<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm too old and not built for this but I've entered the Reading Half Marathon to raise funds for the amazing 'Just a Drop' charity (www.justadrop.org), who</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> in the last 11 years have undertaken&nbsp;96 water aid</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">projects in&nbsp;30 countries around the world, saving</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">lives by providing clean water where there was none. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Over one and a half million children and their families have now benefitted from their </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">work. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">One of the companies I work with; Llanllyr Water (www.llanllyrwater.com), started supporting &lsquo;Just a Drop&rsquo; last year, and make a donation from every bottle sold. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was so impressed by the charity&rsquo;s work that I decided to put myself through this.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I hope to raise more than 'just a drop', so think of me as I battle round the streets of Reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If you would like to give financial support please click on the link.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> &nbsp;</span></p> </p>