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Raising money for Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Charity Registration No. 1079049

Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases. It affects over 9,000 youngsters, clogging vital organs with thick sticky mucus. There is presently no cure. We are the UK’s only national charity working for families with CF and to find a cure. www.cftrust.org.uk

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Dave Cook

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30/08/2016

Raised: 60%

Target: £2,000.00
Raised so far: £1,214.50

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page raising money for CF sufferers in memory of Sarah Murray.

Check out our blog page and follow our challange at:

www.cfcharityfundraiser.blog.com

Those close to me will know myself, my fiancee Gill and our families, experienced a painful loss in July 2011 when Gill's cousin Sarah Murray sadly lost her battle against Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Following a double lung transplant approximately three years ago, Sarah developed chronic rejection from her transplant and the lasting effects regretably resulted in Sarah passing away - Sarah will be soley missed and we think about her every day.

Sarah was a beautiful 26 year old, with an uncanny sense of humour (after all, she held the heart of Scotland within her) and all Sarah wanted was to help others and support those closest to her. She was like a 2nd sister to my fiancee Gill and her sister Lesley-Ann.

Sarah was taken away from us far too soon, but offered so much to those with good health and those who were also suffering with CF. Sarah was a keen fund raiser herself, She was well known at the Freeman's hospital in Newcastle and Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland.

During Sarah's last hours, I pondered and prayed to be able to help her, but my questions could not be answered!

I want to doing something that will raise the profile of CF, raise lots of funds for those who are living with the condition, and hopefully assist with the development of medicine and technology to allow sufferers to live an able life and do all the things they wish to do.

Both Gill and I are preparing to mountain bike 26 of Britains official trail centres in 26 weeks. Thats one ride ride for every year Sarah was with us. Each trail centre will consist of a minimum 8-10 mile ride with most incorporating anything between a 400ft - 2000ft hill climb.

The itinary is building, with just a few trails to add, please take a look below to see what we are taking on so far:

Forest Of Dean (FODCA) - Red 3x 3mile loops

Mendip Hills - Blue/Red 10miles

Cannock Chase - Red 15miles

Sherwood Forest - Blue/Red 12miles

Quantock Hills - Blue 11.3miles

Haldon Forest - Blue/Red 12miles

Thetford Forest Park - Red 11miles

Whancliffe Woods - Red 10miles

Dalby Forest - Red 23miles

Coed y Brenin - Dragons Back, Red 18miles

Coed y Brenin - Cyflym Coch, Red 7miles

Afan Forest - The Wall, Red 14miles

Afan Forest - Rheilffordd, Blue 14miles

CwnCarn - Red 9miles

Glyncorrwg - Red 9miles

Brechfa - Red 12miles

Queen Elizabeth Park Blue 17miles

Swinley Forest - TBC

Aston Hill - Red 2x 5miles

Tarka Trail - Blue 37.5 miles

Ashton Court Mansions - Blue 2 x 4miles

Fort William - Witches Trail Red 10miles

The trails are graded, Blue: Intermidiate, Red: Hard and Black: Extreme.

Like most CF sufferers, Sarah lived a lot of her life with limited lung capacity, shallow and fast breathing and gasping for air, these physiological responses will sum up pretty much how Gill and I will be feeling when we tackle these trail centres, but for ever breath we take, Sarah will be driving us both to complete the hill climbs and the miles.........

I hope you wish to sponsor this page, myself and Gill and allow us both to complete this challenge and raise much needed funds for the CF Trust.

I will post a short blog following every ride and post loads of pictures of the challenges we face.

We are planning to begin this challenge (26 trail centres in 26 weeks) starting January 2012. This gives us enough time to train and plan our routes, BUT YOU CAN START DONATING NOW!

In anticipation - thank you for reading this page, thank you for sponsoring us and thank you for supporting those with us and no longer with us fighting the battle agianst CF.

Dave Cook

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

	Small donation to some great people who are doing something for an amazing charity. Awesome work guys x Donation by Mike Denbee on 05/05/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	FROM GRANDPA MURRAY Donation by Stuart Banks on 25/04/12	£30.00
	Good luck Dave - hope to see you back in a Clifton shirt soon! Donation by Barnaby Kent on 22/04/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	I'm so proud of you guys, you are doing an amazing thing, and Gill is definately less bruised as each week goes by xx Donation by helen hurley on 07/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Keep going with your fantastic challenge x x Donation by Nic and James on 04/03/12	£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck to the two of you. Having met Dave and seen his drive and determination I am sure you can do it! Best wishes Tom McEwen (fitness first) Donation by thomas mcewen on 04/03/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Gillian & Dave. Sarah is forever in our thoughts. From All at Greentech x Donation by Anonymous on 27/02/12	£100.00
	Donation handed to me in Morrisons after a lady had read the Alloa Advertiser. She wishes you both lots of luck. Donation by Margaret Murray on 26/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Donation by scott mclaren on 26/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Gillian & Dave - lots of luck and we hope you raise lots more for CF. Sarah was just a fantastic young lady, an inspiration to us all RIP Sarah xx Donation by Jane & Chris Smith on 26/02/12	£26.00 + £6.50 Gift Aid
	£2.50 coffed up by a lovely bloke in Cwn Carn car park...top man Donation by Cwm Carn on 25/02/12	£2.50 + £0.63 Gift Aid
	What an amazing challenge for a great cause. Gill,you and your hubby to be are inspirational. Apologies that its taken me so long to donate x Donation by Neesha Descombes on 24/02/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Keep a weather eye on the horzon :o) Donation by helen sochon on 24/02/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	I know you can do it Mr Cook x Good Luck anyway x Donation by Debbie Gallacher on 24/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Keep up the good work guys, good on you! Donation by Dean Conway (aka physio Dean!) on 23/02/12	£26.00 + £6.50 Gift Aid
	Good Luck guys ,Dave don't forget your tire puncture repair kit! Donation by Stefan Clarke on 23/02/12	£21.00 + £5.25 Gift Aid
	What a lovely thing to do in memory of Sarah x Donation by Hugh Murray on 10/02/12	£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid
	Good Luck with everything guys!! Donation by Ian Lindsey on 06/02/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Hope you make it all the way to number 26!! It's a great thing you are doing to remember a lovely, brave person xx Donation by Megan Turner on 05/02/12	£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
	Donation by JO THOMPSON on 29/01/12	£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys. Gillian keep away from potential hazards - mud banks, puddles, as heard these jump up & grab you at inopportune times! Donation by Deborah Cross on 24/01/12	£75.00 + £18.75 Gift Aid
	Good Luck !! Supporting you all the way. Donation by Barry Cross on 24/01/12	£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid
	Good luck dave. G higgins. Xxxxx Donation by gary higgins on 22/01/12	£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid
	Good Luck....keep at it. x Donation by Neil Wyle on 17/01/12	£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid
	Good luck with the mountain bike challenge. Happy memories to keep going when the going gets tough! Donation by David Nickells on 17/01/12