<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">You may know that Donna and I are walking the "coast to coast" walk in the UK this summer during late July and early August 2011. &nbsp;You may also know that my brother, Dave, has Motor Neurone Disease (known as ALS or Lou Gehrigs disease in North America).</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">So we decided to give the walk some purpose and try to raise money for the MNDA (see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mndassociation.org/">http://www.mndassociation.org</a>&nbsp;). &nbsp;They are a charity who support sufferers of the disease and have been very good at providing Dave with some of his needs, not least of which recently is a shiney new computer which will allow him to compose music despite his invalidity.</span></p> <p class="iphone-update"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Whilst I have put a target of &pound;1,500 there is no real target, but we would like to raise as much as possible.</span></p> <p class="iphone-update">The following are links to a map of our walk so far:</p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 1 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100332466">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100332466</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 2 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100525295">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100525295</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 3 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100781823">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100781823</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 4 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101026977">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101026977</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 5 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101430618">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101430618</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 6 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101710849">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101710849</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 7 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102144809">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102144809</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 8 - Daves Funeral - miss you xxx</p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 9 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102350523">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102350523</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 10 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102565292">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102565292</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 11 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102775995">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102775995</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 12 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103395714">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103395714</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 13 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103634997">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103634997</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 14 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103834654">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103834654</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 15 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104020017">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104020017</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 16 -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104241098">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104241098</a></p> <p class="iphone-update">Day 17 - the end -&nbsp;<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104573959">http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104573959</a></p> <p class="iphone-update"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102350523"></a>July 23rd 2011 - for those of you who didn't know, Dave sadly passed away peacefully on the morning of Sunday 17th July - Miss you mate.</p> <p class="iphone-update">&nbsp;</p> <p class="iphone-update">Updated on Jul 23rd 2011 -&nbsp;Bad news, Dave has been sent home from the hospital as they can do no more for him. He is still fighting though.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">See the end of this description for a list of cash donors...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">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 - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">Cash Donors: Sue Haykir-&pound;5,&nbsp;Cindy Johnson-&pound;5,&nbsp;Sasha Beresford-&pound;20,&nbsp;</span><span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">Rob &amp; Carol Janke-$50,&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">Chris &amp; Caroline Wells-&pound;10,&nbsp;</span><span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">Lindsay Casement-$20, Pauline &amp; Mitch Mitchell-$20, Carolyn Matheson-$10</span>, </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">David Cole-&pound;30,&nbsp;Eamon O'Shea-&pound;20,&nbsp;Ray McGowan-&pound;50,&nbsp;Mark Thomas-&pound;20, Georgette &amp; Ryan-$20, Reni &amp; Alan Shepheard-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;20, Helga Argent-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Bob Walters-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;5, Des Stokes-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Mark Perry-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Jacqui Heffernan-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Two kind Liverpudlians on the top of High Street-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Les &amp; Sandra from Cambridge House-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">10, N&amp;B Silman-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Tim and Austin from Millhouse-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;20, Northern rail - not charging us for 2 trips between Grosmont and Egton-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;6.80, D&amp;S instead of flowers-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">100,</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">&nbsp;Lee Bull-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Lianne Pilchard</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Alex Luca</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;5, Hazel &amp; Dave Jelley</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&pound;10, Mum and Dad Wells-</span>&pound;50<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">= </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;">&pound;542&ndash; Thanks guys.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></p>