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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dilly Dally Challenges..............</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Since the age of four I have always had challenges with my eyes. Starting with a lazy eye ;then at the age of sixteen suffering toxoplasmosis which led to permanent blindness in my left eye; and in 1991 being thumbed in my right eye playing rugby causing me to be partially sighted for six years. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">More recently I suffered an accident which resulted in surgeons having to remove most of my right eye. I now have a special contact lens & some very chunky fetching glasses which help me to function on a daily basis.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So why am I telling you all of this? Well, it is definitely not to get any sympathy from you as I am completely happy with my lot, but hopefully to use my story to make you aware that there are people in the world functioning thanks to marvelous surgeons and wonderful charities which provide help & support to individuals & families.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">One such charity is </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">SENSE</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> who help deaf and blind children to function and for more information of the amazing & wonderful work </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">SENSE</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> do, please take a few minutes to visit their web site: http:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;"> <a href="http://www.sense.org.uk"><span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">www.sense.org.uk</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I appreciate what it is like to lose my eyesight and still function but I could not begin to understand how those wonderful children keep smiling without two of their major senses but for the assistance and inspirational work </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">SENSE</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> do with them on a daily basis.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In order to try and give something back for the care I have received over the decades, I have decided to try and raise with your assistance, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">£2000</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> for</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;"> SENSE</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> by completing the following </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">DILLY DALLY CHALLENGES</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">Virgin London Marathon</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(26.2 miles)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17th April 2011</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #ff3c24;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cycle ride Leicester to Skegness</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;"> (100 miles)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5th May 2011</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">Stockholm Marathon</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> (26.2 miles)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>28th May 2011</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I understand in the current economic climate that money is tight but I would appreciate any donations or even assistance from you by asking your friends & colleagues to help dig deep & raise this total.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thank you for taking the time to read the above.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Big Hugs & thank you</span></p>
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