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Well I've done it!!!   It was hard work but immensely rewarding and I have very many memories that will stay with me for ever.   I did not get altitude sickness, thank goodness, and I very much enjoyed the walking and climbing part of the trek.   Some of the 'facilities' would make a story in themselves.  Thank you all for your amazing support.

I have now booked my trek to Nepal.   I leave the UK on 31st January 2010 and return 2 weeks later.   The actual trek will be for 8 days and will reach a height of 4000 metres.   I won't find out if I suffer from altitude sickness until I get up there!   On the trek we sleep in simple tea houses and walk anything from 4 hours to 8 hours a day.   I am very much looking forward to it, but with slight apprehension as I have never done anything like this before.   I am going with a company called Explore, who take small groups, and I am not the eldest (by one year!) so I am hoping that I will be able to keep up.   We walk from a place called Lukla up to a Buddhist Monastery at Thyangboche, accompanied by Sherpa Guides.

Thank you very much for supporting me.   I am trying to raise £2000 for St. Catherine's Hospice.   Don't forget to say if you are a UK taxpayer, because then the Hospice can claim 28p in each £ on top of your donation.