Raised: 34%
Target: £7,000.00
Raised so far: £2,373.00
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My story

 

Thank you for visiting the fundraising page of

Vic’s Big Walk

I will attempt to walk, in 70 days, from my home in the French Pyrenees to the house in Blackpool, Northern England, where I was born. That is one day for each year of my life – I intend to arrive at the house exactly 70 years, to the day, after I was born in it. 10 long weeks of walking – why am I putting myself through this?

The target is to raise £7,000 towards vital research for the purpose of improving the appalling survival rates for those who are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I shall be very pleased if I greatly exceed that target and will be making great efforts to do so.

I have a very personal reason for wanting to publicise and help to defeat this dreadful illness. My first wife, Gaile, succumbed to it only a few short weeks after diagnosis.

Her story is not uncommon. The survival rates are abysmal. Less than 3% survive more than 5 years after diagnosis. And unlike better known cancers, pancreatic cancer is one of the few cancers for which over the last 50 years the chances of people diagnosed has actually diminished. Still most people have not heard of pancreatic cancer!

The objective is to dramatically improve the survival chances for those diagnosed with this dreadful killer.

So please dig deep and donate now.

If you want to sponsor me online, donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me. Pancreatic Cancer UK (http://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/) will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. It is a UK charity, but any advances against pancreatic cancer will benefit people in your country as well – possibly somebody close to you.

If you want to know more about Vic’s Big Walk, please go to the blog http://vicsbigwalk.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your support. There is one more thing you can do. Please write to everybody on your address list and ask them to get on board in this fight. Ask them to:

1- Go to my blog (they can just Google Vic's Big Walk) and click on the “JustGiving” button, which will take them to this page.

2. Donate to this most worthy cause, to help us in the fight.

3. Send the details on to everybody on their address list, ask them to do the same, and so on.

Can we make a difference? Yes we can!

p.s. Donations will be in pounds sterling. If you need to know what sterling equates to in your currency, you can easily find out on the following website:

www.xe.com

Keep right on to the end of the road.... Donation by Derek Horner 11/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Jeffrey Osborn 24/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Vic. Donation by Quillan 22/10/09  

£20.00

Good luck and thanks for everthing. Donation by Andrew Smith 19/10/09  

£1,000.00 + £282.05 Gift Aid

Keep Walking !!!!! Donation by Paul Bennett 29/09/09  

£30.00

Congratulations Vic and go well. I look forward to the reports. Good luck with your eye op too. Donation by Michael Preston 20/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck from everyone at Metaskil (once known as The Consultancy Corporation!) Donation by Richard Hornblow 10/09/09  

£100.00

My knees wouldn't take it, and I'm only 58. Good luck, Vic, and well done. Donation by Richard H 10/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Hi Vic Never mind Blackpool - I think you should be walking to RAF Wick - some of us still remember going home to pack Donation by Robin Lane 20/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck on your long walk. A great cause. My first wife also died of pancreatic cancer. Donation by Leon Bailey 13/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck to you - we're sure you'll make it and hope both you and Gay have a lot of fun in the process. Donation by Pete and Ann Winslade. 12/08/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

I could say either 'howway the lads' or 'bon courage' - either comes with my best wishes. Donation by Valerie Austin 10/08/09  

£15.00

Good luck - enjoy your journey Donation by Bob - Sonning, UK 06/08/09  

Donation by Anonymous 30/07/09  

£10.00

Very best of luck from your friends in the north to both you and your suppport crew XXXX Donation by RPDMTA XXX 27/07/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

An Amazing Endeavour - by a Remarkable Chap ! Well Done, Good Luck & Very Best Wishes. John (wish I could afford more..) Donation by John Hayfield 25/07/09  

£70.00 + £19.74 Gift Aid

We admire your tenacity Vic and Gay is a great support to you. All the best from us two down under hope to see you again sometime. Donation by Adele Dow 24/07/09  

Keep that paint brush dry me old silver fox Donation by Steve Bowyer 21/07/09  

Halo Vic! I humbly suggest you also look at veganism and health benefits. Wishing you success with the walk ~ beautiful idea Good luck & love Donation by Chris Corr 19/07/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck vic we all loved gaile. your mate barry for over 50 yrs. Donation by barry howes 18/07/09  

Go for it Vic ! Donation by Anthony White 15/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Proud of you Vic. The world needs more people like you Donation by Alexandra Garden Court Motel 15/07/09  

£40.00

Best of Luck Vic from Amanda & Roger, your occasional neighbours in Nebias. Donation by Amanda Shaw 14/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 13/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck with your walk next year. NES Group. Donation by Stephen Rookes 13/07/09  

Good luck in your efforts to raise the money for this very worthy cause. With all our good wishes Donation by Ian and Evelyn 13/07/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 13/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 13/07/09  

£18.00 + £5.08 Gift Aid

Sorry it is NOT as much as I would like to give, but as much as I can afford right now. God Bless Vic. Donation by Chris Goddard 12/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 12/07/09  

£100.00
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* Total raised online: £2,373.00
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  Gift Aid plus supplement: £548.03

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