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Paula - Elaine Great Wall Trek

Paula Workman is raising money for The Honeypot Children's Charity
“Paula Thompson's fundraising”

on 7 March 2011

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For 30 years now Honeypot has been providing tailored support for young carers and children aged 5-12 facing difficult circumstances. The children we support benefit from time away from daily responsibilities and stress, giving them the opportunity to relax, have fun and simply be children.

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<p><strong>Paula<em> "<span style="color: #0000ff;">I'll have a go</span></em>" Thompson and Elaine <em>"<span style="color: #0000ff;">Barmy Pot Noodle</span>" </em>Chung&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;">are raising money for <span style="color: #ff0000;">Honeypot Charity </span>by&nbsp;</span>trekking along&nbsp;the <span style="color: #800080;">Great Wall of China </span>for six days in October 2011.&nbsp; </strong></p> <p><strong>We're pretty sure&nbsp;we won't be able to walk the entire 4000&nbsp;miles in just under a week,&nbsp;but it will be&nbsp;a challenge -&nbsp;very steep at times and in some&nbsp;places&nbsp;reduced to rubble - yikes!</strong></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Just take a look at some of the terrain&nbsp;the Wall&nbsp;covers - amazing and </span></strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>we can't wait&hellip;&hellip;</strong><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"></span></em></span> <p><a title="link to article main thumbnail" href="http://i.ehow.co.uk/images/a05/o8/a7/great-wall-china-kids-800X800.jpg"><strong><img class="photo" title="The Great Wall of China is the world&#39;s largest human-made structure" src="http://img.ehow.com/article-page-main/ehow-uk/images/a05/o8/a7/great-wall-china-kids-800x800.jpg" alt="Facts About the Great Wall of China for Kidsthumbnail"></strong><span style="color: #0086df;">&nbsp;</span></a><br><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: #0086df;"> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The Great Wall of China stretches over 4000 miles from Shanhaiguan in the east of China to </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Lop Nur in the west.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We'll be walking across several parts of the wall, being transported to different areas each day, so we'll get to see the 'touristy' part, some very remote sections and some very steep and tricky-to-walk-on sections!</span></h2> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The Great Wall of China is 25 feet tall in places, and its width ranges between 15 and 30 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That's pretty big - we're only little!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></h2> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">We are paying for the <em>trip</em> ourselves, so whatever you wish to donate will go direct to our chosen charity, "Honeypot".</span></h2> <h2 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: #0086df;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> </span></h2> </span></span></span></span> <p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> </p> </p> <p>&nbsp;Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate -&nbsp;we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p>

Donation summary

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£1,015.00
+ £166.28 Gift Aid
Online
£995.00
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£20.00

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