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I AM CLIMBING MT KILIMANJARO!

As readers of my column in The Spectator magazine will know, the only exercise I ever do is horse-riding – which is basically just sitting down and jiggling about a bit.

I am not intrepid. In fact, I have been known to faint while pushing my shopping trolley to the upper deck of Waitrose car park in Cobham.

So please make my 11.11.11 Challenge worthwhile and donate now. See www.111111Challenge.org for more details.

I wasn’t at all sure about climbing Kilimanjaro then my good friends at the brilliant charity Footsteps International twisted my arm. Martin Print is a very persuasive man. He told me that the last time he did the climb he saw little old ladies flying past on their way to the summit. On this basis, I agreed to give it a go.

Please, please, please sponsor me because I have a feeling he was just hallucinating through altitude sickness and it is actually going to be quite difficult. If it’s worse than the trek to the upper deck of Waitrose in Cobham I’m going to be seriously tee’d off.

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Footsteps International

Footsteps International

Charity Registration No. 1091026

Footsteps is a Christian Charity which focuses on caring for children in need, supports education and training and fights poverty and disability. Working with trusted partners in Kenya we run the Tumaini orphanage, Sunshine Home for street boys, skills training, school fees and feeding programmes.

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Well done!

Donation by Philip Miller on 08/12/11

Just seen this ext instalments in cellophane. Don't do what I did on the Coastal Path this year and break your arrm. Your fan in Bristol, Gerard

Donation by Gerard McMeel on 26/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Lucy Vickery on 15/11/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

At least it gets you out of Lambeth for the weekend.

Donation by Jenny Hope on 11/11/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Don't forget the skis! Good luck Jack x

Donation by Jack G on 07/11/11

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

kuenda girl, kuenda and conquer Kili! xx

Donation by Ingrid Dupre on 03/11/11

£50.00

Dear Melissa - what a wonderful thing to do and for such a good cause. I wish you every success.

Donation by Hilary Perryman on 03/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

I reckon those little old ladies flying by were hallucinations - so good luck!!!

Donation by Jane Miller on 02/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck, I'm sure you'll be successful & I look forward to hearing all about it.

Donation by Judy Hollidge on 01/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Polly, it will be a fantastic adventure and I know you will get there .... cherish every moment. x

Donation by Hazel Longworth on 01/11/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Good luck ... please survive, so that I can continue enjoying your Spectator column!

Donation by David Vick on 01/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

You go girl ..! Don't worry, I will make sure your girls are OK while you are up there. A big challenge but I'm sure you can do it. Best of luck xx

Donation by Juliet Back on 28/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

For all MK Spectator articles, but especially the one about helping the woman with the pram upstairs from the tube station - hilarious!!

Donation by John Cotter on 19/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck! xx Liz

Donation by Elisabeth Anderson on 16/09/11

Speccie reader since 1982, good luck, for some good advice call my UK mob, 07900 495302, Mike Bailey, Spain

Donation by Michael Bailey on 13/09/11

£100.00

I hope that there will be a column from the top...

Donation by Jeremy Westhead on 10/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Hope you enjoyed your Cheese on Toast this evening ! Great Charity - all the very best.

Donation by Paul P. on 04/09/11

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I enjoy your Spectator column and look forward to reading about your suffering. Sorry, but there it is.

Donation by Richard Stevens on 04/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck

Donation by Robert N on 22/08/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck!! Excellent charity to be doing it for. Have fun reaching your target! Take care lovely xx

Donation by Fleur on 16/08/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£565.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£565.00
  • Gift Aid£103.75

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