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Crispin's Sahara Trek

Crispin Lyden-Cowan is raising money for Barnardo's
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Sahara Desert Trek 2012 · 31 March 2012 ·

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When life gets tough or it feels like there's nowhere to turn, Barnardo's is here. We make sure children and young people feel safer, happier and more hopeful by directly supporting them with specialist services across the UK. We have been changing childhoods and changing lives for over 150 years.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">April 2012 will see me trek 25 miles a day for 9 days across the Sahara Desert to raise vital funds for Barnardo&rsquo;s. I am walking the equivalent of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Le Marathon Des Sables</em> TWICE and if you personally knew&nbsp;me you would be staggered</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Therefore this is your opportunity to cough up for such a worthy cause (my blisters) and to support&nbsp;me as we toil from mirage to mirage in 50 degree heat. I have raised a load of money and am now &pound;1500 short...</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">I&nbsp;intend to&nbsp;trek for 8-10hrs each day through a forbidding Saharan&nbsp;landscape situated south of the Atlas and Dades Gorge, punctuated by 350 million year old fossil fields, packed Salt pans and towering Dunes.</span></p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,300.00
+ £285.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,300.00
Offline
£0.00

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