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The Scarlet Gooseberry's Stroll

Scarlet Gooseberry is raising money for Steve Prescott Foundation
“Scarlet Gooseberry's fundraising”

on 30 July 2011

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The Steve Prescott Foundation was set up by a totally inspirational man Steve Prescott MBE. In 2006 he was diagnosed with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei a terminal cancer & sought out to raise funds for The Christie Hospital and the Rugby League Benevolent Fund. The SPF changes the lives of so many people.

Story

<table class="uiInfoTable profileInfoTable noBorder"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="label">&nbsp;</th> <td class="data"> <div class="data_field">At 10.15am on Sunday, 25th September I began a strollI&nbsp;at St Helens rugby ground in Swansea. The following Sunday, 2nd October at 12.45pm, I finished the stroll - at the new St Helens rugby ground in Merseyside. The walk from St Helens to St Helens was done to raise money for the Steve Prescott Foundation.</div> <div class="data_field">The stroll was just over 200 miles and I did it in eight days. Along the way I nearly got run over several times (notably by a pink Cadillac), suffered blisters and lacerations to the feet that a chiropodist suggested would need hospital treatment and walked an average of over 25 miles per day on my own, without any iPod or anything.&nbsp;There were times I felt so lonely and was in so much pain that I felt like giving up.</div> <div class="data_field">What kept me going was the fear of letting people down; of not being able to get the money for this remarkable charity in the name of Steve Prescott - a truly extraordinary man. In other words, the sponsorship being given on here kept me going.</div> <div class="data_field">On the last leg, from Warrington to St Helens, I was joined by a number of other amazing people, as well as Steve. It was a relief to finally walk with people and a number got sponsored for doing that last leg. The feeling of achievement for what I had done was immense and it was shared with a feeling of relief that it was finally all over.&nbsp;Such&nbsp;feelings would not have existed&nbsp;if it wasn't for the sponsorship, without which, all my endeavours would have been for nothing.</div> <div class="data_field">Thanks for your support - every single donation is appreciated.</div> <div class="data_field">To find out more about the work done by The Steve Prescott Foundation, please go to <a href="http://www.steveprescottfoundation.co.uk">www.steveprescottfoundation.co.uk</a></div> <div class="data_field"><br><br></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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