<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">NEWS UPDATE -Thursday 18th August 2011</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I DID IT!</span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">At approximately 10.30 this morning I chucked myself out of a plane (well was kind of pushed actually) tied to some poor guy who wondered why he always got the old portly bloke! The view was fab (although a bit wet!) and the landing lacked some grace and finesse (put it this way my knees are rather colourful and I ended up with him on top of me!) However the padding and pink knickers served me well and I'm still here to bore you with repeating this story everytime I now see you - you have been warned!</span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thank you for everyone's support, kind wishes and amazing generosity - I thought I'd struggle to meet my target but it has been smashed because of you! CATS and I will always be grateful. </span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PS If you are visiting my page for the first time there is still time to donate!</span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PPS If you fancy a giggle look at the pictures - now added !</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Reason Why I Did This</span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I have always wanted to do a parachute jump and my family arranged it to celebrate my 65th birthday.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So I want to use this once in a lifetime event to raise money for a charity that helped our little granddaughter get the medical attention she needed when she was a barely a month old. </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Children&rsquo;s Acute Transport Service (CATS) is an amazing organisation that made all the difference at a time we needed it the most and this is my way of saying thank you.</span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So<strong> </strong>please give generously and be happy in the knowledge that you are not only supporting an amazing service but that an old codger is about to chuck himself out of a plane on August 18th and is 'bricking it' now it's become a reality! I'm hoping my natural padding will make for a soft landing! Dig deep people!<strong></strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>