Riding the Loop Fundraising Page
Page creator: Estelle Mathieson
Page closes: 5th Sep 2008
In memory of: Garry Mathieson
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The team after 17 miles!!
About our charity : The East Lancashire Hospice The East Lancashire Hospice
East Lancashire Hospice provides Specialist Palliative care to patients suffering from life threatening illness from Blackburn Darwen Hyndburn & Ribble Valley. Care is provided by a professional specialist team which includes Inpatients Day Therapy Hospice at Home and outpatients at no cost. We currently need £1.2M to continue to operate the service annually.
Charity Registration No 1075653
Fundraising target:  £1,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 1,721.20
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We did it!! 53.45miles, 18hrs and 34 minutes in the saddle. Thoroughly enjoyable but character building, especially the 6 miles over Rooley moor when we felt like we were being jet washed with hailstone and our waterproofs forgot they were meant to be waterproof!!

5 tired horses and 5 tired and aching ladies, What a team!! I want to say a special thank you to them all for helping me to do this and raise money for the hospice and to our fabulous steeds who never gave up and behaved impecably throughout.

Also a special thank you to our supporters, Simon, Mick and Sue who helped us make it happen by transporting the horses etc and to Rob for minding the dogs and Dave for minding Isaac so we could all go!

For those of you who'd not visited the page before....

My husband Garry Mathieson died in the East Lancs Hospice on 13th January 2005. We were married in the hospice the day before.

During Garry's short stay there I was amazed by the care and kindness shown by the staff who are faced with dealing with such dreadful tasks on a daily basis. Nothing was too much trouble for them and they helped to make our Wedding Day special and Garry's final week as comfortable as possible. I will be forever grateful for their support.

Following Garry's death I bought a foal to keep me occupied, who I named 'Matty' which was Garry's nick name (and Garry didn't quite suit the horse!)

Matty is now now 4 years old (shown in the picture) and I decided it was time that we gave something back to the hospice. As a result on 16th June 2008 'Matty' and I, Sharon O'Neill and 'Silas', Katie Bushell and 'April', Clare Galloway and 'Paddy' and Lynn Piotrowski and 'Red' set out on the Mary Townley loop in aid of the Hospice and in Garry's memory.

Training to get both ourselves and the horses fit and ready for the loop was hard work, but nothing compared to what the staff at the hospice do on a daily basis!

DIG DEEP AND DONATE - THE HOSPICE DESERVE IT!!!!


Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to donate: The East Lancashire Hospice will receive your money electronically and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in Gift Aid will be added to your donation at no cost to you.

Please donate generously.

Many thanks for your support.
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Anita & Steve Mason 09/07/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Glad you enjoyed it, you all did brilliantly. Glad to be able to donate to such a good cause, Steve knew Garry from work. Well done - Anita & Steve 
Lucy Young 05/07/2008 £15.00 £4.23 Well done girlies!! xx 
Ron Macdiarmid 26/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Well done Estelle, give the horses some extra mints from me. 
karen hillier 25/06/2008 £30.00 £8.46 well done! i am so proud of you! if there were more people in the world like you what a better place it would be!xxx 
Craig Donnelly 25/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Well done Mrs M and all. Great idea and an excellent cause ! 
Anne mcphie 23/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 I didn't know Clare was part of it until today!Well done - she didn't like the cold though! 
The McRodgers Family 20/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Very well done, true to form the McRodgers come good if not a little late!! All our love Phil, Carol, Emma and Aunty Sarah x. 
Sinead Hatfield 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 All the best girls and horses, its a pleasure to sponsor such a deserving cause. Have a great day xxx  
Bryn Williams 12/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Hope all goes well and horses and riders have great time. Good luck, Bryn and Halia 
Ian Harding 10/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck to all, have a great day.  
Amanda Douglass 09/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck to you all and your four legged friends, fingers crossed for the weather. 
Julie Dix 08/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Stel, you had better telephone in advance to make sure the strawberry daquiris are on ice when you arrive! Go girls xxx 
Sarah Thomas 08/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Estelle and all the girls, have a great day xx  
Anthony Simpson 06/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Estelle, your energy and endeavour never ceases to amaze me. Good luck to all of you. 
Helen Britton (ESR) 06/06/2008 £5.00 £1.41 My mum spent her last few weeks in a local hospice. The staff in this line of work are worth their weight in gold!! 
Richard Ogdin 05/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck, hope you have a good day 
Barbara Sedgwick 05/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Sharon hope you all reach your target. 
Chris Jameson 05/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 My mum died last year in the hospice. An extremely diffcult time was made easier by the care received & dedication of staff and volunteers alike.  
Wally the Wondersheep 05/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Have a good day of it - you'll be eating your teas stood up though! 
Liz Phillips 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck from GMP Kennels 
Gary Walker 04/06/2008 £25.00 £7.05 I missed the golf day this year &have had experience of their work so i am glad to be able to give to such a worthy cause in Garry's name.Good Luck! 
Peter Clarke 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Keena Cope 03/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Just a little donation to top up your fund-i lost my mum to renal failure last year and the support I have has has been fantastic-good luck on the day 
Jan & David Cornwell 03/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Jan and Stella are sorry they will not be able to join you on the ride. Best Wishes. 
Dc Paul Hunt 03/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 I played rugby with Gary at Bolton a few years ago, hope yor day goes well. Regards  
Katrina 02/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Remember girls - BIG knickers and plenty of Sudocrem , a hip flask (large), a roll mac, plenty of mints - and a bit of lippy just in case! Enjoy!! 
tony hough 01/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 good luck flo, chase up some of the slackers in the office to donate!! 
Kate Dawson 31/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck, have a fab day xx 
Sandra Hodgkinson 24/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Best of luck to all of you. 
Lynne Vernon 22/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Hope you all have a lovely day. Good luck. 
Peter Scofield 20/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Best wishes for an enjoyable event, and success in raising funds. 
mike abbott 20/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Sorry I couldn't make the golf last week - good luck! 
HR Office - Bury 20/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck  
Wendy Dawson 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck! 
Nick Wyatt + Saxon 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 From the big fella's, good luck honey. 
Jude Wright 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck. Last time I got on a horse it threw me over a fence! 
Lee Walker 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck!!! 
Betty Swollocks 22/03/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck, I imagine you will all have backsides like armadillo's elbow skin when you have finished!! 
Martyn Cunningham 12/03/2008 £20.00 £5.64 All the best, I hope you reach your target. 
Nigel Hunter 06/03/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Good Luck ( I work with Sharon O'Neil) at Rochdale 
Chris Crompton 05/03/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Estelle, hope you don't get too saddle sore! Best wishes Chris & Dave 
Anthony Rodgers 05/03/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Just to get you started blossom. Good Luck en route to you & your fellow riders. We loved Garry too and will never forget the kindness of the Hospice. 
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*Total donated online: £605.00
Amount raised offline: £1,116.20
Gift Aid plus supplement: £170.64
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