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My story

 

Deo volente, I will run the Tewkesbury half-marathon on Sunday 10 May 2009. I have entered the race with my friend David Meryon (you can see us training on the left; David is the person confidently leading the way with his eyes fixed on the prize, and I am the one awkwardly wading through behind).

                   

To make this more than a harmless bit of fun for a don on his way to middle age, I would like to raise some money for the Windle Trust (http://www.windle.org.uk). The Windle Trust works in Kenya, Uganda and the Sudan to help refugees gain access to education. It continues an adventure which goes back to the year of my birth in Nairobi. Robin Shawyer, the current director of the Trust, has been involved with this work from the very beginning; and I can testify to the depth of sacrificial service that he and others have put into it. Supporting them financially, or by running a few miles, really is the easy bit!

                    

I hope you can contribute to this great work. I do not care for targets and plans very much; but I have set one at £1,000. I hope however that you will explode the ceiling! If we reach £3,000 I promise I will make every effort to run a real marathon by the summer of 2010 (with photos as supporting evidence).

                 

Some people have, with typical English cruelty, suggested that they might sponsor me using a different scale, for example the number of sore muscles left a week after the event. This is fine; but really this page is easier!

               

Note that if you are a UK taxpayer, Her Majesty will graciously give me (that is to say, the Trust) an extra 28 pence for every pound you donate. Isn’t it wonderful to have a generous Queen as well as a generous King!

          

Eric

Well done! Donation by Anonymous 05/06/09  

£115.00 + £32.44 Gift Aid

Excellent Donation by A&P 02/06/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

True grit :) Donation by Helen 25/05/09  

£20.00

Well done Eric! Donation by Musha 24/05/09  

£5.00

Donation by E Morgan de Rivery 18/05/09  

£45.00

Just glad you're still alive! Donation by James 15/05/09  

£10.00

O valiant! Donation by MBG 15/05/09  

£12.00

Stay cool, Eric! Donation by Rob 12/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

What an experience! Very glad you are alright. Donation by abb 12/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Felicitations quand meme! Donation by Amanda 12/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done, Eric! Donation by Michael Spence 11/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

This is for surviving! Donation by Simon Hopkins 11/05/09  

£10.00

I hope it went well Donation by Si Allcock 10/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

thinking of you from my armchair Donation by richard carwardine 10/05/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

good luck! Donation by james edelman 08/05/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Michael 06/05/09  

£10.00

RESPECT! Donation by Jenny 05/05/09  

£10.00

Acts 20:24 Donation by Your Wingman 05/05/09  

£15.00

Thanks for supporting the work of Windle Donation by Catherine 05/05/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Happy running! Donation by Anon 04/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

all the best! Donation by helen 04/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

a votre sante! Donation by Jeff 04/05/09  

£25.00

under 2hrs is an ambitious target - Good luck Donation by Robin and Margot 04/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Eric, fantastic effort! Donation by Anon 03/05/09  

£5.00

charity begins at home Donation by my good self 03/05/09  

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