<p> <p class="MsoNormal">It&rsquo;s spring.&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shoots are shooting; days are longening*; life is returning; I&rsquo;m doing the London Marathon again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Having done it for BIG charities previously, this year, I&rsquo;m doing it for a WEE charity and I hope you can join me in supporting their excellent work.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">PARC exists to provide support to families who have a child or children with any type of additional need from a very early stage.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.parc-essex.co.uk/Parc-Essex/Welcome.html">http://www.parc-essex.co.uk/Parc-Essex/Welcome.html</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Clearly Essex isn&rsquo;t exactly my local manor but PARC have provided invaluable support to a running friend of mine in his hour of need and I&rsquo;d like you to join me in raising as much as we can for their work.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">SO&hellip;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Those of you in the cheap seats, throw a few modest pennies this direction; every pound counts so spare whatever you can.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Those of you that still run Bentleys and drink champagne in these hard times, assuage some of your terrible guilt and make an immodest contribution &ndash; you know who you are.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As usual, once you collectively hit &pound;500, I&rsquo;ll match that to get us to the first &pound;1,000.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As for the race itself, this year&rsquo;s target is a &ldquo;getting speedier&rdquo; sub 3 hours 45 minutes &ndash; that&rsquo;s a mile every eight and a half minutes roughly for the arithmetically-challenged&hellip;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your time and more thanks for your money</p> <p class="MsoNormal">fsKb</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*I know</span></p> </p>