My story

Ordinary Men doing Extraordinary Things.

With 5 other men, I will be trekking to The North Pole in April 2012.  The Expedition is self funded.  Our aim is to raise £250,000 for the children’s research Charity – Sparks.  Any donation you give would be gratefully received. Thank you.

 

My updates 1

Less than 12 Hours to go now before we head off from T3 at Heathrow. Thank you to all our supporters so far - please do keep spreading the word...... keep watching the blogs for daily updates

30/03/12 21:30

My charity

Sparks

Sparks

Charity Registration No. 1003825 (England & Wales), SCO39482 (Scotland)

We fund life-saving medical research into conditions affecting babies, children and mums-to-be. We aim to improve the quality of life for children and families affected by serious illness or disability today, whilst seeking ways to better diagnose, treat and prevent these conditions in the future.

Donations 129

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Thank you for making a difference to the babies, children and mums-to-be who are helped by Sparks vital research. Best wishes from all at Sparks! xxx

Donation by Laura Hamer on 11/04/12

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Not six ordinary men ,six very amazingly brave men!

Donation by katrina church on 11/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 10/04/12

£10.00

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Good Luck Alex and well done. Hope you meet your targets. Looking forward to your safe return, Love Keith & Gill xx

Donation by Keith Corner on 10/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Thinking of you Nigel, Wishing you all a safe trip - Kevin & Jenny

Donation by Kevin Root on 10/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Following your blog daily, well done thus far; keep on going and keep safe.

Donation by Trisha Parkinson on 10/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Congratulations Uncle Nige and the other guys on making it to the North Pole :-)

Donation by Holly Manning on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Keep going guys! Well done for taking on such a massive challenge for such a great cause. watch out for those bears ;-)

Donation by Eve C on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Best Wishes - We are thinking of you.

Donation by John & Gwyn Redding on 09/04/12

£250.00

+ £62.50 Gift Aid

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Enjoying a w/e with Sandy and Mark & following the blog. Thoroughly enjoying rst dinners. Thinking of you all. With love M & S and Anne & Harry xxx

Donation by Anne Leung on 09/04/12

£50.00

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Good Luck and best wishes to you all.

Donation by David Calcutt on 09/04/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good Luck to you all

Donation by Pam Taylor on 09/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Alison Thompson on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Hi Andrew Thinking about you and wishing you all, the very best of luck !! xx

Donation by Vanessa Gill on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck to all the guys!

Donation by spencer timson on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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So proud of you all

Donation by Ginette Warwick on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Loving the blog, it\'s great to follow. Hope the weather lifts soon xx

Donation by Penny Rendall on 09/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Nigel and co. raising a glass to you and your mad mates!!more power to you elbows!!

Donation by keith and val sealy on 08/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Wishing Paul and his mad mates good luck on thier epic adventure.Look forward to buying you a pint in the Green man on your safe return.

Donation by andy o'neill on 07/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Peter Jordan on 06/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Nigel go for it big man, am very proud and look forward to catching up soon at one of Mad Jane's soirees! You can meet my new man too xxxxx

Donation by Sarah Arnold on 05/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Brian, you are very brave! Enjoy every minute. We look forward to seeing you home safe and defrosted! Best wishes, Adrian, Sally &boys

Donation by Sally Davis on 05/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck John & Co! From all at ABN Amro Commercial Finance

Donation by Sharon Nowell on 04/04/12

£100.00

Donation by Anonymous on 03/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Brian - great to hear that you've got the hang of skiing now! Best Wishes

Donation by sally-anne griffiths on 03/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$11,751.61
  • Offline donations$243,967.52
  • Text donations$137.23
  • Total raised$255,856.36
  • Gift Aid$2,324.09

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