,000 and counting between the four of us!), and I can only hope that she feels proud for what I am attempting to achieve...I guess our efforts are a mere drop in the ocean when viewed within the whole scheme of things, but at least I feel that I am doing something.
Please find the link to my sponsorship page attached below:
http://www.justgiving.com/SteveMuskett27010
After this Easter break, I have a long weekend in Ireland to look forward to in June, before turning all my attentions to planning a fantastic fortnight in New Zealand in October, when I get the chance to catch up with my great friend Ange, aka the TWL (tiny, wee lady). Rather than the usual funny pic of Ange which always features at the foot of my blogs, I have now replaced it with a far more flattering photo of the TWL...I hope she approves? Lol.
Many thanks hunny...and you know why! ♥
Ramblin' Steve
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