As many of you know, we lost our good friend Martin Pears at the tail end of last year shortly after he was diagnosed with leukaemia. Since then, money has been raised for The Young Oncology Unit (Y.O.U.) at The Christie where Martin was well looked after. Money has been collected from then funeral and Chris Pears has made a great effort in organising a charity football match next month. If the target of £15,000 is achieved, then Tin will get his own Christie leaf on The Christie Tree of Hope and everyone involved is keen for this to happen.
So - this is the plan. I'm currently planning to do a run with my dad over three estuaries in the Cumbria/ Lancashire area at the end of next month. As the route is only runnable at the right times when the tide is low, we have to complete the whole thing in four and a half hours. Starting at Hest Bank, we're going to run over Kent estuary, wade through the Kent channel at low tide then arrive at Kents Bank. At Kents Bank, we'll get picked up in a car and take a 20 min drive to Flookburgh. Then from Flookburgh run over the Leven estuary crossing the Leven channel and arrive at Ulveston. Then we'll get picked up for in a car again and drive to Kirby. Finally, we'll run the Duddon estuary, crossing the Duddon channel and then arrive at our final destination Millom. Although people have ran across these estuaries individually, there is no written record of anyone doing all three in one go so this should be quite exciting (well...as exciting as a run can possibly be!).
My target is to raise £500 and to make a substantial dint in the overall £15,000 total. So please, please, please donate if you can as I'm really keen to make as much money as I possibly can. Anything donated will be greatly appreciated - even if you can just afford a couple of pounds.
Wish me luck! Hopefully the run will resemble Usain Bolt's Olympic glory more than the Morcambe Bay cocklers story!
Raised:
108%
Raised so far: £540.00
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Donation by Jack and Joyce Crabtree on 07/07/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Janice Croskery on 03/07/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Brilliant idea and good luck to you and your Dad. Donation by Cynthia Crawshaw on 25/06/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Hazleen Patel on 25/06/09 |
£19.00 + £5.36 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Black Combe Runners Club on 25/06/09 |
£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid |
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GUD LAD BALLS! Donation by Jonny Strike! on 17/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Brilliant idea Andy-good luck! Donation by Ian and Joyce Brocklebank on 17/06/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Well played Donation by Sean Butler on 16/06/09 |
£15.00 |
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All the best cous and uncle Rob x Donation by Iain & Glenn Kermode on 15/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck Andy and Rob. Keep safe x Donation by Christine and Ged Kermode on 15/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Aveen on 09/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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good luck bro! xxxx Donation by sarah mckeever on 09/06/09 |
£10.00 |
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Best of luck to you! Donation by Ant on 08/06/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Pat & Bob Leitch & Winnie on 02/06/09 |
£10.00 |
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Donation by Anon on 02/06/09 |
£6.00 |
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Donation by Sue McNally on 02/06/09 |
£10.00 |
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Donation by Julie Faragher on 02/06/09 |
£5.00 |
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really impressive andy, and good luck! Donation by Suzy Hosler on 20/05/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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This is a great gift to Martin and I wish you and your Dad well. This Leaf is looking nearer and nearer. Thank you so much. x x Donation by Kay (Proud Mum) on 20/05/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good stuff! Donation by steve mckeever on 19/05/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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What a great idea! Good Luck! Donation by Gemma Blackburn on 19/05/09 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Joe McKeever on 17/05/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Good luck. Eat plenty of rusks. Donation by Chris on 15/05/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Best of luck xx MWAH xx Donation by Keely Muspratt on 13/05/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck Andrew hope all goes well Donation by Bob & Shelia Milmine on 13/05/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £540.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £540.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £136.51 |
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